The Chronicle of Philanthropy

College Investments Topped 9% in 2005, Studies Find

By Harvy Lipman

Investments by the endowments at American colleges and universities earned substantially more than the stock market last year, according to two new reports.

Surveys by the Commonfund Institute, in Windsor, Conn., and the National Association of College and University Business Officers, in Washington, both found that the average return on endowments...

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