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Miscellaneous interesting items from my in-box

Some interesting items that would make for good blog posts, if only there were more time in the day. The Economic Policy Institute recently published a report showing that an well-educated workforce is key to state prosperity. It seems obvious, so why is it news? Why do people have such problems with education? McKinsey &… [Read More]

Paying for College: The 2012 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments

The annual NACUBO-Commonfund report on college and university endowment values is out. The value of each endowment includes the effect of investment returns, spending, and donations through June 2012, and, on average, it was negative: the average endowment posted a return of  -0.3 percent (net of fees) for the year, a decline from the 19.2 average… [Read More]

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