A Glimpse Inside the Coffers: Endowment Spending at Wealthy Colleges and Universities

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dc.contributor.authorNichols, Andrew H.en
dc.contributor.authorSantos, José Luisen
dc.date.accessed2019-06-10en
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T17:07:05Zen
dc.date.available2019-07-02T17:07:05Zen
dc.date.issued2016-08-04en
dc.description.abstractAmid intense national conversations on income inequality, this report finds that extreme wealth stratification is occurring not only among individuals, but also among institutions of higher education. This report reveals that in 2013, roughly 3.6 percent of colleges and universities — 138 in all — held 75 percent of all postsecondary endowment wealth. Yet despite their vast wealth, too few of these colleges invest enough in students from low-income families.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Education Trusten
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://edtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/EndowmentsPaper.pdf?utm_source=Website&utm_medium=Text%20Link&utm_content=A%20Glimpse%20Inside%20the%20Coffers&utm_campaign=Endowmentsen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/90826en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Education Trusten
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectlow-income studentsen
dc.subjectselective institutionsen
dc.subjectuniversities and collegesen
dc.subjectbarriers to entry postsecondary educationen
dc.titleA Glimpse Inside the Coffers: Endowment Spending at Wealthy Colleges and Universitiesen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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