The Recession Hits College Campuses

U.S. News & World Report by Kim Clark | Jan. 28, 2009 (News Report)

University endowments, those big pools of "rainy day funds" that were designed to be so well diversified that they'd protect colleges during bad years, have fallen only about 25 percent in the past 18 months or so. While that has been painful for the colleges, it could have been worse. The U.S. stock market fell by more than 40 percent in the same period. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Business, Living, Education
Topics: U.S. Economy, Finance, Money, College
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jan 28, 2009 - 3:13 PM PST
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Brittany Maling (review), Anica Wong (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jan 28, 2009 - 3:20 PM PST

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 by Derek Hawkins - Jan. 28, 2009
Derek posted this story.
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Anica Wong
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 by Anica Wong - Jan. 29, 2009

I would have liked to see more examples of schools. What is happening at public schools vs. private schools?

As a college student, this is a scary time.

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Brittany Maling
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 by Brittany Maling - Jan. 28, 2009

The story is not very well sourced and doesn't offer much.

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