Academic Endowments: The Curse of Hoarded Treasure - BusinessWeek

Academic Endowments: The Curse of Hoarded Treasure - BusinessWeek: "Something seems wrong with the way elite U.S. universities finance themselves. The problem: They're addicted to multibillion-dollar endowments. When the endowments suddenly shrink, they can seem more like curses than blessings. Harvard University, the richest institution of higher education on the planet, gets about one-third of operating funds from its endowment."