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By G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Special for USA TODAY
Supporters of major colleges and universities are commonly barred from knowing how their donations are invested, according to a survey released Tuesday.
Only senior administrators and trustees know where endowment dollars go at 66% of the 216 schools that responded to a survey by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, a research and consulting project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a consulting firm for benefactors.
Every school in the survey has an endowment of at least $100 million. The median endowment for U.S. and Canadian colleges in 2005 was $71.66 million, says the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
Results of this first-time collegiate investing survey are striking a chord on campuses where students want to see investment policies reflect their schools' moral values."
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