A big increase in the tax on university endowments is adding to financial uncertainty for the wealthiest colleges in the U.S., leading several already to lay off staff or implement hiring freezes.

Preview this article 1 min Endowment for local colleges and universities combined for $374.35M. Ranked by Most recent ...

Greater Washington's wealthiest university sits atop a $3.95 billion endowment. This is the full List of schools ranked by ...

The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance has proposed a smaller increase to the endowment tax on private universities and colleges than the reconciliation tax and spending bill previously passed by the ...

Colleges and universities in the Charlotte region had endowments in 2025 that totaled almost $3 billion.

A college endowment is supposed to last forever, supporting students, professors and research in perpetuity. Instead, many cash-strapped schools are draining their nest eggs just to stay alive. Faced ...

Bloomberg Higher Education Finance Reporter Janet Lorin joins Market Catalyst host Julie Hyman to talk about which college endowments are seeing 30% returns this year after early investment in stocks ...

Last year, I proposed a straightforward solution to the crisis in higher education: Phase out teachers and students as colleges transition from educating students to helping administrators move up the ...

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