Some great investigative work by Jonathan “Thropedo” Thrope ‘10 in this week’s Student on Amherst’s endowment.  Our endowment has grown 4.6% from June 30, 2007 to June 30, 2008.  It’s a far cry from the obscene 27.8% return we took home last year, but considering the downturn of the economy it’s a good haul.  Of [...]

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If you ask 100 Amherst students which other school is our biggest rival, I’d bet 95 would say it was Williams. Maybe 3 would decide that our geographical proximity to and name similarity with UMass-Amherst place them as the campus nemesis. 2 would say it’s Wesleyan - hey, we do play Homecoming against [...]

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Cool.
Of course, Williams is already a member. Figures.

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There are really no serious arguments as to why our endowment should not have more transparency or shareholder engagement. I’d like to see our endowment information readily (and electronically) accessible to the College community by the end of next semester. By this time next year, I want to see the formation of a committee dedicated to endowment management.

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