<p>No increase in WashU's endowment since 2000, in which it was 4.3 billion. It was still 4.3 billion in 2005. Meanwhile, duke's endowment jumped from 2.5b to 3.8 b, Upenn from 3.2b to 4.4b, Northwestern from 3.5b to 4.2 b, Chicago from 3.8b to 4.1b, Cornell from 3.4b to 3.8b, Columbia from 4.3b to 4.9b.</p>
<p>As for HYPS, their increases are even much larger.</p>
<p>b/c prob Anheiser Bush is prob steppin down donations</p>
<p>Agreed, I've stated many times before that they need better investment managers handling their endowment. The issue with the endowment growth issue is that we don't know how much of everyone's changes were due to new donations, and how much was from investing. WashU has held some large fundraising drives in the past, and have always been extremely successful during those, but can't do them every year.</p>
<p>I think they spent a lot on new buildings, scholarships, hiring professors, etc. There are two strategies for using donations and endowment: save or spend. NYU used a large amount of donations in the 90s to update its programs. I suspect Washu is doing so as well.</p>
<p>Wikipedia says 30 new buildings since 1995...</p>
<p>It's in the part called Recent Years</p>
<p>Washu is actually putting its endowment to work instead of just stting on it like some universities just to say "oh look @ how big our endowment is"</p>
<p>WashU is seriously building this school up and making it on par, on all levels, with other top universities. This means new professorships, new buildings for departments, all new residential colleges, scholarships etc. WashU is more and more attracting the best students and its largely because they are putting the money in doing so.</p>
<p>"WashU is more and more attracting the best students and its largely because they are putting the money in doing so."</p>
<p>Damn straight :-)</p>
<p>Well said johnnydr87. I have heard that some of the aformentioned schools spend very little on student resources. These schools know that people will pay for these "name" schools, regardless of whether or not campus life is suitable for student happiness...they just don't care.</p>
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I have heard that some of the aformentioned schools spend very little on student resources. These schools know that people will pay for these "name" schools, regardless of whether or not campus life is suitable for student happiness...they just don't care.
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<p>No...just...no.</p>
<p>More on topic: indeed, WUStl's endowment hasn't grown in size due largely to the fact that WUStl is actively using the money to expand and improve, rather than stockpiling cash so that it can engage in the great ****ing contest of endowment fund raising.</p>
<p>That was actually Jeffwun's statement, Miss Molly. </p>
<p>I just repeated it (in quotes).</p>
<p>Then, well said Jeffwun. Everything he said is so true!</p>