<p>Grinnell was highlighted on Forbes.com as a school with one of the largest endowment drops last year. Anyone here know the explanation (the economy hit them all, but some less so than others)? Is it going to negatively impact their aid going forward?</p>
<p>Of course they lost more, because they had more invested. So far, their response to the economic meltdown has been to increase aid.</p>
<p>^I have heard and based on facts like the one that bethievt posted above, I would not be too concerned. Grinnell has one of the very highest endowments per capita. They have done an incredible job investing money and will continue to do so. They are in the process of finishing some incredible facilities that will be complete this August and have recently been on a building blitz. They offer some of the very best merit aid around, esp. for a school that is ranked in its caliber and they offer incredible Financial need based aid. They have lots of money for research projects and don’t skimp on anything. I would not be too concerned, IMHO.</p>