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E-PrinceA lot of things have changed at Princeton this past year. The construction on Butler College, which began in 2007, replaced brick walls and waffle ceilings with an amphitheatre, a late-night cafe and a myriad of LCD TV-adorned student lounges ...(back to the article)
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Open the books; let alumni see the money trail for all donations. Otherwise, how can we trust the University, ever again?
The administration didn't "choose" to borrow $! Billion to keep from taking money out of the endowment, it had no choice. Some of the stuff Golden bought is so illiquid that there was absolutely no market for it.
Golden has been drinking way too much of his own bath water. If only a small portion of the endowment had been placed in liquid assets like treasuries, we wouldn't be having to give up 2 ply toilet paper.
As CDX spreads widened, universities did not get out of PE investments. Actually, they got more involved
I bet Princeton is buying gold... expect this bubble to collapse as well
I would just like to point out this quality of this article. This is the type of articles students on Princeton's campus like to see. As much as 2-ply toilet paper and meaningless campaign referendums have dominated the pages of the 'Prince' in the past couple of weeks, issues like the University Endowment and Princo's investment strategy are of much more importance to the student body. This information is also not readily accessible to the students, and therefore, it is of vital importance that the 'Prince' inform the student body.
This is not a phrase I use often, but great journalism Prince!