<p>“If a donor restricts the funds for undergraduate financial aid purposes only, then the university can only extract money from that fund only. WashU has like $435 million dedicated for fin aid within its multi billion dollar endowment. If you want student related and student specific numbers, endowment (which encompasses research, faculty salaries support, administrative cost, building maintenance, sports recreation athletic support) includes figures that is not relevant to the amount spent on students themselves.”</p>
<p>Um… i know endowments are restricted to particular aspects of a university.However, I still do not see a single reason why this factor particularly discounts endowment/student as a valid means of comparison while supporting the use of total endowment. If the parts are restricted, then the whole is partly restricted too. Also, I mentioned the POTENTIAL money going towards students in my earlier post.</p>