Not Good News

MiPerson80
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:20:01 +0000

still, Brown’s very low endowment hurts them, they should have been up to about $6B before the stock market crash, having $2.8B before the crash does hurt a school in the USNWR ranking. Compare this to Notre Dame which has about $6B and same size student bodies.

Everyone needs to realize that 2009 is going to be extremely difficult for private colleges like Brown that have very low endowments…$2B is not much of a cushion. I wonder if Brown can survive if this economic downturn keeps going for 2 more years. Remember, that donations also dry up during a downturn.