<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/giving/11SCHOOL.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/giving/11SCHOOL.html</a></p>
<p>We are told that endowments exist to buffer budgets. Having watched a couple of these cycles, colleges and universities adjust their budgets to buffer the endowments.</p>