Why is UChicago so heavily leveraged?

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>I concur “Money is the lifeblood of an institution”.</p>

<p>But how much is good enough? Say, after a threshold the extra money a school has may not be proportional to what it will achieve.</p>

<p>E.g., MIT only has 11B (lol) which is far less than that of Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. But MIT has arguably one of the best STEM programs in the nation.</p>

<p><a href=“MIT releases endowment figures for 2013 | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology”>http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/institute-endowment-figures-0913.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Chicago is not on the threshold yet IMO. It may not catch up Harvard’s endowment in a very long time if not ever. It may not catch up MIT’s grants either.</p>

<p>But I think it can still achieve a lot even in the areas where a lot of money is needed. Some innovations are needed and some wise decisions are needed. Fundraising is one way, there must be other ways.</p>