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The average endowment return of 812 U.S. schools fell by over 13 percent between 2014 and 2015. Despite this, university spending grew. The 2015 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE) revealed that, on average, endowments accrued only 2.4 percent of their value during the year, a sharp decline from the 2014 figure of 15.5 percent.

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The average endowment return of 812 U.S. schools fell by over 13 percent between 2014 and 2015. Despite this, university spending grew. The 2015 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE) revealed that, on average, endowments accrued only 2.4 percent of their value during the year, a sharp decline from the 2014 figure of 15.5 percent.


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The Ivy League will be adding to its list of business schools next year. Cornell University’s board of trustees recently voted to create a new College of Business, which would combine the university’s School of Hotel Administration with two other business-related schools, the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the Johnson Graduate School of Management.













Sophomore Josh Pompan had the chance to clinch the match against No. 45 Princeton for Penn men's tennis on Saturday, but couldn't finish it off, falling in three sets.

Until this weekend, Penn men’s tennis had yet to play a tournament in the 2016 season at full strength. Its veteran star, senior Vim De Alwis, was recovering from knee surgery after getting injured late in the 2015 season, and rookie sensation Dmitry Shatalin was stuck sorting through NCAA clearance bureaucracy.