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Endowment Returns Down for Fiscal Year 2022, Especially for Schools with Less

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inflation and geopolitical disruptions caused endowment returns to fall by 8% in fiscal year 2022, according to an annual study released last week by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). on average.

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Funding source shouldn't affect postdoc benefits (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Imagine two postdoctoral researchers in an academic lab. However, if one of them were awarded a prestigious training fellowship from the National Institutes of Health, that same postdoc may lose their employment status with their institution, causing a loss of critical employee benefits in their overall compensation package.

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The Dark Legacy of Elite University Medical Centers

Higher Education Inquirer

For decades, Americas elite university medical centers have been the epitome of healthcare research and innovation, providing world-class treatment, education, and cutting-edge medical advancements. Poor patients, especially those from marginalized racial backgrounds, are often viewed as expendable research subjects.

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