Get Ready for July Madness

There are no brackets to guide you through it, but July is the prime month for presidential transitions at private colleges. To keep up on who's going where, visit our Comings and Goings page, with up-to-the-minute news of the many appointments now being made.

NAICU Launches 2020 Initiative

NAICU and the Council of Independent Colleges have launched "Building Blocks to 2020," recognizing and encouraging private college and university efforts to help the nation reach President Obama's 2020 college education goal. For details, or to sign up your institution to participate, go to www.naicu.edu/2020.

    

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Recession reduces private college endowments

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader

July 1, 2009

The economic downturn wreaked havoc on the portfolios of King's College and Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre and Misericordia University in Dallas Township. From July 1, 2008, through May 31, 2009, the schools reported the worst depreciation of endowment accounts in at least a decade.  (Regional emphasis)

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