{"id":2238060,"date":"2024-05-06T06:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T10:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-university-endowments-are-and-why-anti-israel-protesters-targeted-them\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T06:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T10:38:51","slug":"what-university-endowments-are-and-why-anti-israel-protesters-targeted-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-university-endowments-are-and-why-anti-israel-protesters-targeted-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding university endowments and their appeal to anti-Israel protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-university-endowments-are-and-why-anti-israel-protesters-targeted-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2238060&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Anti-Israel protestors have targeted university endowments, urging schools\u200d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/financial-ratings-firm-morningstar-pulls-israeli-security-firm-from-investment-blacklist\/\" title=\"Morningstar removes Israeli security firm from investment blacklist\">sever financial ties<\/a> with Israel amid the \u2064conflict with Hamas.\u200c The Washington Examiner explores the impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-each-of-bidens-42-executive-orders-will-actually-do\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s What Each Of Biden\u2019s 42 Executive Orders Will Actually Do\">higher education institutions<\/a>. Endowments are vital\u2063 assets for\u2063 universities, \u200dwith Harvard possessing the\u200d largest in the\u2064 US. Andrew Gillen describes \u2063endowments as a \u200cpotent financial reserve managed closely by the university.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"University\">University<\/a> endowments have come under scrutiny from anti-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"University\">protesters<\/a> as they demanded schools across the country cut financial ties with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Israel<\/a> over its war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>With protests raging at schools from the University of California, Los Angeles, to Columbia University, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> is explaining what mechanism anti-Israel protesters are attacking at their high education institutions.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are endowments?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>An endowment is a set of assets or funds a university or college can pull from when necessary. Endowments are typically invested in various things, such as stocks or real estate, to grow the funds available at the university\u2019s disposal over time.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-republicans-want-to-govern-theyd-better-learn-how-to-go-after-the-left\/\" title=\"Republicans must learn to effectively challenge the left if they want to govern\">largest university endowment<\/a> in the United States belongs to Harvard University, which had a roughly $50.9 billion endowment for fiscal 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/the-short-list-college\/articles\/10-universities-with-the-biggest-endowments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according to\">according to<\/a> the <em>U.S. News and World Report<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Gillen, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-education-lesson-from-covid-lockdowns-school-choice-is-imperative-for-every-child\/\" title=\"The Education Lesson from COVID Lockdowns: School Choice Is Imperative for Every Child\">senior policy analyst<\/a> at the nonprofit Texas Public Policy Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/articles\/what-is-an-endowment-for-a-college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the outlet that endowments are essentially a \u201csuper-charged rainy-day fund,\u201d adding that typically, funds are managed by the school or by a group closely tied to the university.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why are the endowments secretive?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Endowments are in place at private universities, and because of this, they are not subject to the same transparency as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">public universities<\/a>. Private schools, like Columbia, tend to keep financial information vague and publish only select financial reports annually.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, specific investments are not known by most, as the endowments are typically run by investment managers and the school\u2019s board of trustees. The investments are typically made with the goal of helping grow the endowment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColleges and universities have fairly limited discretion in the actual specific investments that their endowment funds are going towards because they\u2019ve hired these external experts to make those decisions. And sometimes those decisions are even proprietary,\u201d Todd Ely, associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/campus-protests-university-endowments-investment-4b393044367becca68f17c3435c91e33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the <em>Associated Press<\/em> last month.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why is there interest from anti-Israel protesters?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Anti-Israel protesters have latched on to the divestment goals of groups opposed to the Jewish state\u2019s treatment of Palestinians. The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement is one of the largest groups opposed to Israel and works to pressure companies and groups to shun Israel.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several protesters have drawn parallels to student-led movements in the 1980s, which pushed universities to divest from apartheid South Africa. The impact of divestment from South Africa by some universities has been debated, with its effect unclear decades later.<\/p>\n<p>Other recent divestment campaigns have included students demanding universities divest from fossil fuels, but that has been difficult for similar reasons.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Israel activists are pressuring universities to sever ties with Israel due to the conflict with Hamas. From UCLA to Columbia, protests have erupted. 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