Yale University’s famed endowment has been trying to offload one of the largest portfolios of private equity investments ever in a single sale, a move that reflects the pressures on both Wall Street and higher education under the Trump administration. The Ivy League school has sought buyers for up to …
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Wealthy philanthropists are grappling with a new landscape for giving, as government cuts create more funding …
Harvard University’s Dunster House in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Blake Nissen for The Boston Globe via Getty Images Harvard’s brewing conflict with the Trump administration could come at a steep cost — even for the nation’s richest university. On April 14, Harvard University President Alan Garber announced the institution would not comply …
Columbia University Education Images | Getty Images In early March, the Trump administration canceled $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests last year. The federal government sent the university a list of demands, such as suspending or expelling students who participated in …