Not a lot of rumors flying lately

[The Funster]

Actually while I find all of the talk to be silly I'm loving it because no one here has bit on my op. there are 2 things going on with it. Neither which has been figured out yet. I'm fingering myself by the minute that everyone is so blind. I really am. Fingering myself.

such a clever boy...

 

[hthusky74]

wow...still talking about flagships...

Flagships? All this time I thought they were arguing about fagships.

 

[J187Money]

sorry guys, maybe I need a snickers, but the last 4 or 5 pages of this thread has been dreadful. I guess summer time is here.

Thank god we have an energetic FB coach and a police incident to spice things up, oh wait thats UNC.

At least it is all written in English instead of the HFD related diatribes.

 

[Doggie Style]

Yale does to some extent. I remember having conversations with my neighbour who was a Yale prof and later with my college track coach (who was also a nationally ranked decathelete and was recruited by serveral Ivies) about the Ivy League and recruitment... both indicated that coaches had some latitude in the people they brought in.

Yes, this does happen at the Ivy level, but what you need to compare is the Ivy League admission standard to another competitive universities. Kids that play hockey etc... At Yale which would otherwise not be able to get in without their athletic ability would in many cases EASILY get into other schools. The measure is a little off center in this type of situation.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Yes, this does happen at the Ivy level, but what you need to compare is the Ivy League admission standard to another competitive universities. Kids that play hockey etc... At Yale which would otherwise not be able to get in without their athletic ability would in many cases EASILY get into other schools. The measure is a little off center in this type of situation.

Yale better do something in sports.(I'm not sure winning in hockey excites the base.
Their endowment is slipping badly.
I'm not sure but all those losses to Harvard and mediocrity in IVy football might be the reason.
This slippage comes on the heels of 3 US presidents with Yale
ties.
So appersntly beating Harvard in football is more important than we think.

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[hthusky74]

Yale better do something in sports.(I'm not sure winning in hockey excites the base.
Their endowment is slipping badly.
I'm not sure but all those losses to Harvard and mediocrity in IVy football might be the reason.
This slippage comes on the heels of 3 US presidents with Yale
ties.
So appersntly beating Harvard in football is more important than we think.

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Certainly increased success with their sports teams would help. However another, probably larger issue, is philosophical in nature. That is that many of the conservative alumni have reduced or witheld their donations in recent years out of disgust with Yale's ultra liberal leanings. Here is an article that deals with the athletic recruiting issue: http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/03/26/recruitment-caps-come-at-a-cost/

 

[UConnDan97]

Yale better do something in sports.(I'm not sure winning in hockey excites the base.
Their endowment is slipping badly.

I hope you do realize that Yale's endowment at this point is more about status than need. When last I checked, they had an endowment of 19 billion (Harvard's was 24 billion). To put that number in perspective, that means that all of the 3.5 million people in the state of CT could stop paying taxes tomorrow, and Yale could still run the entire state budget until next May.

They have more than enough money to accomplish any structural, institutional, or research investment 10o times over. But I'm sure they would like to also start beating Harvard in football again, too...

 

[whaler11]

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[UConnDan97]

Correction on Harvard's endowment, which apparently is up to 30 billion now (holy hell!). But Yale is still #2 on the list, and some of the other colleges above the 1 billion mark surprised me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment

 

[CAHUSKY]

Yale better do something in sports.(I'm not sure winning in hockey excites the base.
Their endowment is slipping badly.
I'm not sure but all those losses to Harvard and mediocrity in IVy football might be the reason.
This slippage comes on the heels of 3 US presidents with Yale
ties.
So appersntly beating Harvard in football is more important than we think.

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The Yale endowment is effected by return on investment far more than donations at this point. Their endowment returned nearly 14% on average over the last 20 years although its dipped recently. If I'm not mistaken the endowment has continued to grow, just at a slower pace based on investment return not football games

 

[upstater]

The Yale endowment is effected by return on investment far more than donations at this point. Their endowment returned nearly 14% on average over the last 20 years although its dipped recently. If I'm not mistaken the endowment has continued to grow, just at a slower pace based on investment return not football games

ROI is important. U. Rochester was at 1.5b in the 1980s. 25 years later it's at.... $1.5b.

 

[woomba]

Yeah - investment is how most endowments increase. Endowments are actually historically one of the biggest investors into VC funds and other alternative investments.