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[QUOTE="Chuck, post: 5330021, member: 1646"]
UConn really needs to grow that endowment.  It would help the school be weather state budget constraints like it's going through right now.

I find the impact of sports on higher education very interesting.  I don't live in Connecticut and I'm old enough that my undergrad degree doesn't mean anything professionally.  I'm still interested in UConn because of the sports teams (mostly basketball).  My son almost went to UConn because of my love for the team that I've passed on to him and I've still given some money to the school (and basketball) because of the athletics.

But the hundreds of millions of dollars allocated to athletics by the state, and more importantly, by alums is taking away from other areas (if you believe the donations would still come without sports).  I'm not saying that UConn should de-emphasize athletics.  I just find the prioritization compared to a school that doesn't really compete on the field interesting.
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