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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 3969896, member: 1559"] I think there are a couple of reasons why UConn's endowment has lagged vs other large state schools. 1) UConn was traditionally funded more by the state than other large state schools like Penn St. Thus, the other schools had to raise money and they did. 2) The fundraising arm of UConn was late to be developed and it is still not up to par. You have to invest in the right fundraising people in order to raise money. You can't send in a junior person to try to raise money from a wealthy entrepreneur or business leader. I have no inside information, but I would think Katsouleas thought he was hired to actually run UConn instead of just manage it. He probably didn't realize that he signed up for a political job with limited ability to implement meaningful change. [/QUOTE]