按照全美大專院校贸易官员协會(National Association of College and University Business Officers)的一項钻研,均匀而言,捐赠额跨越 10 亿美元的大學将其捐赠投資组合的 18% 投資于私募股权,跨越 14% 投資于危害投資。常春藤同盟成员布朗大學在 2022 财年将其捐赠基金的 43% 用于私募股权投資。比拟曩昔,如今的大學更像是一個金融產物,乃至有人讥讽“哈佛不外是附带了一所大學的對冲基金”[8]。
2012 年,10 所黉舍投資了開曼群島的一家名為 EnCap Energy Capital Fund IX-C的企業。這是一家以收購和開辟北美煤油自然氣财產而著名的私募股权公司。投資者包含阿拉巴马大學、德保尔大學、东北大學、匹兹堡大學、普渡大學、里德學院、罗格斯大學、雪城大學、德克萨斯理工大學和華盛顿州立大學。
捐赠基金中的大部門都是附带前提的受限捐赠,黉舍不克不及自行决议用處。按照教诲支援委员會(Council for Aid to Education)的数据,高校用于運营的捐錢中有 90% 以上是受限捐赠,助學金大要占总量的10%。一些捐赠者干與了黉舍的人事放置和课程設置,激發了關于大學自力性的担心[19]。
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