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In 2017, a federal endowment tax was enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 in the form of an excise tax of 1.4% on institutions that have at least 500 tuition-paying students and net assets of at least $500,000 per student. The $500,000 is not adjusted for inflation, so the threshold is effectively lowered over time.
"for visionary leadership in bridging the worlds of scholarship and technology" [176] [177] Professor Emeritus of History (specializing in Britain) at the University of California, Riverside; 2009 Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire medal (bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II) [178] Kevin Starr: M.L.S. 1974: 2006 [179] [180]
Notes 1 Raymond B. Allen: 1951–1959 First chancellor of UCLA 2 Vern Oliver Knudsen: 1959–1960 3 Franklin David Murphy: 1960–1968 4 Charles E. Young: September 1, 1968 – June 30, 1997 [335] 5 Albert Carnesale: July 1, 1997 – June 30, 2006 [336] – Norman Abrams: July 1, 2006 – July 31, 2007 acting [337] 6 Gene D. Block: August 1 ...
increased by 14.3 million and accounted for 26 percent of the growth” (PEW HISPANIC CENTER: 2005, 4). More than 11,000,000 Hispanic children are currently between the ages of 5 and 17. In terms of education policies that impact Hispanics, several major trends stand out: Low enrollment of Hispanic children in early childhood programs and
Julian W. Hill (PhD 1928) – inventor of nylon [65] C.-T. James Huang (PhD 1982) – generative linguist , Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at Harvard , Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America (2015), recipient of the Linguistic Society of Taiwan 's Lifetime Achievement Award (2014)
Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States.It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was killed in the French and Indian War in 1755.
[needs update] [194] [195] In the 2011 fall term, among students who had designated a major, the School of Engineering was the most popular division, enrolling 63% of students in its 19 degree programs, followed by the School of Science (29%), School of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences (3.7%), Sloan School of Management (3.3%), and School of ...
In 2013, the endowment posted +14.4% return on investments, primarily driven by "equity markets and the university’s absolute-return portfolio." [ 4 ] In 2014, the endowment grew from $7.7 billion to $9.6 billion (an increase of $1.8 billion from a year earlier), generating a net return of +17.5%. [ 5 ]