Isaac Arnsdorf
ISAAC ARNSDORF
Hard times, part 1 of 3: Economy hurts colleges

With the economy floundering, university presidents around the country have unleashed a flurry of memos in recent weeks, reacting to the crisis with varying degrees […]

November 19, 2008

ISAAC ARNSDORF
Briefly: Dartmouth, Stanford cut spending

Dartmouth College will freeze staff hiring, delay construction and merge departments to cut 10 percent from its budget, the school announced Thursday. Dartmouth’s endowment slid […]

November 17, 2008

ISAAC ARNSDORF
Briefly: University of California endowment shrinks by 15 percent

The University of California system’s endowment has declined $1 billion in 2008, $700 million of which was lost since July, The San Francisco Chronicle reported […]

November 14, 2008

ISAAC ARNSDORF
Briefly: Stanford to cut general funds budget

Stanford’s endowment has declined steeply since July, although not as much as market indexes. Facing “the tightest financial outlook we have seen in decades,” Stanford’s […]

November 14, 2008

ISAAC ARNSDORF
Briefly: Facing endowment decline, Dartmouth tries to cut spending

Dartmouth College’s endowment fell 6 percent to $3.44 billion between July 1 and Sept. 30, the chairman of Dartmouth’s board of trustees told The Dartmouth. […]

November 11, 2008

ISAAC ARNSDORF
Briefly: Harvard, Columbia endowments selling assets

The investment managers of Harvard, Columbia, Duke and other universities are offloading assets and considering other radical steps to brave the credit crunch, Dow Jones […]

November 10, 2008

ISAAC ARNSDORF
Briefly: Brown freezes hiring

Brown University will freeze hiring and review its budget to cut expenses, joining Cornell University and scores of other schools reacting to the financial crisis […]

November 7, 2008

ISAAC ARNSDORF
Renovations disrupt offices

While undergraduates know “Swing Space” as the stand-in dorm for whichever residential college is under renovation, for the staff of the University Art Gallery, every […]

November 7, 2008

ISAAC ARNSDORF & MARTINE POWERS
SENATOR BARACK OBAMA ELECTED 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

CHICAGO — Sen. Barack Obama shattered racial barriers and ushered in a new era of American politics on Tuesday by decisively defeating his Republican rival […]

November 5, 2008

ISAAC ARNSDORF & MARTINE POWERS
Obama’s Chicago roots shape president-elect’s policies and viewpoints

CHICAGO — In recent elections, residents of the Hyde Park neighborhood of the South Side of Chicago could walk right into Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School […]

November 5, 2008

ISAAC ARNSDORF
Dressed for a home run

By Isaac Arnsdorf CHICAGO, 7:39 p.m. — There’s enough paraphernalia and street peddlers for a ballgame. As the crowds stream toward Grant Park, they have […]

November 4, 2008