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University of Chicago considering bankruptcy

The University of Chicago has now borrowed $6.3 billion, mor...
magenta area
  08/17/25
They internalized budgeting from the city of Chicago.
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Exhilarant Nowag Lodge
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uh link?
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https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-crisis-of-the-univers...
big citrine den
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“This summer it proposed to “merge” (read:...
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it fills my heart with joy to see universities suffer but I ...
pearly fear-inspiring space karate
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cr. they still have large pockets of non-woke professors an...
Electric sanctuary
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Chicago was only the poorest school in its tier. I'm sure pl...
Offensive 180 Really Tough Guy Temple
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The only reason I have any sympathy for them is because they...
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another Boomer bust out
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What kind of nefarious shit have they been funding
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You'd think with all the famous economists there they'd be e...
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They erected a giant penis building for an economist who was...
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keynes?
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Lol they're revoking mig's degree
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and because they're in a slum they can't sell some land and ...
pearly fear-inspiring space karate
  08/17/25
Candy ride, explain yourself
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ljl the "Chicago School of Economists" has influen...
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fantasy-prone cream theatre crotch
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Indonesia was more affected by the "Berkeley Mafia"...
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yea nigga mixed that up but i think some other fags went to ...
comical scourge upon the earth gas station
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Like two countries in Latin America in the 70s. Milton Fried...
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Without doing any research, I’m sure that this traces ...
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and women, women are 180 and understand that money grows on ...
comical scourge upon the earth gas station
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if true, nooses now.
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their budget office ljl i knew it https://budgetoffice.uc...
comical scourge upon the earth gas station
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im surprised they even have a token male at the top
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They handed out Deewy Leboeuf contracts to get profs to move...
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Not what I was expecting…
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Bankruptcy mastermen: Is bankruptcy appropriate for an entit...
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I think endowment funds are usually tightly restricted in ho...
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How can the university borrow against endowment funds it doe...
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When borrowing money, the endowment is 1800000 models and bo...
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To be fair, "the donor might specify that the money ...
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duck-like seedy box office laser beams
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It was always a poor school. Its per capita endowment was a ...
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https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bswze3jqckhuc...
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Btw, it isn’t the bonds that sink them. It isn’t...
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I used my STEM degree out of college to make dick but then m...
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What a Joke imho
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"And yet, after a brief amelioration, the faculty-stude...
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I kept waiting for the authors to suggest one other way out
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Lascivious wrinkle
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Free markets will handle this fine
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it would have. U of C wouldn't be in this position without ...
duck-like seedy box office laser beams
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I used to work there. The University spent a lot of money o...
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WE NEED MO MONEY FO DEM COMMUNITY N FACULTY PROGRAMZ
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“more teaching will be done by people with no formal c...
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Yes you can. The University of Paris used to treat lecturing...
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It’s been downhill ever since Karlstack left
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$40 million in annual payroll toward sinecures for 29 Boomer...
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Salaries are very fat compared to other top tier universitie...
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boomers thanklessly pillaging future gens, we salute thee
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Academic staff 3,418 (2023) Administrative staff 23,217 (...
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this cannot possibly be right, they cannot possibly have EIG...
pearly fear-inspiring space karate
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~10k is hospital staff, which hospital is net profitable
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explains why they started selling admissions via summer prog...
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Date: August 17th, 2025 3:52 PM
Author: magenta area

The University of Chicago has now borrowed $6.3 billion, more than 70 percent of the value of its endowment. The cost of servicing its debt is now 85 percent of the value of all undergraduate tuition. This is not normal. No peer institution has a debt-to-asset ratio greater than 26 percent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192296)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:19 PM
Author: Copper Marvelous Casino Wagecucks

They internalized budgeting from the city of Chicago.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193309)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 12:07 AM
Author: Self-absorbed Main People

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193556)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 1:26 PM
Author: Exhilarant Nowag Lodge



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Date: August 17th, 2025 3:54 PM
Author: Sadistic mad cow disease

uh link?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192301)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:07 PM
Author: big citrine den

https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-crisis-of-the-university-started-long-before-trump/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192324)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:14 PM
Author: vigorous patrolman school cafeteria

“This summer it proposed to “merge” (read: “close”) departments; send some students online—or perhaps put them on buses—to study at other institutions; and teach some languages via ChatGPT.”

LJL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192339)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:17 PM
Author: pearly fear-inspiring space karate

it fills my heart with joy to see universities suffer but I wish it was a bunch of other universities rather than Chicago in the deepest crisis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192348)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: Electric sanctuary

cr.

they still have large pockets of non-woke professors and departments. so many LACs need to die first.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192915)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 9:12 PM
Author: Offensive 180 Really Tough Guy Temple

Chicago was only the poorest school in its tier. I'm sure plenty of shit tier schools are hurting worse

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193106)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:14 PM
Author: Offensive 180 Really Tough Guy Temple

The only reason I have any sympathy for them is because they aren't total corporate whores like UPenn where everything has a company's logo on it. They tried to maintain some integrity while spending gobs of money to look maintain appearances.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193303)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 3:55 PM
Author: talented athletic conference depressive

another Boomer bust out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192302)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: odious stead famous landscape painting



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Date: August 17th, 2025 5:29 PM
Author: razzmatazz house-broken reading party legal warrant



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192509)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 2:19 PM
Author: cerise frisky hospital haunted graveyard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194597)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 3:56 PM
Author: fantasy-prone cream theatre crotch

What kind of nefarious shit have they been funding

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192305)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 3:59 PM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Poppy House Blood Rage

You'd think with all the famous economists there they'd be extra good with money

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192310)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: fantasy-prone cream theatre crotch

They erected a giant penis building for an economist who was wrong about everything basically

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192312)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: duck-like seedy box office laser beams

keynes?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194570)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:11 PM
Author: cracking high-end keepsake machete



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192329)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:12 PM
Author: big citrine den

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProfessorFinance/comments/1mqeaig/comment/n8rfc66/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192333)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:08 PM
Author: French cerebral shrine halford

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192790)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:23 PM
Author: Vibrant henna native community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192845)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:43 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Sweet Tailpipe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192907)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 8:42 PM
Author: Histrionic property



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:00 PM
Author: beady-eyed partner toilet seat



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:14 PM
Author: Multi-colored sapphire home



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Date: August 18th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: spectacular boltzmann chapel



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Date: August 18th, 2025 1:17 PM
Author: Turquoise racy half-breed



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194472)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 1:26 PM
Author: Exhilarant Nowag Lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194492)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:05 PM
Author: Lascivious wrinkle

Lol they're revoking mig's degree

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192319)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:11 PM
Author: pearly fear-inspiring space karate

and because they're in a slum they can't sell some land and make a bundle lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192332)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:18 PM
Author: pea-brained goyim

Candy ride, explain yourself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192350)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: comical scourge upon the earth gas station

ljl the "Chicago School of Economists" has influenced the world, graduating economists that have gone on to work in high level roles in such prestigious economies as Indonesia, Argentina, and Zambia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192357)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:25 PM
Author: fantasy-prone cream theatre crotch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192374)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:21 PM
Author: Offensive 180 Really Tough Guy Temple

Indonesia was more affected by the "Berkeley Mafia"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Mafia

I don't think Chicago School had a ton of influence internationally. It was recognized and studied abroad but not wholesale adopted the way it was in America.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192837)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:27 PM
Author: comical scourge upon the earth gas station

yea nigga mixed that up but i think some other fags went to chicago, it actually worked in chile

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192857)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 8:33 PM
Author: Offensive 180 Really Tough Guy Temple

Like two countries in Latin America in the 70s. Milton Friedman said Hong Kong had the best economy in the world when it was a UK colony, but I'm pretty sure no one in HK ever read his books

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193029)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 4:28 PM
Author: irradiated chocolate mental disorder

Without doing any research, I’m sure that this traces back to Boomers. Admins and other “owners” probably did some university version of a dividend recap, loading the place up with debt a-la the PE playbook, and then plan to head for the south Florida riviera with their “profits.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192384)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: odious stead famous landscape painting



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192495)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 5:48 PM
Author: comical scourge upon the earth gas station

and women, women are 180 and understand that money grows on trees and its better to spend now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192546)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 5:26 PM
Author: maize fluffy death wish

if true, nooses now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192499)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 5:49 PM
Author: comical scourge upon the earth gas station

their budget office ljl i knew it

https://budgetoffice.uchicago.edu/about/people/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192552)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:06 PM
Author: maize fluffy death wish

im surprised they even have a token male at the top

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192779)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:10 PM
Author: Heady site sex offender

They handed out Deewy Leboeuf contracts to get profs to move. Leiter got a 10 year 100 million dollar deal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192804)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 1:53 AM
Author: trip marketing idea tanning salon

Not what I was expecting…

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193662)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 2:10 PM
Author: duck-like seedy box office laser beams

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194572)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:09 PM
Author: Tantric stimulating pisswyrm stage

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192794)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:26 PM
Author: Vibrant henna native community account

Bankruptcy mastermen: Is bankruptcy appropriate for an entity that has investments that exceed its liabilities by over $1B? Shouldn't the bankruptcy court's answer be, "Use your endowment, which exceeds your debts, to pay the money you owe"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192855)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:59 PM
Author: impertinent hominid

I think endowment funds are usually tightly restricted in how they're used. For example, the donor might specify that the money be used for minority scholarships or other communist agitprop. Only a small number of donations can be used for operational needs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192936)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 9:14 PM
Author: Offensive 180 Really Tough Guy Temple

How can the university borrow against endowment funds it doesn't control? I hope that's not a dumb question.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193111)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:06 PM
Author: Charismatic Locale

When borrowing money, the endowment is 1800000 models and bottles

When spending money, the endowment is my lil restricted guy ;)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193288)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: adventurous wine volcanic crater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194463)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: Turquoise racy half-breed

To be fair,

"the donor might specify that the money be used for minority scholarships or other communist agitprop"

How is this a "restriction" when it comes to running a prestigious American university in 2025? Sounds like they can basically spend those funds on anything they want, up to and including faggot sports with male cheerleaders.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194477)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 2:10 PM
Author: duck-like seedy box office laser beams



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194573)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 7:29 PM
Author: Offensive 180 Really Tough Guy Temple

It was always a poor school. Its per capita endowment was a fraction of Northwestern's last I checked, which may have been several decades ago. Princeton always seemed like the daddy, and there are a few niche colleges like Grinnell that sit on yuge per capita endowments. Oberlin was also rich per capita IIRC, and Rice was so rich it gave free tuition to Texas residents until recently. Harvard endowment is yuge but IIRC they also borrowed heavily against it like UofC. Not sure Princeton ever had to do that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49192860)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: carnelian curious ticket booth

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bswze3jqckhucjb7oe0w/culture/how-university-of-chicago-howard-other-endowments-are-tackling-asset-managements-big-problem

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193045)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 8:44 PM
Author: carnelian curious ticket booth

Btw, it isn’t the bonds that sink them. It isn’t the debt. It’s the empty hallways where no firm comes. The students sit with their useless résumés and their borrowed money and their bad degrees. Without OCI they are cattle without a market. In 2025 a boy leaves Hyde Park with his parchment and his pride and he earns $27,000k. That is the joke. The debt is theater. The real rot is that there is no ladder out. The school takes their money, borrows more, and laughs. Debt on debt. Pride on pride. It is all a con. And the worst of it is the students believe they are different. They are not. They are broke and ordinary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193057)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 2:15 PM
Author: duck-like seedy box office laser beams

I used my STEM degree out of college to make dick but then my buddy got me into a sales job and I was instantly making $100K. I quickly was made a sales manager and was making $150k. I hired this dork (I have no idea why) who after about a month criticized how I ran my 17 employee sales team and said "you didn't even go to business school. I went to the University of Chicago business school." I said "well why can't you sell anything then?" He either quit or was fired within weeks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194582)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 7:57 PM
Author: carnelian curious ticket booth

What a Joke imho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49195447)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:00 PM
Author: Yapping School Macaca

"And yet, after a brief amelioration, the faculty-student ratio at the University of Chicago has gotten worse nearly every year from 2011 to 2024, for the very simple reason that the University of Chicago placed itself so deeply in debt it could conceive no other way out. (There were plenty of ways out.)"

Ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193265)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:10 PM
Author: Offensive 180 Really Tough Guy Temple

I kept waiting for the authors to suggest one other way out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193292)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:24 PM
Author: Lascivious wrinkle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193320)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:14 PM
Author: Multi-colored sapphire home

Free markets will handle this fine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193302)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 2:17 PM
Author: duck-like seedy box office laser beams

it would have. U of C wouldn't be in this position without federally guaranteed student loans.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194590)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:25 PM
Author: glassy well-lubricated party of the first part

I used to work there. The University spent a lot of money on new buildings and “invested in the community” in an effort to encourage more students/professors to live close to campus. There was a revolving door at CFO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193321)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:38 PM
Author: Lascivious wrinkle

WE NEED MO MONEY FO DEM COMMUNITY N FACULTY PROGRAMZ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193357)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 1:50 PM
Author: boyish set feces

I never understood why firms are quick to replace CFOs. its LJL.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194533)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:42 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac emerald gaming laptop useless brakes

“more teaching will be done by people with no formal contact with research.”

That’s actually a positive shift. Many professors dislike teaching, aren’t particularly good at it, and view it as an obligation that distracts from their research. Better to have classes taught by instructors whose sole focus is teaching.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193372)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 11:23 PM
Author: fantasy-prone cream theatre crotch

You can't respect a college "professor" that doesn't do research. The whole bit is premised on them being smarter than you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193484)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 12:05 AM
Author: Green Lettuce Kitchen

most college freshmen have no idea what research their prof does, or are even aware of the publish-or-perish promotion model. do you think they respect a checked out boomer who doesn't explain things well because he published a few journal articles 10 people read?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193551)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 12:17 AM
Author: Offensive 180 Really Tough Guy Temple

Yes you can. The University of Paris used to treat lecturing as a bloodssport where students were invited to critique the lecturer and find gaps in his knowledge. A good teacher was a lecturer who could take the heat and dish it back. One guy was so good his adversaries castrated him

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Abelard

Didn't "publish" SHIT until after he was castrated. Or if he did it's not what aggro'd the other faculty in Paris

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193579)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 10:55 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy wonderful cruise ship

It’s been downhill ever since Karlstack left

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193408)



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Date: August 17th, 2025 11:25 PM
Author: frum incel liquid oxygen

Pull up their 990 and look at the reported salaries. Pretty juicy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193486)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 12:04 AM
Author: irradiated chocolate mental disorder

$40 million in annual payroll toward sinecures for 29 Boomers. Almost $3.5 million to the former president. Not a single giant sports contract on the list, just all admins and professional school leaders.

Two of whom must be delighted to have their line items unreadable because they got cut off between pages of the PDF.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49193545)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 12:16 PM
Author: frum incel liquid oxygen

Salaries are very fat compared to other top tier universities.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194414)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: red motley tattoo

boomers thanklessly pillaging future gens, we salute thee

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194420)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 1:16 PM
Author: Vibrant henna native community account

Academic staff 3,418 (2023)

Administrative staff 23,217 (2023)

Students 19,287 (2024)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194470)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: pearly fear-inspiring space karate

this cannot possibly be right, they cannot possibly have EIGHT TIMES as many admin staff as academics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194494)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 1:31 PM
Author: red motley tattoo

~10k is hospital staff, which hospital is net profitable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194502)



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Date: August 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: glittery wild sandwich

explains why they started selling admissions via summer program + ed0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763372&forum_id=2Reputation#49194504)