The Southern university system approved creating a $300 million endowment to help undergraduate students pay for college with funding coming from investment returns generated by university financial officers.
A university and its foundation based in the Rocky Mountains are exiting their small investments in Russian companies in an action to send a message that it stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine following its invasion last week.
A Midwestern college savings trust authority has adjusted the underlying fund investment options for two of its plans, adding small-cap equity, emerging markets equity, core bond and real estate options.
A 529 plan in the South may consider recommendations to add high-yield fixed-income and emerging market fixed-income strategies at its meeting next week.