Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 10:03     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some college presidents will be using the current Federal administration as political top cover for cost-cutting they want to do for unrelated reasons.

This is likely to be the case. It is always difficult to cut costs when those costs are employees. Naturally, there will always be unpleasant pushback from those losing their jobs.

Perhaps universities will come through this trial more efficient than they were. The employees are the ones who will suffer most. Students may suffer at the margins, though that depends on the specifics of what is cut.

This happens all the time. When colleges were first under fire for DEI, suddenly they “needed” to close every single resource center around, even though others didn’t and miraculously kept running. The colleges are just as big a threat.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 10:02     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some college presidents will be using the current Federal administration as political top cover for cost-cutting they want to do for unrelated reasons.

This is likely to be the case. It is always difficult to cut costs when those costs are employees. Naturally, there will always be unpleasant pushback from those losing their jobs.

Perhaps universities will come through this trial more efficient than they were. The employees are the ones who will suffer most. Students may suffer at the margins, though that depends on the specifics of what is cut.


Wait til the parents start complaining that their tuition costs keep rising, but suddenly no one will return their phone calls or answer their emails. Their kids will have harder times getting the classes they need as sections are collapsed. Mental health counselors will be in shorter supply as some of their kids spiral. Gym hours will be condensed. Garbage will pile up in the dorms as housekeeping is stretched…

Most of that has been happening for years.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 09:58     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some college presidents will be using the current Federal administration as political top cover for cost-cutting they want to do for unrelated reasons.

This is likely to be the case. It is always difficult to cut costs when those costs are employees. Naturally, there will always be unpleasant pushback from those losing their jobs.

Perhaps universities will come through this trial more efficient than they were. The employees are the ones who will suffer most. Students may suffer at the margins, though that depends on the specifics of what is cut.


Wait til the parents start complaining that their tuition costs keep rising, but suddenly no one will return their phone calls or answer their emails. Their kids will have harder times getting the classes they need as sections are collapsed. Mental health counselors will be in shorter supply as some of their kids spiral. Gym hours will be condensed. Garbage will pile up in the dorms as housekeeping is stretched…
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 09:58     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Yes we need reformation.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 09:54     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:Schools seem like they have to become need aware during the Trump administration. Maybe they'll technically be need blind but use algorithms to make the class less dependent on financial aid. If Yale is liquidating assets, this can't be good for other schools.

One might suspect this for next year, though plenty of full pay kids are still sitting on waitlists at these schools for this fall.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 09:50     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:Some college presidents will be using the current Federal administration as political top cover for cost-cutting they want to do for unrelated reasons.

This is likely to be the case. It is always difficult to cut costs when those costs are employees. Naturally, there will always be unpleasant pushback from those losing their jobs.

Perhaps universities will come through this trial more efficient than they were. The employees are the ones who will suffer most. Students may suffer at the margins, though that depends on the specifics of what is cut.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 09:32     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:Wait, why does administration want to crash PE? I’m a science person so not understanding the Econ rationale.


It’s not clear to me that’s the goal. His folks are just so stupid they don’t understand the natural consequences of their actions. That seems to me evident in almost everything he’s done so far this term. It’s like letting 13 year old boys run the country. It like the grownup version of that tiktok thing when all the MS boys broke the urinals in school bathrooms.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 09:02     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:Wait, why does administration want to crash PE? I’m a science person so not understanding the Econ rationale.


He's figured out a way to personally benefit financially from it. That is that is what he does with his presidency. That's what he did with the last one.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 09:00     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wait, why does administration want to crash PE? I’m a science person so not understanding the Econ rationale.

He wants to crash everything to force us to be reliant on American products.


Higher education is a very successful American product.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 08:59     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:Wait, why does administration want to crash PE? I’m a science person so not understanding the Econ rationale.

He wants to crash everything to force us to be reliant on American products.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 08:29     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Wait, why does administration want to crash PE? I’m a science person so not understanding the Econ rationale.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 07:05     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:Moody's just came out to say that individual investors in PE funds is a risky thing. I know that's institutions, but Yale's endowment is PE heavy. Sounds like they are not giving the returns people always assume. Reading this article, it sounds like they sought 6 billion and are getting 3 billion, which is not just a haircut discount. I never thought this would the crash until the Moody's story but maybe PE was too overhyped. Now they're trying to offload investments to individuals.


they're not getting 3b for 6b worth of value. they divided the 6b into two packages of 3b each to sell.

PE had its time. That time is over
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 03:00     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:Moody's just came out to say that individual investors in PE funds is a risky thing. I know that's institutions, but Yale's endowment is PE heavy. Sounds like they are not giving the returns people always assume. Reading this article, it sounds like they sought 6 billion and are getting 3 billion, which is not just a haircut discount. I never thought this would the crash until the Moody's story but maybe PE was too overhyped. Now they're trying to offload investments to individuals.


I posted this weeks ago when Trump started attacking universities ! This isn’t just Project 2025 people trying to force conservative ideology on schools and go back to all white male students only. It’s also about crashing the PE market which takes out not only universities but pension funds.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 21:52     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Anonymous wrote:Moody's just came out to say that individual investors in PE funds is a risky thing. I know that's institutions, but Yale's endowment is PE heavy. Sounds like they are not giving the returns people always assume. Reading this article, it sounds like they sought 6 billion and are getting 3 billion, which is not just a haircut discount. I never thought this would the crash until the Moody's story but maybe PE was too overhyped. Now they're trying to offload investments to individuals.


this is not what the article says
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 19:24     Subject: Yale liquidating assets
Some college presidents will be using the current Federal administration as political top cover for cost-cutting they want to do for unrelated reasons.