http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/09/13/alice_in_i_wonder_land/ Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:49:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/09/13/alice_in_i_wonder_land/comment-page-1/#comment-136 R-MWC Alumna Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:24:03 +0000 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/09/13/alice_in_i_wonder_land/#comment-136 While you describe both Fisk and Randolph as "financially troubled," I cannot help but notice that Fisk has an endowment of about $7 million while Randolph has an endowment of more than $140 million - and Randolph's endowment has grown every year since 2003 (unlike poor Fisk's). Big difference. Why is Randolph so bent on adding tens of millions more to an endowment that is already very sizeable -- larger than all but four other private colleges in Virginia? While you describe both Fisk and Randolph as "financially troubled," I cannot help but notice that Fisk has an endowment of about $7 million while Randolph has an endowment of more than $140 million - and Randolph's endowment has grown every year since 2003 (unlike poor Fisk's). Big difference. Why is Randolph so bent on adding tens of millions more to an endowment that is already very sizeable -- larger than all but four other private colleges in Virginia?

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