The College Sustainability Report Card 2008 evaluates the colleges and universities in the United States and Canada with the 200 largest endowments. The schools are located in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and 4 Canadian provinces.
Policies were reviewed at 129 private institutions with $251 billion in combined endowment assets and at 71 public institutions with $92 billion in combined endowment assets. The total endowment assets of the schools equal more than $343 billion. The 200 schools are a mix of large and small institutions of higher education. Together, they count more than four million currently enrolled students.
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