Northwestern, if nothing else, is filthy, stinking rich. As of February of this year, the University boasted an endowment of about $8.7 billion. To put it more bitingly, we hold about as much wealth as...

I, like Dick Reif (Medill ’64), was invited to join Northwestern’s $3.75 billion fundraising drive called “We Will.” My reply – I MUST. I felt urged to write a response to his letter to the editor...

Northwestern's endowment grew to $7.8 billion in Fiscal Year 2013, an increase of 9.2 percent from the previous year. The fund grew much faster than it did in FY2012, which saw a modest 2.5 percent...

You recently reviewed Morton Schapiro's first four years as Northwestern president.
 He's a distinguished academic administrator with many paradoxes. He 
earns $1.2 million a year — the 17th highest-paid...