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Plugging that gap means tapping a university's endowment. That "is no different from U.S. universities," says Alison Richard, vice-chancellor of Cambridge. "But our endowment isn't sufficient, so it's a real stretch." Private donations invested by Yale University are currently worth some $23 billion; the endowment fund of rival Harvard is $35 billion. Dozens of other American universities boast funds valued at more than $1 billion. Even Britain's wealthiest universities are poor by comparison. The central endowment fund at Oxford is about $1.3 billion, and Cambridge's stands at roughly $2 billion. (The universities' individual colleges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Universities: Funding Excellence | 7/2/2008 | See Source »

Down 6-0 just seconds into the third chukker, Yale rebounded from its slow start to steal the momentum, exploding for five unanswered goals. Spreading the ball around and following up teammates consistently leaving the ball behind them, three of the four Bulldog players posted goals. Rising senior Michael Losak started things off, and native Englishman David Ashby— Yale’s substitute, who was filling in for the recently injured Bulldog Robert Burk—added two scores. Unfortunately for Yale, time was not on its side, as the horn sounded just seconds after recent graduate Adam...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Yale in Historic Polo Match | 6/24/2008 | See Source »

...plus fans and to have them cheering as you go down the sidelines is really incredible,” Levin said. “Getting a chance to come to England was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and we showed that we were better than Yale this year...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Yale in Historic Polo Match | 6/24/2008 | See Source »

With the first Harvard-Yale international polo match in the books, only time will tell whether next year will bring round two. But if Jack Wills has anything to say about it, the Crimson and Bulldog squads may find themselves in Windsor once again next June...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Yale in Historic Polo Match | 6/24/2008 | See Source »

...would love to have Harvard and Yale back,” said Jack Wills representative Olly Finding. “They drive new interest as an exhibition game. This is hopefully the start of a lifetime partnership with Jack Wills...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Yale in Historic Polo Match | 6/24/2008 | See Source »

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