As college tuition rises, so do endowments

While college tuition continues to rise, a record 76 colleges and universities have achieved endowments of $1 billion or more. Now some members of Congress are putting more scrutiny on those endowments, and asking whether schools should use their endowment money to moderate tuition increases.

Guests

• Richard Pfutzenreuter: vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Minnesota.
• Steven Roy Goodman: education consultant and admissions strategist. He is the author of "College Admissions Together: It Takes a Family."
• David Ward: president of the American Council on Education and former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

More from MPR

• Keeping watch over educational endowments
  March 18, 2008

Resources

• About David Ward
• Boston Globe: Harvard endowment surpasses $34 billion
• MPR News: Keeping watch over educational endowments