College endowment balloons amid pandemic By Camilo Fonseca, Editor-at-large / November 11, 2021 Emerson’s investments generated a 32.7 percent return in 2021, indicating a promising future for the college despite the financial pressures of COVID-19. As...
Analysis: After bracing for disaster, Emerson poised to escape pandemic financially viable By Andrew Brinker, Former Senior Investigative Reporter / March 18, 2021 The past year, dominated by an unrelenting pandemic, has been marked by resounding loss. More than 500,000 have died in the U.S. alone—that toll’s...
College officials “cautiously optimistic” about financial outlook, expecting $30 million in losses By Charlie McKenna / December 15, 2020 Emerson anticipates $30 million in pandemic-related losses over the 2021 fiscal year—an outcome college officials consider a “best case scenario”...