On average, U.S. colleges lost 24 percent of their endowments in the second half of last year, according to the Commonfund Institute, which polled 629 educational endowments.

在削减提供629项教育捐助后，共同基金会表示：仅去年下半年，美国大学平均已损失了24%的捐助。

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Demographics say an average age of 28.7, educational background of university or post-grad, annual household income of 40-50k a year.

人口统计表明平均年龄是28.7，教育背景是大学或研究生，每家的年收入是4 - 5万美元。

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It is a well established fact in educational research that children who are younger in their year group at school tend on average to do significantly worse in terms of educational attainment.

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