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UNITED STATES - JULY 28: Pedestrians walk past an New York University (NYU) building in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Millions of dollars for financial aid is out of reach at New York University, trapped in endowment accounts that can't be touched because of a once-obscure state law thrust into prominence by historic investment losses. (Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - JULY 28:  Pedestrians walk past an New York University (NYU) building in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Millions of dollars for financial aid is out of reach at New York University, trapped in endowment accounts that can't be touched because of a once-obscure state law thrust into prominence by historic investment losses.  (Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)