Harvard University announced the other day that it posted a 23% gain in its endowment for the 2007 fiscal year, raising it from $33.5 billion to $41 billion, or to about the total annual GDP of Luxembourg.  $41 billion dollars can go a long way, like giving $10,000 college scholarships to 4.1 million students.  Thankfully, Harvard is starting to recognize its potential to equalize all the inequities in higher education.  Students from families now earning less than $60,000 a year attend the school for free, which resulted in a record 22,995 applicants this past year.  I guess all we need now is for all well-endowed schools to start giving back to middle and lower class students who can’t afford the same education that the wealthy can.