In Spring 2024, divestment from the state of Israel was a common demand across campuses as students erected Palestinian solidarity encampments (Cutler et al., 2024). Student and faculty activists targeted university presidents and boards of trustees to demand disclosure, ethical investing of the endowment, and a voice in university finances. The political movement renewed questions in the public discourse: What is an endowment? In which companies does the university invest? Is divestment feasible? Does divestment work? Importantly, the encampments and clashes between administration, faculty, and students brought attention to the moral position, if any, the university should take in matters of global injustice and human rights violations.