Biggest Endowment Funds

Does anyone know how the biggest endowments are structured organizationally? Ex: Harvard, Yale, Stanford...

Are most of the assets managed in-house or allocated to outside asset managers? What is a typical role of an analyst at one of these endowments? Would appreciate any insight. Thanks!

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