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Alumna Pledges $3.6-Million for Wilson College’s Shuttered Library
A Wilson College alumna has pledged up to $3.6-million toward a renovation and expansion of the Pennsylvania college’s 1925 library (right), which has been closed for two years because of steam leaks...
View ArticleU. of Michigan M.F.A. Program Receives a $50-Million Gift
The liberal arts may be facing waning public financial support and increased pressure to show their career benefits to graduates, but the University of Michigan’s graduate program in creative writing...
View ArticleCommunity Colleges Could Benefit From Better Alumni Outreach, Survey Finds
Four-year colleges have long made a high priority of maintaining relationships with their alumni, who offer a durable source of support for their alma maters. That hasn’t been as much the case at...
View ArticleFederal Research Cuts Have a Multiplier Effect on U.S. Economy
In releasing his administration’s budget for the 2014 fiscal year on Wednesday, President Obama said the proposal would replace “the foolish across-the-board spending cuts that are already hurting our...
View Article$133-Million Gift Will Help Build New Cornell-Technion Campus in New York City
Cornell University alumni are continuing show the love—in this case, $133-million worth—for the new Cornell Tech campus in New York City. The latest donation, announced on Monday at New York’s City...
View ArticleHarvard Receives $50-Million Gift for Research and Entrepreneurship
Nearly two months after across-the-board cuts in federal spending took effect, university researchers are beginning to feel the squeeze in their budgets. But researchers at Harvard University can...
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What Happens When a College Ends Its Most Celebrated Tradition?
Some Cooper Union students painted the inside of one campus building black in protest to its new policy of charging tuition. Credit: Alexis Rivas Arch Imagine if Kenyon College scrapped its literary...
View ArticleBillionaire Philanthropist Gives $100-Million to Columbia U. Business School
Ronald O. Perelman, chief executive officer of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., has pledged $100-million to Columbia University’s business school for a new business-education center on its...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins U. Announces $4.5-Billion Fund-Raising Campaign
The Johns Hopkins University announced on Saturday the details of a $4.5-billion fund-raising campaign—the largest the university has ever pursued and one of the largest currently under way. The...
View ArticleU. of Texas at Austin Sets Record Pace for Fund Raising
The broader economy sputters on, but cash is gushing into the University of Texas at Austin at an unprecedented rate. On Monday the flagship institution announced that it had raised $302-million so far...
View ArticleStudent-Loan Report Prompts Calls for Refinancing Options
Frustrated borrowers with private student loans have often said they feel trapped in their debt, struggling with high monthly payments and few options to ease the burden. Their concerns received...
View ArticleMusic Moguls Give $70-Million to U. of Southern California
The music- and audio-industry executives Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre—whose given name was Andre Young—are giving $70-million to establish an entrepreneurship program at the University of Southern...
View ArticleU. of Virginia Teams Up With ‘Crowdfunding’ Site to Finance Research
The University of Virginia announced this week the creation of a university “crowdfunding” portal designed to enable alumni and other donors to support research projects. The university is one of the...
View ArticleRice U. Tops $1-Billion Fund-Raising Goal
Rice University announced on Monday that it had exceeded the $1-billion goal it set for its Centennial Campaign fund-raising effort. The institution has raised $1.081-billion since the campaign opened,...
View ArticleUnited Negro College Fund Updates Its Slogan, and Its Brand
Washington — The United Negro College Fund has a new message for potential donors: Think of students as investments. That’s the focus of the UNCF’s latest advertising campaign, which was unveiled on...
View ArticleFund-Raising Pace Slowed in 2012, but Revenues Were Up, Survey Finds
The number of alumni donors and the amount of money colleges collected from them stayed relatively flat in 2012, according to survey results released on Monday, bringing fund raising down to earth...
View ArticleCollege Foundations Aim Higher, but Performance Stays Almost Flat
Another day, another set of data sketching the continuing financial doldrums of higher education, this time regarding the performance of college foundations. In its annual survey of 88 institutionally...
View ArticleAnnual Funds Face Challenges in an Age of Involved Donors
“Tradition.” “Legacy.” Those are the words that fund raisers once used to inspire donors to give to their alma maters. Not anymore, says Jon Hysell, executive director of annual giving at Hamilton...
View ArticleCentre College Receives $250-Million to Create Scholars Program
Centre College announced on Tuesday that it had received $250-million from the A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust, the largest gift ever to a liberal-arts institution. The donation, which is in the...
View ArticleClaremont McKenna College Raises $635-Million in 5-Year Campaign
Claremont McKenna College has announced that it raised $635-million in a five-year campaign. The college asserted that the figure is a record for a liberal-arts college. While records like that are...
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