Last week, Neflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, announced a series of gifts totaling $120 million, intended to support historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The funds will be split among...
A few weeks before the pandemic turned higher ed fundraising upside down, Public Administration Review (PAR) published a study titled “Understanding Motivations of Mega-Gift Donors to Higher Education: A Qualitative Study.” By attempting to...
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) raised concerns about recent decisions at Hardin-Simmons University (HSU) in Abilene, Texas, to close its seminary and other programs. ACTA is “a service organization, not an...
A national group of higher-education advisers has taken an interest in the financial situation at Hardin-Simmons University. In response to program changes, including the pending closing of the Logsdon Seminary program and the move of the...
Earlier this year, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) found that alumni giving fell 7.9 percent from 2018 to 2019. Ann Kaplan, senior director of the study, said the drop “doesn’t necessarily...
The hero of Virgil’s epic masterpiece, the Aeneid, written over two millennia ago, offered his companions this comfort: “Summon up your courage and dismiss grim fear. God will bring an end to these hardships, too....
Last December, I asked, “Is there a limit to alumni support for tuition-busting construction projects?” Two months later, we received an answer courtesy of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), which...
Louisiana State University, whose president laments the decline in public funding for higher education, has a $1.5M lazy river forming the letters “LSU.” The University of Central Florida has the “Recovery Cove,” which includes...
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