Filter & Sort
Hat in Hand on Facebook
To reach their youngest alums, colleges turn to social media blitzes.
Optimistic Fund-Raisers
College fund-raisers are getting more cash and commitments, but the smallest colleges are missing their targets, according to a new survey.
Piety and Pocketbooks
One Christian college's supporters are praying and fasting in a bid to raise money to overcome what officials say is a financial crisis caused by employees who withheld vital information about the institution's finances.
Still a Charity Case
Private giving to colleges and universities is back at pre-recession levels -- but with fewer people donating larger sums.
Give the Money Back
The UNCF should not be taking $25 million from the Koch brothers, writes Marybeth Gasman.
Opinion
Building Better Futures
Brian K. Bridges writes that the UNCF's goal of helping students at historically black colleges requires a focus on the value of philanthropy, not the politics of the donor.
The Wrong $25 Million?
Koch brothers make major gift to the UNCF, primarily for scholarships -- and some wonder why black college group accepted the money and will give Koch some say in how recipients are selected.
Divestment From ‘Moral Evil?’
Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania are pushing the college to to sell its tobacco stocks -- which some of its peers did two decades ago.