Filter & Sort
The Struggling Seminaries
Sudden, deep cuts at the largest Lutheran seminary illustrate the challenges facing theological schools across denominations.
Fund-Raising the Bar
Vanderbilt has seen average student debt decline due to “singular focus” on fund raising for need-based financial aid, a potential model for other universities. Hopkins has taken similar approach.
Giving to Colleges Up 2.3%
Increase only marginally exceeds rate of inflation, survey finds.
$10 Million for Telling the Truth
Donors impressed by Bucknell's handling of a scandal give university its third-largest gift.
A Challenge to the Wealthy
As Australian universities get into the fund-raising game, an international financier sets the pace with a $50 million donation and encourages others to follow suit.
Flat-Out Disappointment
College endowments averaged a small loss for the 2012 fiscal year -- the third year of losses since 2007 -- highlighting growing uncertainty about a once robust and predictable revenue stream.
Opinion
Stop Raiding the Treasury
Why should donations that finance luxurious buildings and half-million-dollar salaries at wealthy colleges be tax-deductible? Explain it to the students in Wick Sloane's 7 a.m. community college classes, he writes.
The Fund-Raising Cliff?
Colleges, fearing reductions in charitable giving, argue strongly against Republican proposals to limit deductions.