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Diverse Conversations: Effective Fundraising for Higher Education

University presidents and chief advancement officers are having to get more and more creative to not only raise awareness about the support needed by institutions but also to get funding in place through effective campaigning.

September 3, 2014

Leadership & Policy

David Gipp Named Representative of American Indian College Fund

The chancellor of the tribal college in Bismarck has been named as a representative of a scholarship program that is part of a $3.4 billion government settlement with Native American landowners.

August 12, 2014

Students

Cornell University Alumni Endow First Africana Studies Center Lectureship

Cornell University alumni Reuben A. Munday and Cheryl Casselberry Munday have created an endowment that will allow the university’s Africana Studies and Research Center to bring in a leading scholar of African and African-American studies to the Ithaca campus for an annual lecture.

June 25, 2014

Students

Fayetteville State University Alumnus Gives $1M

An alumnus of Fayetteville State University is giving a $1 million gift to his alma mater’s fundraising campaign.

June 17, 2014

African-American

Activist Umar Johnson Attempting to Buy St. Paul’s College

The Board of Trustees at St. Paul’s has given him until Aug. 21 to raise the $5 million needed to acquire the historically Black college after it was forced to close last year amid declining enrollment and debt.

June 5, 2014

Sports

Here’s Some Underpublicized March Madness

Too little attention is focused on issues of player safety and health in the media storm following the ruling to allow Northwestern University’s student-athletes to organize.

March 31, 2014

Students

Morgan State Constructing New School of Business in Honor of Earl Graves

Morgan State University is constructing an $80 million facility that will house the School of Business and Management, which was named in 2005 after Black Enterprise magazine founder Earl G. Graves Sr.

March 25, 2014

Students

Purdue Gets $5M Gift from Anonymous Donor

Purdue University has received a $5 million gift from an anonymous donor that will finance scholarships and efforts to make Purdue more affordable for students.

February 17, 2014

Students

College Endowments See Strong Growth

The nation’s college and university endowments—often used to fund scholarships and professorships—had strong growth last year, according to a report released Tuesday.

January 28, 2014

Students

NC Endowment Offers $10M to Improve College Access

RALEIGH, N.C.—A North Carolina endowment is giving $10 million to improve access to higher education for low-income students in rural North Carolina high schools.

January 16, 2014

HBCUs

Louisiana-Monroe Alum’s Family Gives $1M to School

The donation will provide a facility to house 14 new international students.

January 7, 2014

Students

Educators Protest Koch Gift to Catholic University

Some Catholic educators are protesting Catholic University of America’s recent acceptance of a $1 million donation from the Charles Koch Foundation, which is affiliated with the libertarian Koch brothers.

December 17, 2013