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Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
Colleges and universities are increasingly seeking donations from young entrepreneurs, using nontraditional approaches, and some have been very successful. Others have alienated wealthy young alumni by being too aggressive. Youthful entrepreneurs who do make gifts tend to time their donations to business events rather than to life events. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, College Administration, Donors, Entrepreneurship
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
The Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America coordinates scholarship programs for over 340 corporations, local scholarship programs, and experimental grants programs, distributing $19.8 million in scholarships to 21,000 students at 2,122 colleges and universities. Having an outside agency manage scholarship programs eliminates bias, reduces…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Higher Education, Industry, Philanthropic Foundations
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993
During the Reagan and Bush administrations, many foundations supported causes they thought were being ignored by Washington. Now many of those causes are finding support in the Clinton administration, and foundations are turning to other issues. A ranking of the 50 largest foundations, based on 1991 grants and assets, is provided. (MSE)
Descriptors: Economic Change, Higher Education, Philanthropic Foundations, Political Influences
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
The 22-year-old Whitaker Foundation, the largest private supporter of biomedical engineering, will close in 2006 to avoid becoming a bureaucracy in search of a reason for being. The foundation, with assets of about $442 million, will increase payouts until 1999, then decrease them as it spends its way out of existence. About 95% of grants go to…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Biomedicine, Bureaucracy, Higher Education
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Charles F. Feeney has given over $600 million to colleges and universities over 13 years through two obscure foundations, a secret kept for a decade by a small group of people. The foundations, wealthier and more public than previously because of a pending lawsuit, plan to continue existing policies, but take no new grant applications and announce…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, Confidential Records, Confidentiality
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
In 1997 private giving to colleges and universities climbed at the fastest rate in a decade; this was the second year of double-digit growth. However, total giving to two-year colleges and specialized institutions fell considerably. Master's degree institutions, public and private, gained most. Deferred giving showed a particularly strong…
Descriptors: Alumni, Donors, Educational Trends, Endowment Funds
