Twenty-eight endowed chairs in schools of nursing are listed by institution, with the date of the initial endowment, amount of the endowment, specific content area or focus, and the name of the chair included. (MSE)

The author believes private colleges will be able to lead India back to educational excellence. (PG)

Foundations need to innovate and preserve, to achieve relevant programs. (PG)

Chatham College in Pennsylvania raised $9 million dollars in an unprecedented fundraising campaign. (PG)

The Danforth Foundation in St. Louis is moving away from national higher education assistance to concentrate on local universities' financial problems. (PG)

What effect would revoking the charitable deduction have on voluntary support of higher education? (Editor)

Fund-raising mailing must be well conceived and executed in order to hold its own against competing charitable organizations as well as commercial firms offering sweepstake prizes. An appeal letter is seen as the most important piece in any direct-mail effort. (MLW)

Describes some ways to get extra trees for campuses and some general considerations about soliciting trees as gifts. (Author/MLF)

The most effective way to secure and promote gifts is seen as face-to-face contact. Some effective planned giving programs including visitation programs, book plate program, reunions, and use of donors as effective door-openers are described. Suggestions for how to encourage people to discuss their estates are provided. (MLW)

An informal CASE sampling of alumni activities at some of the nation's Black colleges is reported. Factors contributing to alumni involvement in fund-raising drives are described, including: close contact with alumni, increase in volunteers and matching grant incentives, heightened alumni awareness of need for outside help, and phonathons. (MLW)

This article presents what one college president did when presented with an unexpected grant--she gave it away. This action served as a catalyst for more support, resulting in new grants totaling more than $3 million. (GCP)

While Ohio State University's recent success at fund raising is raising the hopes of other public and private institutions, many private colleges are worried by competition with public universities for a finite supply of private money. (MSE)

One of a collection of articles on self-made millionaire and educational philanthropist George Peabody examines the history of his work in Maryland and with the Maryland Historical Society. Peabody always sought to enrich Maryland's culture, and his most important gift to Maryland was the Peabody Institute of Baltimore. (SM)

One of several articles on George Peabody examines his history as a self-made millionaire, focusing on his years working in Maryland and the cultural legacy that he left the state (including the Peabody Institute of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University, Peabody Conservatory of Music, and Peabody Library of Baltimore). (SM)