A private college's distinctive qualities are the means by which it attracts students. The author offers eight suggestions for the private school attempting self-examination and self-reliance". (SP)

For small, private institutions, the real estate pooled income fund can be ideal for constructing new facilities, especially if the facility will produce revenue. Even a public or well-endowed private institution may have a unique project for which a pooled income fund may be a nontraditional funding solution. (MSE)

Public colleges have become aggressive and sophisticated fund-raisers and feel it is time the corporations notice that public institutions educate a large share of the corporate workforce and conduct research vital to business. At the same time, private colleges have had a decrease in corporate donations. (MSE)

Understanding the factors that influence alumni giving is a critical task of institutional marketers and development officers. To better understand the factors that influence alumni support, this research reports the results of a field experiment in which the effect that acknowledgement of alumni contributions has on their subsequent donation…

Our society is at a point where a number of interlocking crises-inflation, ever rising expectations, war, urban problems, youth's discontent-are coming together. Money is needed at every point and the private college cannot rely on the federal government or private sources to save them from financial disaster. The private college can tackle its…

The severe fiscal problems of private higher education are precisely described in this book. Emphasis is placed on where the money comes from, where it goes, and the consequences of expenditures exceeding income. What private colleges are doing about budget deficits is examined, and important recommendations about what they should be doing are…

A study on foundation grant patterns, which found that certain types of institutions get more gifts--and larger ones--than do others, is described. Public and Black institutions and five types of private institutions (research, doctoral, comprehensive, liberal arts, and two-year colleges) were studied. (MLW)

The impact on the University of Richmond (UR) of its 1969 gift of $50 million from an alumnus and trustee is examined. The fairly typical, small, church-related liberal arts university with an enrollment of about 4,000 has concentrated on student life and faculty welfare and the relationship between the two. (JT)

This speech, made on December 7, 1970 at a panel presentation held at Marymount College, concerns the survival of the independent college. It is apparent that, as costs rise, projected operating budgets of independent colleges must take account of them. One solution is to look for more income, the other is to seek ways of reducing the impact of…

Private higher education in North Carolina and all over the nation is experiencing increasing financial difficulty. Educational costs are rising more rapidly than the national economy because the greatest expenditures of educational institutions are for items with steeper-than-average price rises. Because of these financial straits, institutions…

The case of a Saudi Arabian student admitted to Princeton illustrates practices of using the admissions process as a means of soliciting gifts for the university. Issues of academic standards, special admissions, and confidentiality are discussed. (LBH)

Data are presented in chart, graph, and tabular form on sources of private gifts to colleges and universities; top 25 institutions in fund raising (totals and amount per student); average gifts per student at 4-year institutions for 1971-72 to 1990-91; and total and average gifts by institution type and sector. (MSE)

Characteristics of liberal arts colleges that motivate AT&T and other business and industrial firms to provide financial support are discussed. AT&T believes that independent colleges emphasize teaching excellence, including instruction in small settings and face-to-face discussion. Students benefit by early emphasis on the liberal arts,…

This study of 54 independent and 87 church-affiliated junior colleges sought to verify three empirical generalizations: (1) most maintain development programs; (2) voluntary support thus received is related to (a) staff member(s) responsible for the program, (b) volunteer groups to stimulate philanthropic support, (c) an active alumni group, (d)…