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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

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Blogs Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do The first two decades of the 21st century have already witnessed several major disruptions with significant economic impacts, from three recessions to the pandemic to today’s hiring crisis. But there are also significant risks to halting solicitations altogether.

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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Iowa Wesleyan University is closing, citing rising costs, shifting enrollment trends, declining fundraising and the governor’s rejection of a proposal for federal COVID-19 relief funds. With the pending closure of Iowa Wesleyan, Plunkett will have led two colleges that shut down. Is this diversity newsletter?

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President moves: New hires abound, 1 retires following a 20-year stint

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University of New Haven President Jens Frederiksen (Source: University of New Haven) The University of New Haven has bestowed some lofty expectations on its incoming president, Jens Frederiksen, after his recent success at Fisk University in Tennessee.

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Presidential moves: Strong appointments and 2 headscratchers

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Rhonda Phillips – Chatham University (Pa.) An academic administrator, a scholar and now president. Rhonda Phillips is an esteemed honors college dean, serving the position for the past decade at Purdue University. Previous to that she served as the associate dean for The Honors College at Arizona State University.

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‘We are heartbroken’: Financial woes force Iowa Wesleyan to close its doors

University Business

The school faced a potential closure in 2018, but it was saved by fundraising and a $26.1 The school has produced notable alumnae, dating back to suffragist Arabella Mansfield, the country’s first female lawyer. A more recent alumna is Peggy Whitson, the first female commander of the International Space Station.

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Rising need and falling enrollment shut down another small private college

University Business

Holy Names University, a 154-year institution in Oakland, California, is the latest small private college to announce that it will close at the end of the 2022-23 school year. The COVID pandemic severely hindered the college’s recruiting and fundraising efforts. Cazenovia administrators said. .

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Week roundup: How the Israel-Hamas war is affecting colleges, universities

University Business

Similarly, Rabbi Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University in New York, recently circulated a statement that read, “We stand together with Israel against Hamas.” ” A collection of 13 private universities, public university systems and HBCUs helped found the ensuing coalition.