Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2024

Northland College in Wisconsin is seeking a $12 million lifeline from donors to keep its doors open. If it fails to raise the money by April 3, the college will likely close, officials announced Monday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Smith, an associate professor of higher education at the University of Cincinnati, co-authored “Diversity in Development: Centering Diversity in Community College Fundraising Practices,” published in the Journal of Applied Research in Community Colleges.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 16, 2024

‘You Are in the Crosshairs’: Higher Ed Braces for Another Antisemitism Hearing Katherine Knott Tue, 04/16/2024 - 03:00 AM December’s House hearing spawned presidential resignations, congressional fundraising records and probes of universities’ internal workings. Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 9, 2024

Wisconsin College Teeters on the Brink, in Public jessica.blake@… Tue, 04/09/2024 - 03:00 AM Northland College announced a potential closure last month hoping to spark last-minute fundraising to save itself. It hasn’t worked so far. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The numbers line up with what many higher education institutions reported to be a record-breaking fundraising year in fiscal 2022, despite rising inflation and continued fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. ” Community Colleges Still Lagging While giving in general was up 12.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Students from underrepresented backgrounds face considerable barriers when it comes to completing a community college program. But Dougherty Family College (DFC), a two-year associate degree program at the University of St. I spend a lot of time fundraising. There’s a heavy lift in terms of philanthropy,” said Smith. “I

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 26, 2024

Brown University will adopt a need-blind admissions policy for undergraduate international students, the university announced Thursday afternoon, after meeting a $120 million fundraising goal centered on beefing up institutional financial aid for international students. The policy will begin next cycle with applicants to the Class of 2029.

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University Business

MARCH 29, 2023

The board of trustees unanimously voted to shut the school down despite growing enrollment post-pandemic, thanks in part to a partnership with a local community college. The school faced a potential closure in 2018, but it was saved by fundraising and a $26.1 million loan from the Department of Agriculture.

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University Business

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The closed-door selection process has inflamed criticism from the community. Ed Muransky, chair of YSU’s nonprofit responsible for overseeing its fundraising, has since stepped down, Ideastream reports. A Republican, Johnson has served Ohio’s sixth district since 2011. Stepping down Robbyn Wacker – St.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 12, 2023

Connecticut College last week named trustee Les Wong interim president to replace Katherine Bergeron, who is stepping down at the end of June in the wake of a fundraising fiasco that prompted campus protests earlier this year. Now faculty are raising concerns about the opaque process.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

Ken Burnett’s classic 1992 fundraising text, Relationship Fundraising , taught and touted the value of developing relationships with donors based on the attributes of friendship, such as care, understanding, respect and mutual trust. Soft skills should never overshadow or replace hard skills in fundraising operations.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Curricula pivot to prioritize labor-market learning As of July 2020, 39 million students completed only some college or left without a degree, according to National Student Clearinghouse data. Half of all community college students struggle with picking classes around their job.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

“The University will submit a plan that necessitates ensuring that the UMass Amherst Foundation, not UMass Amherst, performs most of the advancement and fundraising work to maintain legal compliance moving forward,” Duffy wrote. Advancement employees, some of whom have been at the university for decades, were shocked and upset.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2023

Students at Connecticut College have occupied several buildings on campus, including part of the administration building, to demand the resignation of President Katherine Bergeron, Connecticut Public Radio reported. The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Image: Facing financial pressures, the King’s College made a recent appeal to donors for $2.6 million to meet immediate needs, warning that the small evangelical institution located in the heart of Wall Street is at risk of closure if it can’t quickly fundraise its way out of a dire situation. Fundraising is stagnant.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

Students first occupied Fanning Hall, where Bergeron’s office is located, last month after Rodmon King, the dean of institutional equity and inclusion, resigned in protest of the college’s decision to hold a fundraiser at the Everglades Club in Florida, which has a famously discriminatory past. King resigned on Feb.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

The community college also is partnering with the developers to serve as a workforce training hub. No deal has been reached involving the Sands giving the college money to support academic or training programs related to hospitality industry jobs, Kornbluth said. The Pennsylvania property reportedly sold for $1.3

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University Business

JANUARY 1, 2024

Analyzing the strongest community colleges and their systems Despite the year’s headlines painting community colleges poorly, community colleges are seeing some favorable developments. New Mexico, Connecticut and Maryland were rated as having the best community college systems.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

The Associated Press ran a story about Supreme Court justices’ appearances on campuses and how some of those events become fundraisers for institutions. The article was based on open records requests to the colleges and universities. The conduct would be banned for lower court federal judges.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

William Craft — Concordia College Walking out of academia hand in hand with his wife, William “Bill” Craft will be leaving behind a nearly pitch-perfect presidency during which he led the Minnesota school’s largest fundraising effort, garnering more than $157 million—exceeding the target by $7 million eight months early.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 9, 2023

The faculty of Connecticut College voted that it had no confidence in the performance of President Katherine Bergeron, The Day reported. Bergeron has been under fire for weeks at the college over a planned fundraiser that was set to be held at the Everglades Club, one of the oldest and most exclusive country clubs in Palm Beach, Fla.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 12, 2023

The Associated Press ran a story about Supreme Court justices’ appearances on campuses and how some of those events become fundraisers for institutions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

What inspires these grim thoughts is Kimball and Iler’s richly researched, provocative and pivotally important history of college endowments, campus fundraising campaigns, university finances, institutional spending and student debt. The 35 most prestigious U.S. But elite institutions should treat that as a warning.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Students at Connecticut College have occupied several buildings on campus, including part of the administration building, to demand the resignation of President Katherine Bergeron, Connecticut Public Radio reported. The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla.

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

College Pulse Survey, Spring 2022. A Gallup survey in fall 2021 revealed that two-thirds of community college students and an eye-popping three-fourths of bachelor’s degree students had considered leaving school in the previous six months due to emotional stress. Make mental health a fundraising priority.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Finishing Up College of St. million goal of its fundraising campaign. Mount Saint Mary’s University , of Maryland, has started a campaign to raise $50 million. To date, the university has raised $22 million. Scholastica has achieved the $62.6 Editorial Tags: Fund-Raising Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

Now another billionaire, Peter Chung, may hold the key to the fate of the King’s College. Earlier this year, the college announced a funding gap of $2 million that it needed to close quickly in order to remain open. As fundraising fell far short of the goal , Chung stepped in with a $2 million loan.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 22, 2023

The show was planned as a fundraiser for the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization that provides information and support to LGBTQ youth. ” The email was titled “A Harmless Drag Show? No Such Thing” and was in response to the drag show scheduled for March 31, ABC7 news reported.

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Fundraising Faculty IT 79

EAB

OCTOBER 9, 2023

EAB is also extending its CRM to support alumni engagement and fundraising. Together, the changes support students to, through, and beyond college—and cement Navigate as higher education’s leading CRM solution. To reflect this growth, EAB is introducing a new name for the platform: Navigate360.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

While Connecticut College ultimately canceled the event, the move came too late, prompting King to step down. “Over the last several weeks our focus has been drawn to areas in which the College can better execute its mission, including the area of equity, inclusion, and full participation.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 19, 2023

Sharp losses in the stock market will reduce endowment draws and may make fundraising more challenging. percent at community colleges, 1.8 percent for in-state students at four-year public colleges and 3.5 This is a function, in part, of declining enrollment, but it will be intensified by other factors. percent.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

What’s the next college or what’s the next big issue?” Birmingham-Southern is seeking state dollars in addition to its own fundraising efforts. The college aims to raise $200 million by May 2026. ” Other lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats alike, concurred that such a bailout is unlikely.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 29, 2023

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.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 24, 2023

“Over the last several weeks our focus has been drawn to areas in which the College can better execute its mission, including the area of equity, inclusion, and full participation. In his resignation letter , King blasted the president for bullying and creating a “toxic administrative culture of fear and intimidation.

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EAB

OCTOBER 10, 2023

EAB is also extending its CRM to support alumni engagement and fundraising. Together, the changes support students to, through, and beyond college—and cement Navigate as higher education’s leading CRM solution. To reflect this growth, EAB is introducing a new name for the platform: Navigate360.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 17, 2023

Six institutions implemented the first model, focused on recruitment and admissions, and four institutions later implemented the second model, which incorporated lessons learned from the first model and also focused on student success and fundraising.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 2, 2023

The competition for revenue and wealth began 130 years ago among elite colleges and universities that devised now-conventional practices such as annual alumni funds , national fundraising campaigns and aggressive endowment investing.

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