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University of Louisville Launches Fundraising Campaign to Bolster Research and Add Endowed Faculty Roles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Louisville (UofL) has launched a fundraising campaign to match a $10 million state investment, which will go towards adding endowed faculty positions and advancing university research.

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How do colleges hit record-level fundraising? It’s all about the alumni

University Business

Say what you want about the state of the economy and how it’s creating headaches for higher education institutions, but that doesn’t stop those who have mastered the art of fundraising. It all comes together to provide a formula for fundraising success.

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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

EAB

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. Insights Advancement Fundraising

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How to hit your fundraising goals during an economic downturn

University Business

To avoid being behind the eight ball, institutions should know how to effectively fundraise if—or when—things fly south. More from UB: How do colleges hit record-level fundraising? million to fundraising production.

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Fundraiser Fiasco at Connecticut College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Students at Connecticut College are calling on President Katherine Bergeron to step down over plans for a controversial fundraiser in Florida. The fundraiser was set to be held at the Everglades Club, one of the oldest and most exclusive country clubs in Palm Beach. Rodmon King, the college’s former dean of institutional equity and inclusion (IEI), resigned in protest over the fundraiser on Tuesday after Bergeron decided to proceed with the event despite his concerns.

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GoFundMe fundraisers for college tuition are up by more than 50% over last year

University Business

C ollege students are increasingly turning to crowdfunding to help cover their education expenses, according to new data from the fundraising platform GoFundMe. The post GoFundMe fundraisers for college tuition are up by more than 50% over last year appeared first on University Business.

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University Fundraising During Crisis Situationswith Martin Leifeld | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 042

The Change Leader, Inc.

This podcast explores university fundraising during crisis situations. During his 24 years of professional fundraising, Martin Leifeld and his teams raised a staggering $500 million dollars. Fundraising | Grants Business of Higher Ed Podcasts Strategic Planning and Management

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Getting creative: How higher ed is finding solutions to post-pandemic problems

University Business

While fundraising is a time-tested revenue stream, schools less endowed with wealthy donors are Coming up with creative new revenue-generating ideas.

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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

University Business

Briefings Leadership Presidents advancement black president board of trustees college president female president fundraising Mount Holyoke College Mount Union College nyu president school leadership school president St.

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Giving Tuesday: Despite economic distress, colleges raise millions

University Business

Kent concluded its fundraising efforts with a total amount of $3.6 Administration Briefings Finance Fundraising anthology charitable giving colleges donations fundraising Giving Tuesday higher education Kent State Penn State schools universities

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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 Small private school Iowa Wesleyan University, founded before the Civil War, announced its plans to close at the conclusion of the academic year on Tuesday.

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President search committees are overlooking women – Here’s why

University Business

While the majority of both men and women come from academic institutions with academic backgrounds, the rising need for schools to leverage fundraising strategies to compensate for stagnating enrollment has led schools to hire presidents with different sets of skills.

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What are college leaders most concerned about for 2023?

University Business

As higher education institutions navigate through their first year of “normalcy” since the pandemic, they will continue to create paths toward a brighter future for their students. But what does the future look like for the institutions themselves?

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Chaos in Connecticut: Faculty, students seek to replace ‘bullying’ president

University Business

A proposed fundraiser event by a small liberal arts school president has incited an avalanche, calling for the resignation of a school dean and drawing the Board of Trustees into the muck as 120 faculty pressure the Board to begin its new president search immediately.

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Changes to University Scholarship Processes Due to the Pandemicwith Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Keith Brown and Alania Cater | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 060

The Change Leader, Inc.

This podcast looks at the disruption that has happened in the areas of scholarship, financial aid, and fundraising. Business of Higher Ed Fundraising | Grants Podcasts Students and Enrollment Management

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Hope Forward: Enabling Free Tuition for Collegewith host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Matt Scogin | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 092

The Change Leader, Inc.

Business of Higher Ed Christian Higher Ed Fundraising | Grants PodcastsHope College, a Christian college located in Holland, Michigan, is establishing the innovative Hope Forward program, enabling free tuition for college, which will allow students to graduate debt-free.

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How to stay ready for donors who “aren’t ready yet”

EAB

Watch the webinar Get more insights Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do February 3, 2023 Things have changed—has your Annual Giving strategy? Insights Advancement Advancement Marketing Fundraising

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Things have changed—has your Annual Giving strategy?

EAB

Insights Advancement Advancement Marketing FundraisingBlogs Things have changed—has your Annual Giving strategy? By Brad Shafer As advancement leaders, we need to be good market watchers and even better communicators.

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Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions to Host Mid-Program Convening for MSI Aspiring Leaders Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sessions will cover topics such as balancing athletic and academic priorities, strengthening CVs, presidential fundraising skills, and negotiating presidential salary packages.

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A Primer for Transforming Higher Ed in Turbulent Times

The Change Leader, Inc.

Crisis Management Blog Business of Higher Ed Fundraising | Grants Governance Leadership and Culture Marketing | Positioning | Branding Strategic Planning and ManagementTransforming Higher Ed in turbulent times may seem impossible, in "normal" times is difficult enough.

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What Grantmakers Want From Higher Edwith host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Ken Knueven | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 079

The Change Leader, Inc.

Fundraising | Grants Business of Higher Ed PodcastsHigher education grantmakers are rewarding transformational higher education institutions with grants, and technology innovation, a disruptive force for traditional industries, is now playing a key part of the ongoing and rapid transformation.

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Raising Money for Universities during COVIDwith Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Scott Roberts and Tim Hill | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 043

The Change Leader, Inc.

Fundraising | Grants Business of Higher Ed Podcasts

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King’s College Faces Financial Peril - Josh Moody, Insdie Higher Ed

Ray Schroeder

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. 15 as an artificial deadline to spur donors into action, the fundraising results thus far fall so short of what’s required that the goal seems out of reach. Facing financial pressures, the King’s College made a recent appeal to donors for $2.6

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Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur to Depart for American Museum of Natural History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Under Decatur’s leadership, Kenyon will conclude its most successful fundraising campaign, growing its endowment to over $520 million.

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Philander Smith College Receives $2 Million from Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church in Support of Health School

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The grant will support phase one fundraising for the school. Philander Smith College has received $2 million from the Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church for its Dr. Joycelyn Elders School of Allied and Public Health.

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Johanna Bond Appointed Dean of Rutgers Law School

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As an academic administrator, she has a proven track record with leading a diverse faculty, financial management, pedagogical innovation, fundraising, and alumni development. Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul. 3, pending board approval.

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Great idea: USFCA Day of the Dons

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We loved University of San Francisco’s #DayoftheDons fundraising campaign. Gold Star for USFCA. We think you will too

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Why the Term ‘Friendraising’ Makes Me Cross

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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. Burnett and his disciples established the friendraising mind-set for successful fundraising over the last 30 years. Because people believe the theory has great merit, it invites a blanket approach to fundraising operations and hiring.

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Birmingham-Southern College needs $37.5M in government money to stay open, officials say - Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Higher Ed Dive

Ray Schroeder

million in government money, which would serve as a stopgap while it ramps up a colossal fundraising effort, its president, Daniel Coleman, said in a statement. Birmingham-Southern College, a private liberal arts institution in Alabama, faces financial ruin and cannot stay open past May without new funding, according to state legislators. The roughly 1,000-student college is seeking $37.5

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Report: Pandemic Ripple Effects on Student Success to Remain for Multiple Years

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It's important with diminishing resources to support student mental health that fundraisers are involved in collaborating with mental health leaders to figure out ways to fundraise to meet escalating demand.

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How a monthslong scramble to save Cazenovia College failed: ‘It does seem so unimaginable’ - Rick Moriarity, Syracuse.com

Ray Schroeder

Fundraising appeals to alumni. Officials at Cazenovia College this summer came to a devastating realization: They could not refinance a $25 million debt when it came due in full Sept. Thus began a desperate scramble to save the private liberal arts college that has been an integral part of this idyllic Upstate New York village for nearly 200 years. The college tried everything it could: Asking lenders for more time to pay up. A bailout from the state. Partnerships with other colleges.

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Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Dies at 67

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Former University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) Chancellor Dr. Rebecca Blank died Feb. 17 from pancreatic cancer at age 67.

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5 New Solutions that Improve the Student Experience

Campus Groups

Fundraising ? Communicate & Collaborate with Fundraising This feature enables campus community members to fundraise. Previously student and alumni teams used external systems such as GoFundMe and alumni donation platforms to fundraise.

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Students Hold Protests of Connecticut College President

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla. The college’s dean of institutional equity and inclusion quit over the fundraiser, which has since been called off. 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.

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Connecticut College Faculty Vote No Confidence in President

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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. The faculty of Connecticut College voted that it had no confidence in the performance of President Katherine Bergeron, The Day reported. The vote was 149 in favor, 11 against and eight abstaining.

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Donations to higher ed had biggest boost in 20 years

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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. Image: Philanthropic giving to higher education increased by 12.5

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A public university wants to privatize advancement jobs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“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.

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NACADA’s 2022 Annual Service Project

NACADA

Previous projects have included fundraising efforts, food drives, clothing drives and book donations. NACADA’s 2022 Annual Service Project. What is a Service Project?

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NACADA 2022 Annual Conference – Meet Your Planning Committee Series – Service Project Co-Chairs

NACADA

This year, our conference will be fundraising for Self Enhancement, Inc. Dear Colleagues, On the next segment of our Meet Your Planning Committee Series, we have two of our annual conference planning committee members who will be co-chairing this year’s annual Service Project.

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Students Hold Protests of Connecticut College President

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla. The college’s dean of institutional equity and inclusion quit over the fundraiser, which has since been called off. 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.

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West Texas A&M President Cancels Planned Campus Drag Show

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The show was planned as a fundraiser for the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization that provides information and support to LGBTQ youth. West Texas A&M University’s president canceled a drag show that was scheduled to take place on the campus and criticized the event as being demeaning to women, according to ABC 7 News.

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Updates on capital campaigns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

million goal of its fundraising campaign. Starting Out Chapman University is starting a campaign to raise $500 million by 2028. The university has raised $315 million so far. Mount Saint Mary’s University , of Maryland, has started a campaign to raise $50 million.

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Grad Students Should Consider Administrative Work

Higher Ed Connects: News

They include offices that emphasize outreach and community engagement, libraries , and development offices, which hire fundraising staff who are passionate about and expert in the institution’s research and teaching mission.