A small portion of university research funding comes from individual donors. Most universities have policies in place to protect against wrongdoing.
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Threats from disappointed donors over the language used during campus protests about the Israel-Hamas conflict have become angrier and more public than in the past.
Despite what’s happening on the most prestigious campuses, fewer than a third of presidents at American colleges and universities are women.
As giving receded to pre-pandemic levels, most of these gifts were designated for foundations, higher education, hospitals and medical research.
Asking alumni to reflect on ‘a person or event in their past that had particularly benefited them since graduating’ resulted in larger gifts.
In some cases, big donors are supporting higher education to support a philanthropic strategy that includes racial and economic justice.
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Associate Professor of Economics, Lycoming College
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Professor and Shapiro Chair of Public Policy and Public Administration, Trachtenberg School, George Washington University
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Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Old Dominion University
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Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Senior Scholar in Residence at the Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Law, University of California, Los Angeles
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Assistant Professor of Management, School of Business Administration, Harrisburg campus, Penn State
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Professor of Law and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Nonprofit Management, George Washington University
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Frey Foundation Chair for Family Philanthropy, Grand Valley State University
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Vice President for Research, University of Minnesota