An entrepreneur’s for-profit education company promised to save an evangelical liberal arts college with online enrollments. Now critics are blaming it for pushing the college to the brink of closure.
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Mar 16, 2023
An entrepreneur’s for-profit education company promised to save an evangelical liberal arts college with online enrollments. Now critics are blaming it for pushing the college to the brink of closure.
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February 24, 2023
The King’s College needs $2.6 million to meet its “immediate needs” and stave off closure. Weeks into the fundraising effort, less than $200,000 has been donated.
February 20, 2023
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. To date, the university has raised $22 million.
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February 15, 2023
Donations to higher ed institutions rose by 12.5 percent last fiscal year—the largest increase in over two decades. Experts say philanthropy is stepping up to fill other funding gaps.
January 27, 2023
University of Florida raised $4.6 billion in a campaign that started in in 2014. The campaign’s original goal was $3 billion.
York College of Pennsylvania has raised $92 million in a campaign that started in 2020. The original goal was $50 million, which was increased to $70 million.
January 13, 2023
Starting Out
Davenport University has started a campaign to raise $35 million. In the quiet phase of the campaign, it raised $23 million.
Finishing Up
December 13, 2022
Starting Out
Florida Atlantic University has announced a campaign to raise $600 million. The university has already raised more than $400 million.
Saint Peter’s University is starting a campaign to raise $75 million. Thus far, the university has raised $70 million.
Finishing Up
November 21, 2022
Starting Out
California College of the Arts is starting a campaign to raise $123 million. Thus far, the campaign has raised $118 million.
University of Nebraska system is starting a campaign to raise $3 billion. The system has raised $1.6 billion so far.
Finishing Up
November 16, 2022
Starting Out
Murray State University has launched the public phase of its Centennial Campaign to raise $100 million. The university has raised $52.5 million so far.
Finishing Up
Northern Kentucky University has raised $84.5 million in a campaign that started in 2019. The original goal was $75 million.
November 8, 2022
Marian University has launched a campaign to raise $500 million by 2030. The university has raised $240 million so far.
Old Dominion University has launched a five-year campaign to raise $500 million. The university has raised $275 million so far.