Top politicians are sounding the alarm about $1.2 trillion in student debt. Legislators are probing schools that sit on fat endowments or reserve funds as they jack tuition. Why aren't more donors speaking up?
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We've been wondering when more top campus givers would challenge a higher ed model that's sent costs into the stratosphere and saddled grads with record loan debt.
Read MoreAs state schools beset by budget cuts increasingly turn to private philanthropy, a mega-gift to the University of Maryland underscores changes in how public universities are funded.
Read MoreWith many funders and higher ed institutions looking to ensure that low-income students finish college, a new study of the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation's efforts on this front is worth a close look.
Read MoreWhat, no strings attached? A $100 million gift to Notre Dame is highly unusual. But this donation is worth looking at for other reasons, too.
Read MoreBoston College is known mainly for its enviable liberal arts education, but it’s been building up an emphasis on science and technology. A $25 million gift helps the school follow this higher ed trend.
Read MoreHigher ed has been relatively immune from the kind of socially driven arts philanthropy currently permeating the curatorial and performing arts spaces. Here's a sign that this is changing.
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It's a good thing when socioeconomically diverse kids get into college. But graduating can be the hard part. A recent gift from Hastings—best known for funding charter schools—addresses this challenge.
Read MoreWe're seeing more gifts that bring together unusual bedfellows on campus in the pursuit of collaborative learning that draws from multiple fields. The latest example comes from the University of Missouri.
Read MoreWhen Wall Streeters turn to philanthropy, education is often their top cause. We talk with Steve Klinsky about how he was first drawn into giving for K-12 and why he's now turning his attention to the student debt crisis.
Read MoreA new academic journal on education and philanthropy, launching this week, stands out in a field with little peer-reviewed scholarship. But will it be able to win respect in the ivory tower?
Read MoreIn making a $125 million gift to the University of Chicago to support free market economics, Kenneth Griffin said that he may be giving "billions" more to higher ed—a sector rife with inefficiencies and subsidies.
Read MoreAs the tech industry’s power swells, a multidisciplinary grant to Cornell University hopes to give the future leaders in innovation a stronger footing in liberal arts and sciences.
Read MoreA university lands a $50 million gift a few months after floating an in-state tuition increase of 10.6 percent. We dig into the implications in an increasingly paradoxical higher ed funding landscape.
Read MoreA foundation endowed with the wealth of the late businessman and philanthropist A. James Clark is quietly emerging as one of the most generous funders in the push for STEM diversity.
Read MoreCritics worry that a $200 million donation for alternative medicine from a tech billionaire and his wife will tar UC Irvine's Medical School as a haven for quacks. But the gift raises larger questions.
Read MoreThis year, 700,000 people will be released from jails and prisons across the country. Forty percent will return. Some foundations see college as a key to breaking this cycle.
Read MoreLumina and Kresge foundations joined forces with $5 million in grant funds to recognize the efforts of 17 cities to reduce higher education gaps and attract and nurture talented men and women.
Read MoreOutstanding student loan debt in the U.S. has reached $1.4 trillion. One approach to this crisis that's attracting donor attention is helping students graduate faster from college. Will it work?
Read MoreNews out of Ann Arbor underscores what happens when universities lean on generous mega-donors. Still, it's a tradeoff most schools would happily sign up for.
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