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.
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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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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Assistant Professor of Management, School of Business Administration, Harrisburg campus, Penn State
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Professor and Shapiro Chair of Public Policy and Public Administration, Trachtenberg School, George Washington University
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Professor of Nonprofit Management, George Washington University
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Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership, Seattle University
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Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Old Dominion University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Lycoming College
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Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Professor of Tax Law Emerita, Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Professor of Law and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
