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Donor-Advised Funds Booming, Despite Economy

A particular anonymous couple, both Cornell University alumni, could be considered the proverbial advancement officer’s dream. They met in high school, attended college on scholarship, embarked on successful careers after graduation, and raised three children—all of whom attended their alma mater. Recently retired, they’ve now decided it is payback time.

Endowments Continue Their Rollercoaster Ride

2012 was not the best year for higher ed endowments, which ended FY2012 at -0.3 percent, compared to a 19.2 percent growth the prior year, according to the 2012 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments.

NASFAA Reimagines the Design and Delivery of Student Financial Aid

As the student aid programs rapidly approach reauthorization in 2014, they continue to face severe funding and efficiency problems. With grant assistance from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through their “Reimagining Aid Design and Delivery” (RADD) project, NASFAA today released a policy brief examining the current systems of student aid with an eye towards reimagining how they could be improved in the future.

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Michigan’s College Education Cuts

While we consider Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget message, we might want to look at some facts underlying our economy. The (persistently) bad news: Since 2008, Lansing has slashed support for public colleges and universities by 21.5 percent. The (sort-of) good news: We aren’t the worst.

Budget Links Ohio College Graduation Rates to Funding

Colleges and universities with higher graduation rates will be rewarded with more state money under a new funding formula included in Gov. John Kasich’s latest two-year budget proposal. The winners — and the losers — learned what the new formula would mean in dollars and cents this week when the state released its campus-by-campus spending projection for the fiscal year that begins in July.

UBTech Conference 2013

Vanishing Boundaries. Emerging Opportunities.
June 10-12, 2013
Orlando, Fla.

Accountability, Compliance, Transparency in HE Workforce Management

This web seminar, originally broadcast on December 4, 2012, shows how the University of Georgia realized many benefits after implementing a campuswide automated workforce management system.

New England Institutions Divest Endowment from Fossil Fuel Industries

The Board of Trustees at Unity College in Maine has voted to divest their endowment from fossil fuel industries. Now, the Harvard College Undergraduate Council has announced they want Harvard University to divest its $30.7 billion endowment from fossil fuels.

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