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NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade Gifts $3M for Literacy, Scholarships

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

My hope is to continue to transform lives through higher education.” Wade, who in 2003 led Marquette to the Final Four, is committing a portion of his gift to a future project to expand the university’s Athletic and Human Performance Research Center, which will include a new practice facility for the men’s basketball program.

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A public university wants to privatize advancement jobs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Massachusetts law allows public sector employees to spend up to 25 percent of their time on work for private foundations, a carve-out created specifically for public higher education institutions. Advancement employees, some of whom have been at the university for decades, were shocked and upset.

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The Future of Public Funding in Higher Education: The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 6

The Change Leader, Inc.

To successfully surmount this pressing challenge, we at The Change Leader believe that higher education leaders must develop a new model for funding higher education which requires identifying multiple sources of funding and must be sustainable and transparent. billion (21 percent) over that period.