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Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur to Depart for American Museum of Natural History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Decatur Decatur has been the school’s president for almost a decade, his tenure having begun in 2013. Under Decatur’s leadership, Kenyon will conclude its most successful fundraising campaign, growing its endowment to over $520 million. Dr. Sean M. It has been a tremendous honor for me to lead this remarkable community over the past 9.5

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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For over 20 years, I have been an avid reader of the Giving USA Report on Philanthropic Giving, an annual report on fundraising in America produced by the Indiana University Lily Family School of Philanthropy. Each June, I eagerly await its release and subsequently use it to direct my fundraising strategy for the ensuing year.

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Salovey to Step Down as President of Yale

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The percentage of freshmen who are Black, Latinx, or Native nearly doubled between 2013 and 2021, and the share of first-generation students climbed nine points to 21 percent. Yale also became more financially accessible: the number of incoming freshmen who qualify for Pell grants doubled from his first year to 22% at present.

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Lieberman Expected to Lead La Verne to Next Stage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

University of La Verne President Dr. Devorah Lieberman is shown with graduating students in 2013. To accomplish the goals that the fundraising will enable, she sees it as essential that the faculty, staff and board work collaboratively on the visioning for the university. This includes creating new means for retention.

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From coach to program coordinator to board member: Celebrating Callie’s long-haul dedication to College Possible

College Forward

In my senior year at Oregon State University in 2013, I met a College Possible representative at a career fair. Like other organizations at that time, we worked on turning past events, like a fundraising trivia night, into a virtual event of the same type.

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President moves: Tried and true academics take charge

University Business

As vice president for advancement in 2013, Araimo led eight successful fundraising campaigns, including one that drew more than $1 million in donations in a single day, SI Live reports.

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Surfacing and accelerating learning: introducing the Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

There are currently over 70 different versions of the Edinburgh Award recognising various student activities including part-time work experience, student involvement in the media, peer-assisted learning facilitation and charity fundraising. Kirsty Stewart Kirsty Stewart is the Edinburgh Award Coordinator at the University of Edinburgh.