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University of Louisville Launches Fundraising Campaign to Bolster Research and Add Endowed Faculty Roles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Louisville (UofL) has launched a fundraising campaign to match a $10 million state investment, which will go towards adding endowed faculty positions and advancing university research.

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A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work in the academy includes various stints in project management, student affairs, development, and fundraising roles at Harvard Medical School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Tuskegee University, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

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APEX 7: Pushing the boundaries of Medical Education

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

In this extra post, Colette Revadillo, David Geddes, and Anya Tan showcase APEX 7, an upcoming student-led medical research expedition to Bolivia that seeks to advance the field of high-altitude medicine. Medical students organise every aspect of the expeditions, from research design and fundraising to logistics and safety management.

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President’s corner: How Eli Capilouto inspired a spate of gracious donations

University Business

billion fundraising goal , aided by contributions from over 162,000 donors across all 50 states and 50 countries. The flagship university partnered with Western Kentucky University in 2018 to develop a medical center in Bowling Green. As a result, the LEADS program has earned over $20 million in fundraising, says Capilouto.

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APEX 7: Pushing the boundaries of Medical Education

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Part of the apex6 expedition at the summit of Huayna Potosi (6088m) – Image Credit David Geddes In this extra post, Colette Revadillo, David Geddes, and Anya Tan showcase APEX 7, an upcoming student-led medical research expedition to Bolivia that seeks to advance the field of high-altitude medicine.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He describes his current work as “being a thought leader, resource person and a fundraiser, a person looking at innovative ways to implement some of our programs and activities that we provide for students at UCLA.” In addition to directing the AAP, Alexander is associate vice provost for student diversity.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

What inspires these grim thoughts is Kimball and Iler’s richly researched, provocative and pivotally important history of college endowments, campus fundraising campaigns, university finances, institutional spending and student debt. Before the 1950s, most elite campuses invested their endowments conservatively in bonds and mortgages.