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

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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. Their work creates new products, companies, a trained workforce and jobs.

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Legacy Admissions Hit Historic Low as More States Ban Practice at U.S. Colleges

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The report challenges several common defenses of legacy admissions, including arguments that they help build campus community or are necessary for fundraising. New York stands out as having the highest concentration of colleges maintaining legacy admissions, with one in seven U.S.

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Dr. Kathy E. Johnson, University of New Orleans

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Johnson has more than 30 years of higher education experience as a faculty member, researcher and administrator. She is currently the president of the University of New Orleans.

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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

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Blogs Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do The first two decades of the 21st century have already witnessed several major disruptions with significant economic impacts, from three recessions to the pandemic to today’s hiring crisis.

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Dr. John L. Jackson, Jr. Appointed Provost at the University of Pennsylvania

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Jackson – an urban researcher, media ethnographer, anthropologist of religion, and theorist of race/ethnicity – is currently the dean at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication and serves as the Richard Perry University Professor and is on the faculty at Penn’s Center for Experimental Ethnography. “He Jackson, Jr. Dr. John L. Jackson, Jr.

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

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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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Edington Appointed President of the University of the District of Columbia

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A physical chemist with a research specialty in ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Edington’s scholarly work includes matters such as research and training for faculty in STEM education. Edington holds a B.A. in chemistry from Fisk University and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Vanderbilt University.