Education

July 20, 2009, The Baltimore Sun — David Sears had high hopes for his first year leading the fundraising office at Loyola College.

San Francisco, July 13, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — The golden age for philanthropy—and the United States—may be over.

July 13, 2009, Bloomberg — Rising stock and bond markets are lowering projected endowment losses at Princeton University and Williams College. The schools said they expect no gains in the next fiscal year.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., July 10, 2009, Associated Press — The University of Alabama's seven-year fundraising campaign has ended after taking in more than $612 million, which surpasses its original goal.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Associated Press — The Penn State Nittany Lions' workout schedule Friday includes lifting weights and pull-ups, followed by an odd assortment of drills like pulling sleds and pushing around giant tractor-trailer tires in front of hundreds of fans.

July 7, 2009 — Today, Western Governors University, one of the nation's leading online colleges, announced a $1.2 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to examine how its flexible, competency-based degree programs can help improve the nation's low graduation rates among low-income and minority students ages 18-26.

June 30, 2009, OnCampus — Ohio State Professor Gifford Weary has donated $2 million from her family’s foundation to Ohio State’s Department of Psychology to create the endowed Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Chair in social psychology.

June 30, 2009, The Wall Street Journal — The markets finally found a way to stump the Ivy League.

June 29, 2009, Memphis Commercial Appeal — A bad economy and the departure of basketball coach John Calipari didn't slow down the University of Memphis' athletic fundraising efforts during the last fiscal year.

June 24, 2009 — The Helen Bader Foundation has announced that it will commit at least $10 million over the next decade to create a permanent endowment for the Helen Bader Scholarship Fund, which has helped low- and middle-income families with the cost of tuition at Milwaukee-area Jewish day schools for nearly 19 years. When mature, the endowment will be administered by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, Inc., marking the largest single gift in the Foundation's history.