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Does Fiduciary Duty Prevent Fossil Fuel Divestment?
Working paper finds endowment managers shouldn't ignore divestment calls solely because of fears about falling returns.
Capital Campaign Watch: Hampshire, Schenectady County CC, University of Detroit Mercy
Starting Off Hampshire College is starting a campaign to raise $60 million by 2024. Thus far, $10.7 million has been...
Opinion
When Actions Speak Louder Than Lobbying
Rather than advocating to remove an endowment tax, colleges should demonstrate a stronger commitment to serving the public good, Catharine Bond Hill argues.
Tufts Strikes Sackler Name From Campus
Tufts will remove the name of a family closely linked to opioids from its medical campus as it releases a report on decades of donations. Family's lawyer calls the decision "intellectually dishonest," but fundraising experts see needed reckoning with the past.
Capital Campaign Watch: CC of Allegheny County, Oral Roberts
Starting Off Community College of Allegheny County has started a $65 million campaign with no end date. Efforts to build...
More Than a Name
The newly renamed University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is the latest institution to be rebranded with the Carey name since receiving a multimillion-dollar donation from the W. P. Carey Foundation. Some students and alumni aren't happy about it.
Capital Campaign Watch: Hamline, Missouri State, Robert Morris, St. Mary's (Texas), Syracuse
Starting Up: Hamline University has started a campaign to raise $110 million by 2023. The university has already raised $55...
Capital Campaign Watch: Carnegie Mellon, Marshall, Ohio State, SUNY New Paltz, Texas Christian
Starting Off: Carnegie Mellon University has started a campaign to raise $2 billion by 2024. More than $1 billion has...