Fundraising

Last year was a record one for gifts to colleges, but trends about middle-income individuals may point to future problems, report finds.

Keith D. Renshaw outlines some concrete steps that all higher education institutions can take to protect both academic freedom and donor rights.

Newly released documents suggest that what has been portrayed as a dispute about the state law restricting abortion may be about a donor's demands over a law school.

Report attacks Koch-funded Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University as a pro-fossil-fuel-industry idea launderer. University and Koch deny the charge.

University knowingly exaggerated the share of alumni who donate. Seven other colleges found to have submitted incorrect information.

Boston Globe notes pattern with gifts to Yale and other highly competitive colleges.

UCLA knew in 2014 about gifts that were perceived to assure admission of athletes. And its officials talked to Rick Singer, ringleader in Operation Varsity Blues, about such concerns.

College fund-raisers are fielding questions and talking among themselves about the meaning of the Varsity Blues scandal.