Successful Fund Raising for Higher Education The Advancement of Learning

by Rhodes, Frank H.T.; Duderstadt, James J.; Buchanan, Peter McE.; DeFelice, Rev. Jonathan, O.S.B.; Dowd, Paul A.; Harvey, William R.; Kopecek, Robert J.; Kubik, Susan K.; Marshall, Lori D.; Nevarez, Miguel A.; McPherson, Mary Patterson; Pond, David G.; Reic

• ISBN13: 9781573560726
• ISBN10: 1573560723
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-09-23
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Successful Fund Raising is a compilation of essays by university presidents and chief advancement officers who share their fundraising successes and demonstrate the importance of a team effort among the campus chief executive officer, the trustees, and the senior staff officer in charge of the advancement program. The authors discuss how the advancement function is integrated into an institution's ongoing planning process, as well as the respective roles and responsibilities of key players in this process. The contributing authors also share specific information about their advancement programs, including their goals, strategies, and tactics. The successful programs covered in this book will serve as valuable models for institutions that are developing and refining their own funding activities.

Author Biography

FRANK H.T. RHODES retired from the presidency of Cornell University in 1995 after serving for 18 years. Before his appointment at Cornell, he was successively professor of geology, dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix	(2)
Foreword	xi	(2)
Peter McE. Buchanan
Preface	xiii	(4)
Frank H.T. Rhodes
Introduction	xvii
Frank H.T. Rhodes
CHAPTER 1: Successful Fund Raising at a Large Private Research University: Cornell University	1	(22)
Frank H.T. Rhodes
Inge T. Reichenbach
CHAPTER 2: Successful Fund Raising at a Large Public Research University: The University of Michigan	23	(13)
James J. Duderstadt
CHAPTER 3: Successful Fund Raising at a Large Public Research University with a Foundation: The University of California, Los Angeles	36	(12)
Charles E. Young
CHAPTER 4: Successful Fund Raising at a Medium-Sized Public University with a Foundation: Rowan University	48	(19)
Philip A. Tumminia
Lori D. Marshall
CHAPTER 5: Successful Fund Raising at a Small Private Liberal Arts College: Pomona College	67	(8)
Peter W. Stanley
CHAPTER 6: Successful Fund Raising at a Two-Year Community College with a Foundation: Northampton Country Area Community College	75	(14)
Robert J. Kopecek
Susan K. Kubik
CHAPTER 7: Successful Fund Raising at a Women's College: Bryn Mawr College	89	(16)
Mary Patterson McPherson
Donna L. Wiley
CHAPTER 8: Successful Fund Raising at a University Serving Hispanics: The University of Texas-Pan American	105	(13)
Miguel A. Nevdrez
CHAPTER 9: Successful Fund Raising at a Religious-Based College: Saint Anselm College	118	(14)
Rev. Jonathan DeFelice, O.S.B.
John J. Reilly, Jr.
Paul A. Dowd
CHAPTER 10: Successful Fund Raising at a Historically Black University: Hampton University	132	(18)
William R. Harvey
CHAPTER 11: Successful Fund Raising at an Independent School: Deerfield Academy	150	(13)
David G. Pond
Eric Widmer
Bibliography	163	(14)
Index	177