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Trusteeship Articles By Topic: Fundraising

The Gremlins of Governance
Richard Chait
July/August 2009

A Trusteeship Q&A with Richard Chait, research professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He kicked off the recent AGB National Conference on Trusteeship with a plenary speech about the "Gremlins of Governance," three major challenges that face college and university governing boards today--in the areas of board structure, planning, and trustee selection.

College Fundraising: Is There a "New Normal"?
David Bass
November/December 2009

The fall of 2008 was, by any standards, a bleak time for college and university leaders. While there was little doubt that state funding would be down for the foreseeable future and general agreement that endowments would take a long while to recover, no consensus existed about the potential impact of the financial crisis on college and university development programs.

What is the picture a year later?

What Does the Economy Bode for Fundraising?
Julie Bourbon
November/December 2008

With the United States economy on a rollercoaster ride this year and words like "meltdown," "bailout," and "crisis" commonly used in recent weeks in connection with the financial markets, college and university administrators might find themselves becoming increasingly anxious about their fundraising plans. But they needn't be, according to several experts in the fundraising field.