Truman State University has joined the ranks of universities launching the public phases of their capital campaigns during the recession. University leaders announced today that fund-raising target of Truman’s campaign is $30 million.

This is Truman’s first-ever capital campaign. Like Truman, a…

This piece of information came in too late for my story today about UMSL’s record-breaking fund-raising year. But Mizzou’s development folks got back to me today to tell me they were also pleased with their fund-raising year, having raised $122.6…

While many people’s stock portfolios have plummeted during the recession, the fund raisers over at UMSL have tapped into another more, um, delicate source of money: life insurance policies.

Martin Leifeld, UMSL’s chief fund raiser, told me that it’s usually never…

UMSL's record-breaking fundraising team

University of Missouri-St. Louis officials have surprised even themselves with a record-breaking fund-raising year in the fiscal year ending June 30. And this comes at the end of a year in which many universities lowered their fund-raising…

I usually don’t like to use this blog to promo upcoming events. But I thought this panel at WashU next week looked especially interesting and useful, especially since many families are nervously wondering these days how they will pay for…

Southern Illinois University Carbondale announced today that it will start giving a 20 percent tuition break to low-income students from Illinois’  southern-most 34 counties.

The program, dubbed the Southern Stars Tuition Rate, will begin this fall with new, first-time freshmen and will…

We may be in a recession, but that hasn’t stopped some donors from making big gifts to universities. In the last two weeks, Mizzou has announced two major gifts — a $2 million gift to the school of medicine and…