Date of Award

1-1-2012

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Educational Policy and Leadership

Content Description

1 online resource (vii, 94 pages) : PDF file, illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Heinz D. Meyer

Committee Members

Alan Wagner, Bruce Szelest

Keywords

Fundraising, Higher Education, Educational fund raising, Universities and colleges, Public universities and colleges

Subject Categories

Educational Administration and Supervision

Abstract

This research deals with factors that explain fundraising success and what types of institutional arrangements or practices exist at four year US public universities which make them successful or unsuccessful. Investment in higher education from state government continues to decline; alumni giving participation rates are falling, and many endowments continue to lag from the Great Recession. Nowhere has this been felt more than at many U.S. public universities who consistently watch their percentage of state aid dwindle.

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