Fundraising

Universities in Lebanese capital focus on student funding and retaining staff after explosion, but leaders say future of sector will depend on make-up of new government 

Hopes are high for a new university in Georgia after it signed a partnership deal with Technical University of Munich

Reuben College will open to students in 2021 and focus on interdisciplinary research addressing global challenges

Presidents at all the city’s main institutions will give a part of their salaries to fund students in need

University fundraising income continues to grow, but comes from shrinking group of wealthy benefactors

Universities will come together to offer joint degree programmes and research projects

Academics say there has been a shift in guidelines on philanthropy but changes are likely to remain superficial

Institute vows corrective steps but limited sanctions after taking funds from sex abuser

Importance of governance frameworks elevated, as ‘public or perish’ gives way to ‘partner or perish’

Government’s financial disclosure demand raises logistical and reputational woes

While overall fundraising haul is down, report says annual variations are to be expected

Multibillionaire announces investment at the launch of beleaguered university’s new campus

Carey gift puts price on value of a name and asks who ultimately should control it

Raj Kumar wants greater focus on liberal arts studies, against existing preoccupation with science

As university expands record endowment, comments boost concern over moral clarity

Donation comes from billionaire producers of plastic-bottled water

Contrition helps actress who paid to get answers changed on her daughter's SAT

As Harvard donates some Epstein money, MIT’s president concedes endorsing abusive financier

Joi Ito alleged to have made extensive efforts to hide millions of dollars donated by sexual abuser

Case president says vice-chancellors must provide strong support for philanthropy

Institutions largely silent over how they allowed their researchers to take financier's funding, despite his interest in eugenics and 2008 sex conviction

Agreement with controversial Ramsay Centre follows divisive internal debate

Biggest bequest ever to bankroll university’s fight against autoimmune disease

Minority institutions wary of big candidate promises to lavish them with support

The coach, Peter Brand, had accepted high home purchase price from applicant’s father

Donation from philanthropist Stephen Schwarzman is institution’s ‘largest since the Renaissance’

Institution surrenders $26.5 million (£20.8 million) after donor urges student boycott over women’s rights

New drive for philanthropic largesse amid faltering public funding and nerves about foreign fees

Practice seen as officially accepted counterpart to bribes currently under investigation

Two-year study will help university assess how it may have benefited financially as well as how its scholars contributed to race-based thinking

Institutions in the UK and Ireland raised £1.08 billion in 2017-18, up from £979 million the previous year

University of Queensland signals enthusiasm to proceed with Ramsay Centre-funded courses

C$100 million donation from entrepreneurs to fund two-tower downtown complex

While fundraising is growing, it involves more than ‘building relationships over a cup of coffee’ 

Long-running dispute over industry influence in Canada nears decision point, but no big solution

Institutions’ philanthropy heads lift their sights as campaigns exceed expectations

Australian university releases details of curriculum for philanthropically funded degree

Ramsay Centre proposal ‘crosses red lines’, says union

New £5.7 million institute at the Technical University of Munich triggers ‘ethics washing’ debate

Gift from the David and Claudia Harding Foundation is the biggest single donation made to a UK university by a British philanthropist

Study’s authors suggest women are better able to communicate the value of science to score public donations

Tufts reviewing links to the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma

University spokesman says decision also covers donations but does not affect ongoing partnerships

Campaigners for change say universities need to be more proactive and systematic in investigating their benefactors’ pasts

When universities accept donations from entities with particular ideological stances, are they sacrificing academic freedom on the altar of Mammon?

Staff, council and senate at Wollongong ‘did not know talks were under way’

Ronald Daniels promises to take more students from poor backgrounds as observers say $1.8 billion donation would be better spent elsewhere

Tycoon’s donation is record for a US educational institution and seen as potential groundwork for 2020 presidential run

Experts say Western institutions and academics have played a role in ‘supporting and perpetuating the Saudi regime’

$350 million gift from investor Stephen Schwarzman aims to deeply integrate computer science knowledge with expertise in ethics and other realms of social science

Sydney sets ground rules for controversial Western civilisation programme before talking ‘tin tacks’

Scottish institution’s reparations for its slavery connections should be emulated by many more institutions, says black studies activist

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s graduate scholarships will help students from under-represented groups

Controversial companies are pouring millions into academic research – including on how the industry should be regulated

Perspectives of historians, funders and fundraisers address ‘Maoist moralizing’ and shaking up ‘complacent’ institutions

Reformed Paris university raising funds for professorships, labs, bursaries and restoration projects

Australian National University outlines why it refused multimillion-dollar humanities gift

Ramsay Centre insists that negotiations with other institutions are under way

Media storm over Australian donation raises questions about where institutions should draw the line

Media storms risk closing off funding stream, Australian academic warns