March 16, 2007

A Donor's Ultimatum to 2 Small, Struggling Colleges

By KATHERINE MANGAN

Merge some operations or do without more money for construction, he warns

Howard L. Hawks has donated generously to two Lutheran colleges in Nebraska, one of which recently built a gymnasium that bears his name. But declining enrollment and budget pressures on both campuses convinced him that the only way to save Midland Lutheran College and Dana College was to try a little tough love. He said in December that he would no longer give money for capital projects until they sit down and

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