October 5, 2007
Growth in Sports Gifts May Mean Fewer Academic Donations
Money for athletics accounts for more than one-quarter of all contributions to some universities
As the country's biggest athletics departments have sought ways to pay for multimillion-dollar facility expansions, coaches' salaries, and other rising costs, their fund-raising operations have experienced enormous growth. But contributions to sports programs are eating up an ever-larger share of donations to colleges, Chronicle research suggests.
The country's largest athletics
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