December 18, 1998

Guidebook Advises Donors on Controlling How Their Gifts to Colleges Are Spent

A group of trustees and alumni who favor traditional curricula has released a new guidebook designed to help donors make "intelligent" gifts.

Described in a news release as "the first book designed to show donors how to avoid pitfalls in their college giving," The Intelligent Donor's Guide to College Giving advocates a free-market approach to higher-education philanthropy. "You should be as wise a shopper in