April 20, 2001

The Not-so-Silent 'Silent Phase' of Fund-Raising Campaigns

By TIM SWARTZENDRUBER

Colleges are raising larger shares of their targets before kicking off their drives

When the University of Pittsburgh announced a $500-million fund-raising campaign last October, it already had $356-million in hand. That same month, Drexel University

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