May 11, 2007

Trustees Don't Expect to Give as Much Money as Their Colleges Ask

By JEFFREY SELINGO

Armed with additional financial data, colleges want more from board members

By the time Tufts University announced its $1.2-billion fund-raising campaign last fall, it had already raised $615-million in the quiet phase. About half of those early donations came from just 39 people — the university's Board of Trustees.

In an era when nearly every higher-education institution seems to be in the midst of or planning a capital campaign, members of governing boards are

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