November 28, 2011

Updates on 28 Capital Campaigns

By Andrea Fuller

Columbia University took in $792-million in the last year toward its $5-billion capital campaign, leading the pack among fund raisers. The campaign, nearly 89 percent complete, is not set to close until 2013.

Twenty-eight of the 43 active or recently completed capital campaigns responded to The Chronicle's most recent survey, the first since the fall of 2010.

The effect on fund raising remains to be seen at two colleges beset by recent sports scandals involving