College Donors Face a Tough Challenge
A year after a U.S. Department of Education commission reported that higher education “needs to improve in dramatic ways,” numerous philanthropic groups affiliated with conservative think tanks and magazines have emerged to encourage donors, trustees, and others to promote such changes. But while…
By LESLIE LENKOWSKY
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A Foreign Correspondent Takes Over a Washington Think Tank
Steve Coll’s introduction to the button-down world of the think tank was tinged with a bit of glamour. Mr. Coll, ALSO SEE: BOX: About Steve Coll, President, New America Foundation a well-traveled journalist, won his second Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for his book Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the…
By Michael Anft
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Discussing ‘Quick-Take’ Redevelopment Efforts
NEW BOOKS Eminent Domain: Implications for Community Redevelopment Efforts, seeks to examine recent policy changes regarding eminent domain and community redevelopment. The report looks at “what impact these proposed changes might have on the development of affordable housing and mixed-income…
By Anne W. Howard
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Presidential campaigns always seem to revive the debate about national service. Candidates, pundits, and average citizens argue about its legitimacy and whether it ought to be voluntary or compulsory. The latest round was stoked after a White House national security adviser announced that the…
By Mark Rosenman
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Foundations Start Project to Spur Investigative News Reporting
New nonprofit effort will spur investigative journalism
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Arts Fund Raises Told to Prepare for Questions From Donors
Arts fund raisers told to prepare for questions from donors
By N. Lewis
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George Soros’s Philanthropy Gets New Attention
George Soros’s philanthropy gets new attention
By Ian Wilhelm
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Opinion: Clintons Should Disclose Organization’s Donors
Opinion: Clintons should disclose organization’s donors
Misconceptions Often Undermine Charity Marketing Efforts
Many charities have turned to for-profit marketing firms to help them improve their “brand,” the term coined in the corporate world to describe the products, services, images, perceptions, and other factors that influence ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Staying at the Top of Their GameARTICLE: Charity Comeback…
By Peter Rogovin
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