Public U.S. Colleges have been getting more ambitious in their fundraising efforts in recent years as they try to offset declining state and federal funding and stay competitive with private counterparts. Texas A&M has recently announced one of the largest ever fundraising campaigns of $4 billion. According to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education in Washington Texas A&M trails only the University of California Los Angeles. This year the pace of giving to universities has remained strong with a large number of mega gifts being made by wealthy donors. A chart is included in this article comparing the top public university fundraising campaigns.
See Michael McDonald, Texas A&M’s $4 Billion Campaign Signals Public Ambition, Bloomberg Business, November 12, 2015.
Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse for bringing this article to my attention.
