Alumni

Western Michigan University has increased its private gifts by more than 240 percent in the past year.

A group of University of Virginia alumni are calling on the school's board to explain candidly its attempted ouster of President Teresa Sullivan, saying a failure to do so will hurt the university's reputation and its fundraising efforts.

Donors to the University of Virginia signaled with their checkbooks what they thought of the temporary ouster of its popular president, with donations dropping in half after her forced resignation and then doubling upon her return, figures obtained by The Associated Press show.

$190 million has been pledged to CU in wills

One major Penn State donor says he might write the university out of his will, while others say neither the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal nor recent unpopular actions by the university's leadership are making them rethink their financial support for the school.

Cowboy Athletics Inc. filed a certificate of appeal Monday in response to summary judgement that blocked its attempt to recover $33 million.

Gift is the largest-ever to CU's theater department

The Eastern Michigan University regents have threatened to fire President Susan Martin unless she gets her drinking under control.

Penn State received more than $208 million in donations for the fiscal year that just ended, the second-highest total in university history despite the upheaval after the arrest of Jerry Sandusky on child sex abuse charges.

Former Penn State defensive back Adam Taliaferro inspired fans and alumni after he recovered from a spinal cord injury on the football field so serious that doctors once feared he would never walk again.