Updates on Billion Dollar Campaigns

Cornell University recently announced that it had surpassed the halfway point in its $4-billion drive. The University of Illinois is ahead of schedule in raising $2.25-billion by 2011 for all three of its campuses. The University of North Carolina ended its largest campaign ever on December 31, far exceeding the original goal of $1.8-billion, with a total of $2.38-billion raised.

Full-text article by Erin Strout is available via the Chronicle of Higher Education, 1.28.08. [Subscription required.]