Anybody out there surprised that faculty members at nearly two dozens major colleges and universities report feeling “disengaged from the athletics process on campuses”?
Thank you, Coach Paterno. You can put your hand down now.
A recent survey by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics “reveals” that the academy thinks sports should rank pretty low on the […]
The Chronicle of Philanthropy will host an online chat on October 26 to address an interesting issue:
While many nonprofit leaders say diversity is important, members of minority groups remain scarce on the boards and staffs of the nation’s charitable organizations. And this state of affairs can prevent some charities and grant makers from […]
Over the last week, newspapers’ front pages and radio and TV newscasts have included a healthy share of nonprofit news, with Nobel Prizes being handed out to a variety of individuals and groups with no connection whatsoever to quarterly income statements or the SEC. Yet the immense validation conferred by a Nobel Prize will undoubtedly […]
Checking in admittedly late on the Ford Foundation’s hiring of a new CEO, the always-entertaining Nonprofiteer gives it the thumbs-up because, while Luis A. Ubiñas comes not from the world of philanthropy but the private sector, that sector is consulting:
… [T]he Nonprofiteer has high hopes for any term of leadership apt to begin like a […]
Few are surprised at corporate sleaziness, but when ethical lapses hit the nonprofit world, they get more attention. I believe that nonprofits are held to a higher standard when it comes to avoiding conflicts of interest and sticking to the mission. Whether that’s fair or not is a topic for another post, but having been […]
An interesting column in the Washington Post’s business section yesterday by think tanker Eugene Steuerle posits that with Americans becoming more charitable and with the country’s commercial enterprise increasingly producing “goods and services that can serve charitable purposes,” we’re on the cusp of having to redefine charity:
In this new system, charities, government, and charitable watchdog […]
A nonprofit effort with an intimate connection to a specific person can run into trouble once that person passes on, as a couple of recent news stories illustrate.
The Aspen Times reported yesterday that the Windstar Foundation, cofounded in 1976 by John Denver, is only now back on its feet — and just barely at that […]
Go ahead and sneer at last week’s news that researchers may have discovered the function of the appendix. Laugh at the thought that anyone cares. It’s a seemingly useless organ, after all, and the search to ascertain what it does in the human body, while a possibly interesting topic only should your next cocktail party […]
Many years ago, when I was working in the news bureau of a large public university, my director kicked off our weekly staff meeting by noting that all employees were being encouraged to buy a season-ticket package to support the school’s football team.
Problem was, the football program there was not simply bad, but epically awful. […]
If you work for a nonprofit, you hear the chatter.
“Must be nice not to have to produce.”
“Oh, it’s about our balance sheet — you wouldn’t understand.”
“Guess you don’t work too hard, huh?”
Yeah, if only. I worked in higher education for a decade, and now, as a freelancer, I do contract work for universities and other […]
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