What inspires people, corporations to give to higher ed?

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Giving in the United States exceeded more than $373 billion in 2015, the second consecutive year of record-breaking philanthropy for the nation at large. Colleges and universities accounted for more than $48 billion of that total, with nearly a third of those gifts going to just 20 elite campuses like Stanford University and Harvard University. More...