Many colleges and universities are beginning to court female graduates as aggressively as they have male graduates, with specially targeted programs and closer attention paid to women's views. Demographic changes have resulted in women having more financial power and new attitudes about spending, and fund-raising expectations are following the…

At many colleges, contributions are up in nearly all categories including: alumni gifts, corporate and foundation grants, and planned giving. While the market crash delivered a strong jolt to donor confidence, the 1986 Tax Reform Act has had more impact on giving. (MLW)

Donations to colleges and universities increased to about $9.8 billion in fiscal 1990, the second year of recovery from a drop in 1988. Accounting for inflation, overall giving grew 5 percent. However, economic downturn may cause some institutions to raise less this year than last. Alumni will likely increasingly underwrite costs. (MSE)

An annual survey by the Council for Aid to Education of voluntary support for education is reported. The survey does not take into account the October 19 stock market crash, and several colleges indicate a slowdown in the flow of gifts since then. (MLW)

Private contributions to colleges and universities appear to have rebounded from changes in the tax laws and the crash on Wall Street. Both private and public institutions recorded healthy increases in total support, but the share of contributions going to public universities expanded more rapidly than that going to private institutions. (MLW)