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July 29, 1999
NOTE: Questions about how the survey was conducted should be directed to the Council for Aid to Education, phone 212-661-5800.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University has been recognized by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for overall fund-raising performance. Its Circle of Excellence Award honors "exceptional development programs" at colleges and universities.
IU was one of six universities from all over the country so honored, in the category of public research universities which grant doctoral degrees.
IU has increased giving from about $50 million five years ago to nearly $80 million in fiscal 1998, the year on which the awards are based. A record number of donors -- more than 92,000 -- made gifts in that year. IU has ranked in the top 20 among all colleges and universities in the last seven out of nine years in "total voluntary support," the aggregate of gifts and non-governmental research grants coming to IU. In fiscal 1998, that number was $144.9 million.
Awards are based on a survey conducted by the Council for Aid to Education, now an independent subsidiary of the Rand Corp., and cosponsored by CASE and the National Association of Independent Schools.
In deciding the awards, the panel of judges considered multiple factors including the pattern of growth in total support; overall breadth in program areas; pattern of growth in each program area; pattern of donor growth; total support in relation to the alumni/ae base; and the type of institution. IU was recognized for having a mature and very successful program.
Other universities honored along with IU were Texas A&M University, College Station; University of California, Berkeley; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; the University of Virginia; and the University of Washington.
(Barbara Coffman, IU Foundation, 812-855-1422, coffman@indiana.edu or Joanne Catlett, CASE, 202-478-5615, catlett@case.org)