Wednesday, August 30, 2006

STLtoday - News - St. Louis City / County-MU joins elite club with lofty goal: raising $1 billion

STLtoday - News - St. Louis City / County: "framed poster in a conference room of the University of Missouri's Development and Alumni Relations office reads '$Billion Club.'

The University of Missouri at Columbia is one of 13 public universities attempting to raise $1 billion or more, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. The University of Illinois system, already among 15 public institutions to reach the billion dollar mark, plans to announce its second big-money campaign next summer.

'We are seeing a growth of those campaigns with a 'B' at the beginning,' said Rae Goldsmith, vice president for communications at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education in Washington. "

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