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Elliott, Deni,

The Kindness of Strangers : Philanthropy and Higher Education / Deni Elliott. - viii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181) and index.

Philanthropy in higher education today -- The new landscape of higher education funding -- Solicitation, gifts, and academic mission -- The business of giving and getting -- What donors want -- What corporations buy -- Recipients as givers -- Conclusion -- Selected readings -- Conceptions of ethics in educational administration / The ethics and values of fund raising / Toward a theory of fund raising in higher education / Justice and charity / Against philanthropy, individual and corporate / CASE statement of ethics -- CASE donor bill of rights. Lynn G. Beck and Joseph Murphy -- Robert L. Payton -- W. Bruce Cook and William F. Lasher -- Allen Buchanan -- Neil Levy -- Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Pt. II.

ISBN: 0742507106 9780742507104 0742507114 9780742507111

LCCN: 2005017113

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Educational fund raising--United States
Education, Higher--Finance--United States
Endowments--United States

LC Class. No.: LB2336 / .E45 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 378.106