Business news briefs

< Previous Page

Stanford raises

record $1 billion

Stanford University set a record for college fundraising, the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year. Stanford ranked first in the Council for Aid to Education’s annual college fundraising survey for the eighth straight year. In 2012, roughly 3,500 U.S. colleges and universities raised $31 billion, up 2.3 percent from the previous year. The record is $31.6 billion raised in 2008.

Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

About Reader Comments

---

Reader comments on sltrib.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Salt Lake Tribune. We will delete comments containing obscenities, personal attacks and inappropriate or offensive remarks. Flagrant or repeat violators will be banned. If you see an objectionable comment, please alert us by clicking the arrow on the upper right side of the comment and selecting "Flag comment as inappropriate". If you've recently registered with Disqus or aren't seeing your comments immediately, you may need to verify your email address. To do so, visit disqus.com/account.
See more about comments here.