<p>From the COHE</p>
<p>"Among the 10 public doctoral universities that raised the most private donations in 2007 a total of nearly $3-billion, or 10 percent of the total private gifts to higher education that year the majority had expanded their fund-raising staffs by at least 25 percent in five years, a new survey by The Chronicle shows. The University of Washington reported the most growth, at 84 percent. The University of California at Los Angeles was second, with 39 percent.</p>
<p>“Public universities didn’t have to do this for many, many years,” says Rhea Turteltaub, vice chancellor for external affairs at UCLA. Now, she says, “it’s out of necessity.” Her university brought in $365-million in 2007, the most of any public institution. It aspires to one day raise $500-million each year.</p>
<p>Insiders predict the hiring frenzy will continue, slow economy or not.</p>
<p>“There’s plenty of evidence we are going to see [colleges] continue to increase the size of their fund-raising staff,” says John Lippincott, president of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. As some campaigns nudge closer to the $5-billion mark, institutions need more talent in the field and plan to add it. Council members have told Mr. Lippincott they are at only half the staff levels they need to tap all the money they think is available."</p>