"We were one of only eight recipients in the private research/doctoral institution category recognized for outstanding fund-raising results," notes Ronald Baird, interim vice president for university relations. The others were Brown, Columbia, Duke, Harvard, Stanford, Notre Dame, and the University of Chicago. "This is an honor of real consequence," says Baird. "We could not have done this without the generous support of our many donors who stepped forward to invest in our unique institution. The entire WPI community can be justifiably proud."
A 13-member panel of fund-raising veterans selected winners in all award categories. Judges based their decisions on their analysis of data submitted to the Council for Aid to Education (CAE) through its annual Voluntary Support of Education Survey. The survey is co-sponsored by CASE and the National Association of Independent Schools. All educational institutions that returned the survey data to CAE for each of the last three years (1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94) were eligible for consideration.
"This year's winners represent a broad spectrum of educational institutions and serve as models of outstanding fund-raising practice," said CASE President Peter McE. Buchanan. "Their success is an enormous credit to their staffs, volunteers, and donors."
The judges considered many factors, including patterns of growth in total support (or adjusted total support), program areas, alumni and other individual donors; factors that contributed to the total support figure; breadth of program areas; impact of the 12 largest gifts on total support; total support in relation to alumni base; and each institution's type and size.
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