Gifts to Princeton drop sharply - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - March 29, 2005

Gifts to Princeton drop sharply - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - March 29, 2005: "Gifts to Princeton drop sharply


By Joyce Howard Price
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Contributions to Princeton University fell by about $100 million -- or 45 percent -- in 2004 while overall giving to U.S. colleges and universities rose 3.4 percent, according to a national survey.
Ann Kaplan, author of the survey by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE), said the $125.1 million in gifts and bequests Princeton received in 2004 was its lowest amount in private donations in eight years. "