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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

28 College Leaders Pledge 5 Percent of Earnings to Fight Poverty - Leadership & Governance - The Chronicle of Higher Education

28 College Leaders Pledge 5 Percent of Earnings to Fight Poverty - Leadership & Governance - The Chronicle of Higher Education: Today, 28 current and former college leaders will publicly come forward as charter members of the Presidents' Pledge Against Global Poverty. (The site is scheduled to go live at 8 a.m.) In so doing, they commit to join Reverend Svennungsen by donating 5 percent of their total compensation this year to charities that fight global poverty.

The list includes presidents from liberal-arts colleges, religiously affiliated institutions, and a few research universities.