Data on 2,822 Vanderbilt University graduates are used to investigate alumni giving behavior during the eight years after graduation. A two stage model accounting for incidental truncation is used to first estimate the likelihood of making a contribution and second estimate the average gift size...

An original survey of 238 colleges and universities in the United States identifies the date of adoption of 30 innovations in curriculum, classrooms, student life, libraries, computing, and finances. On average, about 26 years elapse from adoption by the first percentile institution to adoption...