The Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE) is a not-for-profit corporation funded by contributions from businesses. CAE largely provides consulting and research services to corporations and information on voluntary support services to education institutions. Each year, CAE conducts a survey of colleges and universities and private elementary and secondary schools to obtain information on the amounts, sources, and purposes of private gifts, grants, and bequests received during the academic year.
In the 2006 study, the 1,014 institutions that participated in the study represent about one-third of the nation's 4-year colleges and universities. Respondents generally account for about 85 percent of the voluntary support raised by all colleges and universities. Voluntary support by individuals—alumni and non-alumni—and corporations in 2006 increased over that of 2005—alumni by 18.3 percent, non-alumni by 14 percent, and corporate giving by 4.5 percent.
Survey forms are reviewed by CAE for internal consistency before preparing a computerized database. Institutional reports of voluntary support data from the CAE Survey of Voluntary Support of Education are more comprehensive and detailed than the related data in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Finance survey conducted by NCES. The results from the Survey of Voluntary Support of Education are published in the annual Voluntary Support of Education, which may be purchased from CAE.
Further information on voluntary support of education may be obtained from
Ann Kaplan
Council for Aid to Education, Inc.
215 Lexington Avenue
21st Floor
New York, NY 10016
vse@cae.org
http://www.cae.org/content/publications.htm
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