The Chronicle of Philanthropy

'The New Yorker': Unplanned Giving

By THOMAS J. BILLITTERI

Who says alumni relations are serious business? The New Yorker magazine finds the humor in university fund raising in a piece by the satirist Christopher Buckley (June 5).

Written as a mock itinerary for a 25-year college reunion, the piece skewers the development tactics that some institutions use to wrest dollars from their former students.

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