Learning to Raise Money — as an Academic Administrator

In this article from Inside Higher Ed, Michael Bugeja shares 10 best fund-raising practices useful for administrators who never thought they'd need to raise money:

Unhappy with budget cuts and reversions, I had reached that stage of academic life when I had to decide my fate: Make do with my sliver of the legislative pie chart and fade into retirement, or chart a bolder plan of my own. . . . That plan was to work with the ISU Foundation to enhance programming, boost professional development and maintain first-rate facilities. Taking in part what I had learned at [Oklahoma State], we have codified 10 best fund-raising practices . . . for chairs, directors and deans.