Where Most Needed

Private Philanthropy Puts Yale in the Drivers Seat in New Haven

Gleaming new campus buildings arise while the city's infrastructure crumbles around them. 

Harvard, Unbuilt and Unloved

Civil society (the local Cambridge version) puts a damper on architectural visions, while on the other side of town MIT manages to soar with the eagles. 

Habitat for Humanity in the U.S. Faces Mid Life Crisis

Restructuring after the dismissal of founder Millard Fuller has some affiliates longing for a more grassroots approach, but a glance at form 990s and trends in U.S. housing reveals more fundamental perils facing the organization's mission and methods in its home country. 

Antioch College President Says Toxic Politics Drove Collapse in Enrollment

The most recent recovery plan failed when the students stopped arriving, but it was only the final act in a strategic plan set in motion decades ago, which has also had the effect of reducing and now eliminating tenured faculty positions from the staff. 

Faculty at Ave Maria Law School Fights Founder's Flighty Vision

Conservative law professors are taking an activist approach to block the move of their school from Michigan to Thomas Monaghan's new town development, Ave Maria, Florida.

Attorneys are Largest Beneficiary of Alicia Keys' Charity

Start up costs and executive salaries represent a big chunk of expenses, while the organization makes just eight substantial grants.  The web site still proclaims "Don't pay for bureaucracy pay for life." 

Mid-sized Charities Dominate Fund-Raising

New charts show that large scale charities are still significant players and small charities are not, even though they are the most reliant on contributions. 

Preserving a Little Frank Lloyd Wright House Takes a Big Commitment

A 900 square foot workers home in Milwaukee becomes a university architecture project.

Christian Demolition Volunteers Confront Officials in Louisiana

Free demolitions halted until group provided plan to handle hazardous household waste; group had thought itself exempt. 

Charter Schools and Support Groups Proliferate, Raise Concerns

In New Orleans charters may be the only hope, while in Utah legislators run charter school management companies.