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had failed to properly report any incidents pursuant

to its policy, it had never been ofcially put on notice

to take corrective action.

The panel also ruled that Tilghman had unrea-

sonably failed to take advantage of any preventive

or corrective opportunities that had been provided

by the county. Even though her direct supervisor

was also her alleged harasser, the panel said Tilgh-

man had never explained why she failed to report

the misconduct to one of the other commissioners

or the district attorney’s ofce. The court also said

there was no evidence that Tilghman had made any

prior complaints that went unaddressed or that Kirby

had threatened her job if she reported his behavior.

The panel also ruled that her complaints to Tubbs

were irrelevant, because Tubbs was not Tilghman’s

supervisor.

[Tilghman v. Kirby, et al., U.S. Court of Appeals

for the 10th Circuit, No. 16-6010, 10/07/2016]. ■

Donations to U.S. colleges,

universities hit record

Charitable contributions to U.S.-based colleges

and universities increased 1.7 percent to a record total

of $41 billion in 2016, according to the Voluntary

Support of Education survey, conducted annually

by the Council for Aid to Education. The increase

was driven by a rise in gifts from corporations and

grantmaking foundations, the CAE said, which com-

pensated for a drop in individual giving.

Some key ndings from the report include:

• Gifts from alumni declined 8.5 percent, and

gifts from nonalumni individuals declined 6 percent.

These declines come on the heels of strong growth

(10.2 percent and 23.1 percent, respectively) in 2015.

• Giving from corporations, foundations and other

organizations increased in 2016. Corporate charitable

support of higher education institutions increased

14.8 percent. Foundations (including family founda-

tions) contributed 7.3 percent more in 2016 than in

2015. Contributions from other types of organiza-

tions (including donor-advised funds) increased 9.8

percent. Foundations and corporations represented

the largest monetary increases—$850 million each—

of the studied sources of support, the report said.

All told, foundations are the largest source of sup-

port for colleges and universities in the United States,

representing 30.4 percent of the 2016 total. Alumni

are the second-largest source of support, providing

24.2 percent of the total, the report said.

For more information, visit http://cae.org.

Giving to the developing world

hit record high in 2014

Global private philanthropic giving to the develop-

ing world hit an all-time high in 2014, according to

a new report from the Hudson Institute’s Center for

Global Prosperity, as did remittances, which continue

to play a critical role in developing nations.

The report, The Index of Global Philanthropy and

Remittances 2016, tracks donations, remittances and

nancial ows via capital investment to the develop-

ing world from the 28 members of the Organisation

for Economic Co-operation and Development and

11 other countries.

Major ndings in the report include:

• Global philanthropy has reached a record high of

$64 billion, of which $44 billion is contributed from

the United States. The data is from 2014, the most re-

cent year with available information, the institute said.

• Emerging economies, including South Africa,

India, Turkey and China, have increased their philan-

thropy, remittances and private capital investments to

developing countries.

• Remittances from the United States reached $109

billion in 2014, exceeding philanthropy and govern-

ment aid combined.

• U.S. private capital investment ows to develop-

ing countries made a dramatic recovery over three

years, increasing from $108 to $179 billion, the in-

stitute said.

• Private nancial ows from all donor countries

to aid-recipient countries account for 85 percent of

their economic engagement with developing countries.

Government aid represents only 15 percent of the

total engagement, the reverse of some 40 years ago,

the report said.

To read the report in full, go to http://bit.ly/

2nbociP. ■

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