{"id":75704,"date":"2021-06-10T15:30:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T19:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=75704"},"modified":"2021-06-10T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T19:08:34","slug":"western-michigan-university-landed-the-largest-private-gift-ever-to-a-public-university-550-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2021\/06\/10\/western-michigan-university-landed-the-largest-private-gift-ever-to-a-public-university-550-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Michigan University landed the largest private gift ever to a public university: $550 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/education\/wmu-alumni-gift-donation-michigan\/2021\/06\/07\/9d456fba-c798-11eb-81b1-34796c7393af_story.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75705 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/WMU-550-Million-Gift-June-8-2021.jpeg\" alt=\"This Michigan school just landed a record gift for a public university: $550 million -- from washingtonpost.com by Nick Anderson\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/WMU-550-Million-Gift-June-8-2021.jpeg 824w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/WMU-550-Million-Gift-June-8-2021-136x150.jpeg 136w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/WMU-550-Million-Gift-June-8-2021-768x848.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/education\/wmu-alumni-gift-donation-michigan\/2021\/06\/07\/9d456fba-c798-11eb-81b1-34796c7393af_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>This Michigan school just landed a record gift for a public university: $550 million<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from washingtonpost.com by Nick Anderson<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-el=\"text\">Western Michigan University, usually overshadowed by certain other state schools in Ann Arbor and East Lansing, announced Tuesday that it has landed the largest private gift ever to a public university: $550 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-el=\"text\">The blockbuster donation to the university in Kalamazoo, from anonymous Western Michigan alumni, eclipses the previous record of $500 million on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/major-private-gifts-to-higher-education\/\">a list kept\u00a0<\/a>by the Chronicle of Higher Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Michigan school just landed a record gift for a public university: $550 million &#8212; from washingtonpost.com by Nick Anderson Excerpt: Western Michigan University, usually overshadowed by certain other state schools in Ann Arbor and East Lansing, announced Tuesday that it has landed the largest private gift ever to a public university: $550 million. 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