Collaborative Colleges Impress Foundations.

The article discusses a panel of foundation leaders who discussed the relationships that are possible between foundations and colleges and how such groups choose which school will receive funding. One factor that foundations look for is if the school collaborates with other schools, if the school's goals are in line with the foundation's, and if schools truthfully assess the viability of their programs. Sonya E. Medina of the AT&T Foundation stressed that schools should communicate regularly with foundations. W. Robert Connor of the Teagle Foundation says that foundations with limited funding opportunities want the research that they fund to be transferable to other institutions.