Colleges Are Prominent in the 'Philanthropy 400'.

The article discusses the results of the Philanthropy 400 report by the "Chronicle of Philanthropy," which found that giving to higher education increased in 2006. In the list of the top 400 charities, 137 organizations were related to education and Stanford University was ranked as number seven on the list. Ingeborg Reichenbach of Yale University comments on the frequency of sizable gifts that one hears are being given to colleges and universities. The "mega-gifts" are attributed to people from the World War II generation.