So far, so good for community college fundraising in the pandemic

Several community colleges are reporting record fundraising for fiscal year 2020, which ended at the start of July for most. The COVID-19 pandemic seemed to help, rather than hinder, efforts to boost emergency aid funds and scholarship budgets. Charitable giving over all -- not just for higher education -- is up 7.5 percent for the first half of 2020 compared to the first half of 2019, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. ​"Really what was driving a lot of that...