Private Higher Education
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Private Higher Education supports private colleges, universities, and consortia with projects to improve student outcomes, strengthen faculty leadership, and advance liberal arts advocacy and campus civil discourse.
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Funder: The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Letter of Inquiry)
Funding Amounts: Typically $25,000–$300,000; larger requests considered; multi-year projects supported
Summary: Supports private higher education projects that improve student outcomes, enhance faculty leadership, and advance liberal arts advocacy and campus civil discourse.
Key Information: Projects targeting measurable outcomes require a full-proposal evaluation plan overseen by a qualified evaluator.
Description
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations’ Private Higher Education program supports private colleges and universities that prioritize undergraduate education and emphasize the liberal arts, along with consortia supporting their educational mission. Grants typically fund projects that improve student outcomes or enhance faculty leadership. The Foundations welcome requests supporting private higher education, with particular encouragement for liberal arts advocacy and civil discourse on campus.
Liberal arts proposals may expand students’ opportunities to engage with the liberal arts regardless of major, or help parents, students, and the public understand their benefits. Civil discourse proposals may support curricular and extracurricular dialogue across social, moral, political, and religious differences. These projects can develop characteristics needed for respectful, productive exchanges and provide opportunities to practice dialogue, integrating evidence-based methods into their activities.
