In the face of federal budget cuts, Harvard University intends to raise $6.5 billion over the next five years, according to announcement released by the university on Saturday.
The fundraising effort that could become the largest ever in higher education, if successful.
Harvard hopes to rake in $6.5 billion by 2018. If successful, America’s oldest institute of higher learning would surpass Stanford University’s five-year, $6.2 billion campaign that finished last year.
