If one were to classify college fundraising, it’d likely fall under the heading of an art, not a science.As colleges and universities find fundraising an increasingly vital source of their operating budget, it’s not surprising that they’re trying new methods to get some green. But Lindenwood University in St. Charles has devised one of the more curious schemes yet: It’ll pay for alumni to have their wills prepared, provided they bequeath at least $1,000 to the college in return.

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