Daily News Roundup: Google Pledges $1 Billion for Job Training

Top News

Google Unveils $1 Billion Pledge for Job-Training Effort (The New York Times)

Eli Broad, Foremost Patron of Los Angeles, to Step Down From His Philanthropy (The New York Times). Also, see more about Mr. Broad’s giving, and read his response to critics of his hands-on style of philanthropy.

Rutgers Decides to Keep Weinstein Donation (NJ.com)

Charity Once Led by Roy Moore Lists Headquarters for Sale; Could Bring Him Windfall (The Washington Post)

Anxieties Over a Donor’s Role in a Faculty Search Boil Over at Case Western (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

More About Giving

Why Is This Indian-American Giving $200 Million to a Fla. University? (MSN)

Bill Gates’s Philanthropy Could Lose Him His Spot as the World’s Richest (Bloomberg). Plus, see more about the Gates’s giving, and read about the country’s top donors in our Philanthropy 50 report.

Friends Donate $30 Million Toward Gates Center at University of Washington (The Wall Street Journal)

Top Features

A Venture-Capital Fund Is Taking a Cue From Philanthropy to Fund Women-Led Start-Ups (Fast Company)

Opinion: Girls, Don’t Become Boy Scouts (The New York Times)

A Day in the Life of Christie’s Charity Auction Expert (The New York Times)