Radcliffe's endowment and capital campaign--though small change compared to Harvard's bulging coffers--will almost certainly come up for discussion whenRadcliffe's institutional status is reconsidered.

Radcliffe currently receives no financialsupport from Harvard and reaps 28 percent of its$85.3 million budget from gifts and bequests,according to a Radcliffe informational booklet.

But could Radcliffe's capital campaign flourishif it were merely an "allied institution"? Severalalumnae have already expressed their discontentabout the rumblings regarding Radcliffe'spotential redefinition, and some complainedearlier this week that Radcliffe is pushing hardon their pocketbooks.

But Mary M. Carty '74, executive director ofthe Radcliffe Alumnae Association, said Radcliffegraduates would likely donate to an institutiondedicated to the advancement of women--whether ornot it remains a college.

Fundraising in recent years has been goingexceedingly well, according to Martha Ann Fuller,Radcliffe's development director. Radcliffe'scampaign has raised $61.2 million since 1992.

Fuller said she realizes that Harvard has beenrecently publicizing its new commitment towomen--in what may be an attempt to court theaffections of alumnae interested in supportingundergraduate women.

Radcliffe does not seem too worried, though.Harvard's recent efforts have not dimmed the glowof the Radcliffe campaign's banner year.

Fuller said the campaign has brought asignificant increase in the number of donors aswell as in the amount of funds raised, despite ashrinking number of alumnae who graduated fromRadcliffeA-9RADCLIFF