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Ryan, Ellen – Currents, 1994
Four major trends in corporate funding that may be seen as problems for higher education are outlined. Trends include corporate downsizing, decreased corporate giving, fewer one-time gifts, and increased emphasis on elementary secondary education. Specific examples are given of institutions turning these potentially negative trends into…
Descriptors: College Administration, Economic Climate, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Ryan, Ellen – Currents, 1998
Presents and answers a series of questions about how the college or university development office can prepare for economic uncertainty or downturn, including insulating the major gift operations from economic decline, communicating with the administration, budget cutting, communicating with donors, helping donors cope with financial losses, and…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Donors, Economic Climate
Ellis, Susan J. – Currents, 1994
Strategies for recruiting and keeping alumni for college volunteer programs address specific issues: demands on personal time; length of assignment; accommodating spouses and divorced alumni; generation gaps; advancing technology; economic climate; occupational and geographic mobility; and competition with other organizations for volunteers' time.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alumni, College Administration, Competition
Peer reviewedFroomkin, Joseph – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1993
Small increases in research and development funding and the state of the economy pose serious challenges to research universities. It is unlikely that the financial pressures will moderate. Research universities will be challenged to downsize by restructuring resources without compromising their quality. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Decision Making, Economic Climate, Educational Finance
Aldrich, Daniel G. III – Currents, 1994
Reasons and techniques for encouraging planned giving among baby-boomers are outlined, and one approach is detailed. This involves recruiting a volunteer financial services team of alumni to host financial presentations for fellow alumni in their local areas, and developing a newsletter for the target alumni population. The fund-raising program at…
Descriptors: Alumni, Baby Boomers, Committees, Donors
Paresky, Susan S. – Currents, 1994
College and university development officers are encouraged to adjust their expectations of volunteers to the current reality of graduates' schedules and commitments. Five barriers to volunteering (economic, time and distance, language and cultural, environmental, and competitive) are identified, and techniques for overcoming them are offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, Competition, Cultural Differences, Economic Climate
