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Direct linkHentschke, Guilbert C., Ed.; Lechuga, Vicente M., Ed.; Tierney, William G., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2010
This book offers a clear-eyed and balanced analysis of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs), reviewing their history, business strategies, and management practices; setting them in the context of marketplace conditions, the framework of public policy and government regulations; and viewing them in the light of the public good. Individual…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Federal Regulation, Global Approach
Download full textKelly, Melanie, Ed. – 2001
The papers in this collection focus on the role of university museums and their organization, management, governance, and finance. The chapters in section 1, "Roles and Challenges," are: (1) "University Museums in the 21st Century--Opening Address" (Lyndel King); (2) "The Dual Role of University Museums: Its Influence on Management" (Vanessa…
Descriptors: Administration, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Higher Education
Ball, Katrina, Ed. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2005
This book of readings combines the results of a body of research on the funding and financing of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. Funding arrangements, or how money is distributed, are described in the first section of this book and includes chapters on allocation of funding by state training authorities, the effects of market…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Financial Support, Disadvantaged, Vocational Education
Kramer, Martin; And Others – 1993
This collection of reports analyzes the roles and responsibilities of the major participants in the financing system for postsecondary education. The six papers present: (1) a conceptual basis for the roles of the various parties in postsecondary education finance and a description of changes in these roles and the difficulties posed for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Smith, Wilson, Ed.; Bender, Thomas, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
This long-awaited sequel to Richard Hofstadter and Wilson Smith's classic anthology "American Higher Education: A Documentary History" presents one hundred and seventy-two key edited documents that record the transformation of higher education over the past sixty years. The volume includes such seminal documents as Vannevar Bush's 1945…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Goal Orientation
Denzin, Norman K., Ed.; Lincoln, Yvonna S., Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
"Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry, Third Edition," the second volume in the paperback version of "The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, 3rd Edition," consists of Part III of the handbook ("Strategies of Inquiry"). "Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry, Third Edition" presents the major tactics--historically, the research methods--that…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Action Research, Research Methodology, Social Action
Online Submission, 2008
Issues 256 through 265 of "Fast Facts" from the Library Research Service present data collected from libraries in Colorado and throughout the nation. Topics addressed in these "Fast Facts" from 2008 include computer usage by public library patrons, Colorado summer reading programs, children's' use of public libraries, and the…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Public Libraries, Metropolitan Areas, Library Services
Alonso, Carlos J.; Davidson, Cathy N.; Unsworth, John M.; Withey, Lynne – American Council of Learned Societies, 2003
Presented herein are papers presented at a session entitled "Crises and Opportunities: The Future of Scholarly Publishing," from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Annual Meeting, May 10, 2003. Four speakers approached this topic from different standpoints: as leaders of learned societies, as senior university officials, from the…
Descriptors: University Presses, Administrators, Publications, Faculty Publishing
Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Reports developments and trends which have an impact on the child care industry. (NH)
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Financial Support
Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston, TX. – 2002
The participant's manual for a national teleconference (May 29, 2002) contains materials on whether statewide independent living councils (SILCs) should become non-profit organizations eligible under section 501(c) of the Federal Tax Code. Introductory material includes the conference agenda, information about the trainers, and information about…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Financial Support
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health in Schools. – 2000
Materials in this collection were submitted by school districts and programs participating in a "summit" of leaders involved in efforts to reform and restructure education support programs. Program descriptions and supplemental materials are provided for the: (1) Memphis, Tennessee City Schools, where the reform was a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Public Schools
Haskins, Ron, Ed.; Barnett, W. Steven, Ed. – Brookings Institution, 2010
This volume explores whether the nation's early childhood programs are boosting child development and preparing children for schooling and proposes reforms that would improve the programs. The volume contains contrasting papers on the success of Head Start, Early Head Start, and home-visiting programs and on policies that would improve these three…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Young Children, Child Development
Illinois State Library Special Report Series, 1995
A variety of articles about family literacy efforts in Illinois is provided in this special report prepared by the Illinois State Library, intended for librarians, adult educators, teachers, and family literacy practitioners. Articles contained in the report are: "Family Literacy: A Definition" (Cyndy Colletti); "Why We Need Family…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Family Literacy, Financial Support, Hispanic Americans
Family Resource Coalition, Chicago, IL. – 1993
This monograph is designed for family support professionals who struggle with the challenges of finding the optimal mix of revenue sources with limited staff and resources. It contains nine articles that offer a variety of perspectives from people who work in the family support field either as program providers or as funders. The articles offer…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Family Programs, Fund Raising, Grantsmanship
Ackler, Eugene J., Jr., Ed.; Booth, Glenna M., Ed. – 1980
Ten papers focus on the College for Living Project at Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colorado, a multidisciplinary approach to education for adults with developmental disabilities. The document begins with a review of the project's formation, noting the cooperation of college faculty and administrators. Subsequent papers comment upon the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Curriculum Development, Developmental Disabilities
