The California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) recognizes the importance of educational centers as a cost-effective means for meeting increased student demand. Educational centers are an economical way of serving a region's educational needs because they often involve collaboration and shared facility use with high schools, university…

Identifies steps that can help assure success in obtaining educational project funding through grant applications. Suggests (1) developing an educationally sound concept; (2) using interdisciplinary and multiteacher approaches; (3) targeting the type of grant that should be written; (4) planning and organizing a good budget; and (5) preparing a…

Helpful hints concerning the protocol for submission of a proposal. (GB)

As an exercise in program proposals and planning, the author presents activities of a school fund seeker in obtaining funds to implement an experience-based career education program. (MF)

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities in conjunction with the Sears Roebuck Foundation offered financial support to various state colleges and universities which were planning innovative programs for educating inner-city teachers. Twenty-two schools submitted proposals, and five were selected for funding after a stringent…

Special revenue sharing is one aspect of the Administration's response to the fiscal and administrative complexity of the present structure of federal categorical grants-in-aid to State and local governments. Because of some rather widespread misunderstanding about the nature and objectives of the six special revenue sharing proposals, this…

In the previous issue the author took an overall look at what has been happening to education in local authority budget-making. Here he begins a more detailed examination of two authorities: Oxfordshire and Liverpool. (Editor/RK)

Dance educators, dance directors, and professional dancers contribute to a symposium on what the relationship between universities and dance education should be. (RK)

Presents an actual successful grant proposal written by two elementary school teachers. The proposal is annotated, with comments on the elements of a good grant proposal. General guidelines and suggestions are included, as well as sources of additional information. (IAH)

Two proposals in the bill currently circulating to reauthorize No Child Left Behind seem to be shoe-ins for making their way into federal law. The impetus behind both proposals is to help poor kids by making sure that districts spend as much money on them as gets spent on rich kids. Going against the grain, the National Council on Teacher Quality…

The proposal presented in this article is the outcome of a realistic review of the contemporary status of society and its educational enterprise. In it the author utilized humor and coined words to emphasize his approach to solving university administrative problems. (Author/RK)

Relates the difficulties that student-initiated and directed projects have had in securing funding. Suggests that students' lack of proposal writing experience has been the major problem. Offers specific guidelines on how to write a proposal, and presents a list of fund sources and addresses. (PC)

The commission outlined a legislative program at the Federal level. Federal aid should come under the direct control of the executive branch to consolidate and simplify all education aid programs. This reorganization should include continuous and effective presentation of the State point of view to the responsible authorities. A new three-tiered…

Several articles present suggestions on how to prepare a sound proposal for foundation or government funding. The special characteristics of foundations are described, and information is given on matters of policy and personal relationships. A sample proposal serves to illustrate the basic sections found in most proposals. The university offices…

The definition of goals and assignment of departmental priorities, the location of the appropriate granting agency or foundation, methods of negotiating with agencies, and techniques for proposal writing are discussed from the point of view of college biology departments wishing to develop teaching or research programs. References to proposal…