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Sander, Libby – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
For five decades, the University of Louisville men's basketball team has played its home games at the state's fairgrounds, in a modest arena originally built for horse shows. And for just as many seasons, the team's toughest competition for scheduling has come from the livestock--and the flea markets and tractor pulls that also vie for the space.…
Descriptors: Team Sports, College Athletics, Business, Profiles
Burkhauser, Mary; Bronte-Tinkew, Jacinta; Kennedy, Elena – Child Trends, 2008
Increasing community involvement in out-of-school time programs can yield significant benefits to programs and the students that they serve. Community partnerships have the potential to meet a wide variety of needs, from improving participant recruitment and attendance to contributing volunteers or other resources to programs. This research brief…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, After School Programs, Community Support, Community Resources
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Friedman, Debra – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2009
The Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campus is a grand-scale exemplar of a city-university partnership. Its demonstrated impacts are economic, social, and educational, transforming both the city and the university. The magnitude of the investment of $223 million by the citizens of a city in a state university is unparalleled in higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs, Community Support
Gold, Anne Marie – Library Journal, 2006
Despite a number of savvy strategies, it was a tough year at the polls for libraries. Both building and operating referenda had the lowest passage rates this decade, with only 52% of capital referenda and 57% of operating referenda finding success. In fact, in the 18 years since Library Journal has been tracking these votes, 2005 had the lowest…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Administration, Voting, Bond Issues
Van Den Heuvel, Mary – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Describes organization and outcomes of an activity that raised funds for the Green Bay Day Nursery in Wisconsin. (RJC)
Descriptors: Community Support, Day Care, Endowment Funds, Financial Support
Maricle, Gary; Green, Ron – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1980
Describes the local financing of the vocational agriculture program at East Butler School in Nebraska. In addition, the article provides guidelines that must be followed when planning a local budget. (LRA)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Budgeting, Budgets, Community Support
Roncelli, Janet M. – 1984
Monetary support is essential to the survival of speech interpretation programs in the 1980s, and the community is one viable alternative to dwindling academic channels of support. Two strategies have proved vital to securing community support for the interpretation program at an Indiana university: (1) networking, maintaining a group of faculty…
Descriptors: Community Support, Financial Needs, Financial Support, Higher Education
McLean, Dulce DiDio – 1980
In October 1978 a survey was conducted of Friends of the Library (FOL) activities during the preceding 6 years in support of public, branch, academic, public school, media center, institution, and special libraries in Ohio. The purpose of the survey was to identify and provide a comprehensive summary listing of the recent activities of Friends…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Support, Financial Support, Library Acquisition
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Goldfarb, Roz – Art Education, 1979
Described briefly is a course on arts advocacy designed so that guest speakers representing a broad base of organizations and/or legislative oriented groups could create action and movement to enhance arts education through networking and other sophisticated strategies. The course became a consciousness-raising event. (KC)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Art Education, Community Support, Educational Philosophy
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Killoren, Robert A., Jr. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1979
Major elements, both external and internal, that affect the university's research mission and can contribute to the kind of environment needed for research are examined. A model for the development of a research plan is presented, and the role research administrators should play in the planning process is explained. (JMD)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Role, Community Support, Financial Support
Sommerhoff, Emilie Worthen – Facilities Design & Management, 2002
Discusses three predominant themes encountered by facilities managers and architects when planning and designing educational facilities: flexibility requirements, fiscal pressure, and community focus. (EV)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Community Support, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning
Wright, Elisabeth; Deich, Sharon – 2002
Despite widespread support for out-of-school time programs, many of these programs rely on time-limited core funding and struggle to find new funds to sustain their programs and initiatives as initial grants expire. This report provides concrete tips and examines ways out-of-school time initiative leaders have succeeded in replacing initial seed…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Community Support, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Moats, Debbie – 1997
Many family support programs find it difficult to provide evidence of program efficacy to community groups, agencies, and funding sources. This practicum study involved the development and implementation of a management information system (MIS) to meet the needs and goals of a family support program, including the need for program evaluation. The…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Community Support, Database Design, Databases
Hyatt, Carol M. – MultiMedia Schools, 1996
Using community volunteers is one way to build support for future technology budget requests. A volunteer in the Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools describes how teachers and administrators can recruit volunteers, use donated hardware, wire schools to the Internet, train and support staff and parents, develop curriculum, and build parental…
Descriptors: Community Support, Curriculum Development, Donors, Educational Technology
Parry, Norm – American Libraries, 1997
Describes how a historic church building in New Woodstock, New York was converted into a full-service modern library. Discusses community support and patron involvement in the project, the design plan which retained the historical integrity and satisfied modern requirements, funding from local contributions, spatial arrangements, and provisions…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Architectural Character, Building Conversion, Building Design
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