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Mayer, Caroline E. – CURRENTS, 2010
In January 2009, every day brought another piece of discouraging economic news: Rising unemployment. New stock market lows. More layoffs. Retailer liquidations. Urgent company requests for government stimulus money. The recession has created a radical shift in traditional fundraising. The shift is due to a simple case of supply and demand. Faced…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Supply and Demand, Corporations, Job Layoff
Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2012
These protocols represent a working guide for planning and implementing national sample assessments in connection with the national Key Performance Measures (KPMs). The protocols are intended for agencies involved in planning or conducting national sample assessments and personnel responsible for administering associated tenders or contracts,…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Protocol Analysis, Sampling, Program Development
Shah, Nirvi – Education Week, 2011
Renewal proposals for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the current version of which is the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, are still being discussed by congressional lawmakers and staff. Capitol Hill aides and U.S. Department of Education officials have suggested that a current federal regulation governing alternate testing for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Alternative Assessment, Federal Regulation
Szabó, Ildikó – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Reading and understanding texts of all kinds form a basic competence for participating in social and cultural life and for being successful on a job. Although most European adolescents have adequate reading competences at their disposal by the end of school, about a quarter of them cannot meet the minimal standards. The urgency of this societal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Literacy, Research Projects
Tai, W. T. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The basis for evaluating projects in an organizational IT project portfolio includes complexity factors, arguments/criteria, and procedures, with various implications. The purpose of this research was to develop a conceptual framework for IT project proposal evaluation. The research involved using a heuristic roadmap and the mind-mapping method to…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Program Proposals, Information Technology, Models
McNeil, Michele – Education Week, 2010
Demand is far outpacing resources in one hot segment of the education innovation market, as districts, schools, and nonprofit organizations pitch reform proposals worth $12.8 billion for competitive grants to be awarded under the federal Investing in Innovation Fund, or "i3"--nearly 20 times what the U.S. Department of Education has available. The…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Program Proposals
Caine, Rebecca – Sustainable Endowments Institute (NJ1), 2011
The Caltech Energy Conservation Investment Program (CECIP) was initiated in 2009. It manages $8 million within an existing fund in the school's endowment, which had been created to finance capital projects. Any member of the Caltech community may submit a project proposal, and projects are considered for approval as long as they have at least a 15…
Descriptors: Program Proposals, Energy Conservation, Lighting, Energy Management
Billingsley, Christina – Sustainable Endowments Institute (NJ1), 2011
Western Michigan University has designed an innovative "Quasi-Revolving Fund" model that demonstrates the institution's full commitment to incorporating sustainability into campus operations. The Quasi-Revolving Fund recaptures money from cost-savings, similar to a typical green revolving fund, but it also sources capital from the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Investment, Maintenance, Sustainability
Sherrill, Joel T.; Sommers, David I.; Nierenberg, Andrew A.; Leon, Andrew C.; Arndt, Stephan; Bandeen-Roche, Karen; Greenhouse, Joel; Guthrie, Donald; Normand, Sharon-Lise; Phillips, Katharine A.; Shear, M. Katherine; Woolson, Robert – Academic Psychiatry, 2009
Objective: The authors summarize points for consideration generated in a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) workshop convened to provide an opportunity for reviewers from different disciplines--specifically clinical researchers and statisticians--to discuss how their differing and complementary expertise can be well integrated in the…
Descriptors: Grants, Program Proposals, Statistical Analysis, Proposal Writing
Ivan, Ion; Sandu, Andrei; Popa, Marius – Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, 2009
The homogenous projects-base concept is defined. Next, the necessary steps to create a homogenous projects-base are presented. A metric system is built, which then will be used for analyzing projects. The indicators which are meaningful for analyzing a homogenous projects-base are selected. The given hypothesis is experimentally verified. The…
Descriptors: Measurement, Statistical Analysis, Program Evaluation, Statistical Data
Zimmerman, Wade W.; Wickersham, Leah E. – Current Issues in Education, 2012
This study was conducted to determine the success for the diffusion of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) white paper Framing the Future: Reforming Intercollegiate Athletics. The Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoCQ) and personal interviews were utilized to collect data and purposeful sampling was used to identify one NCAA Division…
Descriptors: Evidence, Physical Activities, College Athletics, Program Proposals
Jones, Jessika – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2010
Review of new degree and certificate programs proposed by the public higher education systems is a major California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) activity. The Legislature, Administration, and the Legislative Analyst's Office consider program review to be one of CPEC's most important responsibilities. In the past six months, staff have…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Program Proposals, Feasibility Studies, Planning Commissions
Ranalli, Dennis; Harper, Edward; Hirschman, Jay – US Department of Agriculture, 2011
This report summarizes the results of the school year (SY) 2008-2009 review of applications approved for free or reduced-price benefits under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) selected nearly 279,000 applications for verification review from among 8.6 million applications approved for…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, School Districts, Program Proposals
Klein, Alyson – Education Week, 2011
The author reports on House and Senate bills that take different stances toward funding formula-grant programs and Obama administration initiatives. Key education programs, including Title I grants for disadvantaged students and aid for special education, would get flat funding for the 2012 fiscal year under a measure approved Sept. 21 by the…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Grants
Markin, Karen M. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
When reviewers gather to evaluate grant proposals, they usually do so privately, making those sessions a rich source of academic folklore. The best way to find out what a review session is really like is for an individual to participate in one. Reviewing proposals can require a substantial amount of work, so one should have the time before…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Grants, Program Proposals, Budgets