Discusses minimum financial support required for an adequate adult education program. Sources of financing are suggested for wholly subsidized, partially-subsidized, self-financing and profit-making programs. (RB)

The author briefly describes how a university's CATV system finances its broadcast ETV station. (AK)

Opinions concerning the advent of federal support of the performing arts are discussed. (CK)

Private organizations help raise money for school feeding programs not supported by the South Africa government. (RA)

Plans for private concerns to support institutions of higher learning on an organized basis are described. (CK)

Describes the development of the Children's Theatre Foundation, a significant source of funding for projects in children's theater. (MM)

This two-part article looks closely at the mechanics and the art of obtaining grants. The first part details the stages of preapplication, application, and postapplication. The second part explores proposal differentiation, the knowledge base for grant writing, and types of grant writers. (JOW)

In England, the government target that 50% of young people should gain experience of higher education has prompted many initiatives to widen participation. National policies, however, are often implemented at institutional or local level. As a result, the impact upon the individual participants can vary according to the context in which the…

The European Social Fund (ESF) is the European Union structural fund that redistributes funds to facilitate vocational education and training (VET). With the exception of the Common Agricultural Policy it is the EU's largest instrument for redistribution. Currently linked to the European Employment Strategy it match-funds, and through its…

This policy brief summarizes the Higher Education Amendments of 2008 (HEA 2008) and the evolution of the Higher Education Act since 1965, particularly the evolution of federal and non-federal forms of financial assistance aimed at increasing educational opportunity and attainment in the United States. Because the act's extensive academic support…

A 50-state analysis of postsecondary correctional education policy conducted by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) in 2005 found that 68 percent of all postsecondary correctional education is provided by community colleges. The IHEP findings were the basis for this review of partnerships between community colleges and prisons. This…