The Arts Director of the Model Secondary School for the Deaf at Gallaudet University offers guidelines for recruiting support for an arts program. The importance of demonstrating easily attainable initial goals and positive presentation is stressed. Guidelines include obtaining administrative support, using volunteers, finding creative funding,…

Examines the Clinton administration's proposal to radically overhaul the system for financing higher education. A summary of selected programs (primarily for higher education) is presented. The programs are included in the 1994 education appropriation and are considered relevant to African Americans. (GLR)

The records in "Population Bibliography," a database developed by the Library of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, were analyzed to determine the degree to which library policies and practices affected its international development, and to assess the degree to which the database…

Discusses the religious affiliations of primary schools in Trinidad and Tobago, where 75 percent of primary schools are denominational. Considers effects of the Common Entrance Examination on denominational intakes and government influence in denominational primary school education in terms of policy direction, financial control, and the role of…

Six case studies are discussed, which illustrate the experimental and pragmatic epistemological paradigms as they function independently, compete with one another, or complement each other. Researchers should consider not only the substantive goals of an evaluation, but also the epistemological goals. (SLD)

Popular education, with its agenda for social change, often lacks access to traditional financial support. Strategies for resource development include volunteers, small proportion of public funding, an umbrella organization to distribute funds, and collaboration with adult educators in mainstream institutions. (SK)

Describes the Student/Sponsor Partnership (SSP) in New York. Businesspersons pay part or all of the tuition for disadvantaged students from zoned innercity public high schools to attend private innercity schools, most of which are Catholic. Examines the program's growth, sponsor recruitment, and success. (LAM)

Stresses the importance of being prepared when implementing a fund-raising program for camps. Discusses the impact of economic climate on philanthropy. Lists essential characteristics to look for when seeking a person to head a camp's fund-raising program and important questions to answer before initiating a fund-raising campaign. (LP)

Examines societal and academic factors influencing the development of comparative education since 1945, particularly in the United States. Discusses the dominance of structural functionalism and human capital theory in the 1960s, the recent shift to diverse research orientations and ideologies, and effects of institutional decline and…

As private fund raising becomes an agenda priority for community college foundations, the task of revamping foundation structure for successful board involvement becomes a challenge. Committee review of the foundation board's functions and revision of bylaws can aid fund raising and enlighten the whole institution as to the foundation's purpose.…

The Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America coordinates scholarship programs for over 340 corporations, local scholarship programs, and experimental grants programs, distributing $19.8 million in scholarships to 21,000 students at 2,122 colleges and universities. Having an outside agency manage scholarship programs eliminates bias, reduces…

The extensive review reports on litigation affecting higher education in the areas of: state action; the first amendment; tort liability; institutional contracts; immunities; judicial neutrality; public access to records and meetings; funding; employment; adverse academic, disciplinary, and licensing decisions; discrimination against students; and…

Describes the Child Care and Development Block Grants provisions of Congress's Omnibus Reconciliation Act and the new options it will provide for funding Catholic education. Highlights the act's establishment of the primacy of parental choice and its avoidance of privileged preference for public school prekindergarten programs. (DMM)

In fall 1987, two California school districts formed partnership that received state grant to research and evaluate successful practices for integrating technology into K-12 curriculum. Planning for technology means beginning with a small group of credible, non-"techie" teachers; involving them with all facets of the plan, including…

Discusses the core components of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 and the key elements of successful school-to-work partnerships for students with deafness. Elements include supportive and committed leadership, committed staff, support from local and state governments, help from facilitators, and financial support from diverse sources.…