Since hundreds of requests for grants appear at the offices of American foundations, a proposal that wastes an opportunity by making a poor case cannot be tolerated. Suggestions are given for beginning the grant-writing, drafting the proposal, and avoiding certain problem approaches. (Author/MSE)

College and university development officers must take an active role in soliciting foundation support and marketing their institutions and priorities. They should also exercise good judgment and fund-raising understanding to determine where their participation is beneficial and has the potential for productivity. (Author)

Books, journal articles, newspapers and magazines, reports, and other references on fund-raising from foundations are listed and annotated. They include reports about individual foundations and groups as well as more general grantsmanship materials and studies of private giving trends. (MSE)

The effectiveness with which vocational education programs respond to the objectives set for them will ultimately be determined by the adequacy of vocational education funding. Present systems of vocational education financing (both federal and state) do not generally ensure the adequate funding of vocational education. (LRA)

Focusing on the use of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) funds in vocational agriculture, this article presents suggestions for obtaining CETA funds for a local vocational agriculture program. In addition, the article describes how CETA funds were used in an Illinois high school and the advantages realized from their use. (LRA)

Nearly all educational programs which receive federal funding are vulnerable to budget cuts. Educators need to view budget reductions in terms of economic priorities. Education must be seen as part of the economic productivity, social fabric, and security of the nation. (JN)

The corporate community must continue to offer tangible (financial) support to help ensure the future of U.S. colleges and universities. Suggestions from a corporate donor include: approach those companies that make up a natural constituency; encourage gift-matching; spread the base of support; consider higher tuition fees for engineering and…

Discusses five possible alternative funding sources for the school music program: local businesses, corporate foundations, private foundations, wealthy individuals, and state arts councils. (Part of a theme issue on the crisis in music education.) (Author/SJL)

The Secretary of Education discusses the changes in federal education assistance in the roles federal, state, and local governments play in the control of education. (SK)

The decline of the American educational system is due not to teacher incompetence, but to funding systems that depend upon body counts rather than excellence, to weak discipline policies, and to egalitarian admissions policies that reward students according to need rather than ability. (WD)

In 1980, imaginative and innovative approaches to reducing the impact of the energy problem gained 12 colleges and universities certificates of achievement issued by the Academy for Educational Development and awards of $10,000 each from the Atlantic Richfield Foundation. Brief descriptions of the award-winning ideas are given. (Author/MLW)

Black colleges were founded, amid hostility and with few resources, first in the North in the antebellum period, and then in the South in the Reconstruction period. Money has always been a problem. Recently Black colleges have been threatened by trends toward dismantling separate education of Blacks and Whites. (Author/MC)

A study on foundation grant patterns, which found that certain types of institutions get more gifts--and larger ones--than do others, is described. Public and Black institutions and five types of private institutions (research, doctoral, comprehensive, liberal arts, and two-year colleges) were studied. (MLW)

A Washington-based fund-seeker is seen as necessary for helping institutions get a share of the billions in federal funds spent yearly in education. Responsibilities of a Washington representative are discussed, including knowing an institution's strong areas, knowing the agencies with jurisdiction over those areas, and connecting the two. (MLW)

Associates programs or alumni gift clubs whose membership requires a large annual or deferred gift commitment or both are described. Membership criteria, membership enlistment, enlistment imperatives, goals, sponsoring committee, activities and communications, program leadership, and printed materials are discussed. (MLW)