This paper first examines the economics of higher education and the five economic problems that face institutions of higher learning: inflation, expansion of educational services, fluctuating student enrollments, need for an enlarged and modernized capital plant, and uncertain sources of income. The paper then reviews the trends and potential of…

This study was undertaken to assemble up-to-date hard financial data on all accredited private institutions of higher education, and to analyze and evaluate these data in order to present a solidly based description of the current situation. The questionnaires returned illustrate that private colleges and universities have reason to be…

This report is a follow-up study of a survey conducted to determine projected financial problems in private colleges and universities during the academic years of 1969-70 and 1970-71. The same 507 institutions were used in the present study and the findings of the survey show that during 1969-70, the actual deficit figures were 26% greater per…

This document is concerned with the issue of who benefits from higher education and who should pay for it. Those who believe that society is the main beneficiary of higher education feel that state and federal budgets should bear the majority of educational costs; however, those who believe that the benefits of higher education are minimal in…

This document is the final report for 1975 of the Stichting voor onderzoek van het onderwijs, a Dutch educational foundation. It reports: (1) general affairs; (2) research and development activities including funding, project management, institutionalizing research activities, programming, innovations, experiments in…

Five panelists discuss how small businesses can acquire seed capital by considering venture; capital's role in the financing of business start-ups, using local banks as sources of advice and community support as well as funds for new entrepreneurs in rural areas, and investigating states' roles in supporting new ventures. (NEC)

Five panelists discuss alternatives to venture capital sources for Appalachian business expansion, new institutions created or supported by state and local governments to provide capital, and how businesses can best position themselves to take advantage of all capital sources. (NEC)

This paper explores possible contributions of the philanthropic community to education, describing the basics of grantmaking foundations and the growing positive climate for educational support. The paper describes different types of foundations, including community, corporate, and family foundations. It is noted that there are 54,000 grantmaking…

This essay by the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York (reprinted from the 1998 annual report) opens by noting that the year 1999 marks the 100th anniversary of Andrew Carnegie's support for the planning and development of 65 branch libraries of the New York Public Library System, a gift that came to more than $5.2 million. Discussion…

Local education funds are available for public school teachers from independent, community-based organizations that draw on local businesses and citizens to help increase the flow of private funding and materials into the schools. (JD)

Discusses strategies for fundraising for gifted-education programs. Advocates are urged to get necessary permission and legal advice, select a creative idea for fundraising, set a goal, focus on an appropriate timeline for planning and implementing, drafting volunteers, promoting the event, and evaluating success. (CR)

This chapter reviews recent literature on the external fiscal environment in which community colleges operate and on the ways community colleges adapt to changes in that environment.

Across Sub-Saharan Africa it is evident that humanities and social sciences research is in urgent need of support. Universities and researchers face many challenges, the results of declining funding in the face of huge increases in enrollments. Infrastructure and facilities are insufficient and incomes have fallen. Many academics have been forced…