This book provides information to prospective graduate students on how to acquire financial assistance for their graduate programs by explaining (1) what the difference is between undergraduate and graduate aid; (2) aid eligibility; (3) where to go for funding and how much is available; (4) how to be "marketable" to targeted funding sources; (5)…

The County College of Morris (CCM), in Randolph, New Jersey, was established in 1968-69, and over 20,000 students have received degrees or certificates from the college since its founding. In an effort to improve alumni involvement, a new alumni program was established under the Division of College Advancement, and a part-time Alumni Director was…

Intended to give Canadians a general overview of the country's day care services, the study was undertaken by the Social Service Programs Branch, Health and Welfare, Canada. Begun in 1971 and updated yearly since 1973, the national survey provides an inventory of day care spaces which can be used to measure future growth in day care and to…

The origins and patterns of white presence on traditionally black public colleges and universities (TBPCU's) are considered for six distinct periods: (1) the pre-Civil War period, 1837-1859; (2) the period of the educational missionary, 1860-1885; (3) the period of reaction to white control, 1886-1916; (4) the decade of the great philanthropists,…

The June 30, 1981 final project report of the Trempealeau County Kellogg Project summarizes the activities of the rural, county-based broadband, interactive, bidirectional telecommunictions system. The system described interconnects eight school districts, providing for the educational needs at all levels, in addition to providing access to…

The purpose of this study was to determine how accessible private and corporate grant-making foundations were to private institutions of higher education. Tax returns for 1975 were examined from 312 foundations, and a total of 2,878 grants to institutions of higher education amounting to $126,920,000 was identified. Private institutions of higher…

Factors of success associated with eight medical school recipients of Financial Distress Grants from the Health Resources Administration were studied. "Factors of success" refers to the effectiveness of actions taken by the medical schools to improve their financial stability. (One school used the funds to maintain accreditation.) The…

From the 1950's to the 1970's, graduate student tuition funding trends at Saint Louis University were studied for the business administration, education, law, and medicine programs. Administration of a questionnaire to graduate degree recipients resulted in a return of 1,453 usable responses. The most important external source for tuition funding…

H. R. 6774 as reported by the Committee on Education and Labor contains technical and miscellaneous amendments to higher education provisions contained in the Education Amendments of 1976 (Public Law 94-482). The Educational Amendments of 1976 became law on October 12, 1976. Areas covered by this legislation include: community service and…

From the early 1960's to about 1970, the hunt for revenue absorbed most of community college educators' energies and ingenuity. Today, while they continue to search for new sources, educators are looking at the other side of the balance sheet--namely, better utilization of resources through improved management and cost effectiveness. This…

Out-of-school programs have proven potential to help low-income youth overcome many barriers associated with growing up in rural communities. Finding resources to support these programs, however, can be difficult and often requires additional effort by rural leaders to push for resource sharing and coordination of multiple services for rural…

This manual provides Washington state consumers and their advocates with information and guidance to enable them to pursue appropriate avenues for funding assistive technology (AT). Chapter 1 discusses the legislative history of AT, the definition of AT, and basic funding strategies. Chapter 2 reviews health-related sources of AT funding including…

This paper chronicles the life of George Peabody, intermingled with anecdotes on how the researchers gathered data in their studies. A brief overview of Peabody's life introduces the paper with a personal narrative of how the authors' search for details on his life began. Both researchers had affiliations with educational institutions resulting…

Two-year colleges support a great diversity of learning objectives including: courses of study that articulate with and transfer to four-year colleges and universities, technical education and other career-oriented programs, developmental education for students underprepared to begin college work, and additional course work for students who have…

This book explores strategies for major gift fund raising for colleges, universities, and other nonprofit organizations. Section 1 provides a framework for examining a nonprofit's organizational readiness to conduct major gift solicitation, discusses methods and rationale for suggested staffing and attitudinal shifts, explores the fund raiser's…