This paper summarizes an effort to transpose and sustain the evidence-based Early Risers "Skills for Success" conduct problems prevention program in a real world community service system. The Early Risers program had previously been implemented by a local agency within the context of research-based operations. In the current initiative,…

In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) released a grim report on the state of literary reading in America. "Reading at Risk" (www.nea.gov/pub/ReadingAtRisk.pdf) detailed a dramatic decline in recreational reading across all segments of the American population--young and old, black, brown, and white. It also included the projected…

This article talks about how the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) embraced a precedent-setting green policy that would forever change its approach to education. The "greenprint" for how environmental design and construction could be done mandates that all new buildings funded with at least half of the funds from its $2.2…

Leaders at Indiana University of Pennsylvania had heard the horror stories: Students would be accepted here, visit the campus, take one look at the outdated dormitories, and decide to go someplace else. Something had to be done. So they made the bold move to replace all student housing, bed for bed--at a cost of $270-million. The public university…

Pressured by constricting state appropriations and ever-increasing financial demands, the nation's community colleges are ratcheting up fundraising efforts to attract new donors. Many are finding success. Honolulu Community College in Hawaii, for example, recently received an estate gift of $3.5 million. Santa Fe Community College in New Mexico…

By analyzing the access of different socio-economic groups to post-secondary institutions by quintile, this paper examines the impact produced by higher education financing policies in Chile during the Pinochet (1973-1990), the Aylwin (1990-1994) and the Frei (1994-2000) administrations. To this purpose, CASEN databases and semi-structured…

The Council for Financial Aid to Education in New York has developed techniques and compiled information that colleges can use in their own individual fund raising. (Author)

The development, purpose, and future are reviewed of Nurses' Educational Funds, Inc., an independent organization that grants and administers scholarships to registered nurses for post-RN study. (EA)

REPRESENTATIVES OF JUNIOR COLLEGES AND FOUNDATIONS MET IN THIS CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE THE MEANS BY WHICH FOUNDATION SUPPORT MIGHT BE BROUGHT INTO A MORE EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH JUNIOR COLLEGE PROGRAMS. FIVE TYPES OF FOUNDATIONS WERE DISCUSSED--(1) GENERAL RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS, (2) SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF ACTIVITY FOUNDATIONS, (3) COMMUNITY…

This directory to grant aid for public libraries in New York State has been prepared for use and distribution by the New York State Subcommittee on Libraries. It lists possible funding sources in three categories: Federal library sources, other Federal sources, and private sources. Information on eligibility, purpose, type, amount, and address is…

Voluntary initiative and voluntary support have been of fundamental importance in the establishment and development of the system of higher education in the U.S. Much of the superior quality of higher education is due to its diversity and its freedom from outside control. Voluntary financial support is one of the vital factors responsible for the…

This report presents the results of the 10th national biennial Survey of Corporate Support of Higher Education. Survey findings indicate: (1) There was a pronounced upturn in corporate support of education between 1970 and 1972. (2) Among 19 industries, ten reported increased dollar support of education between 1970 and 1972, while nine industries…

The Council for Financial Aid to Education is a nonprofit research and service organization established to stimulate voluntary support of higher education from major private sources, particularly the business community. This case book describes how businesses can establish an aid-to-education program and what types of support there are. It also…

This report of the survey of corporation support of higher education comes at a time when the corporation and the campus are still suffering from the effects of one of the sharpest economic declines in recent history. As a result, for the first time since the survey was begun in 1956, corporate giving to education declined. Virtually all of the…

Examines cooperative fund raising through associations on behalf of private institutions. (Author)