The Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campus is a grand-scale exemplar of a city-university partnership. Its demonstrated impacts are economic, social, and educational, transforming both the city and the university. The magnitude of the investment of $223 million by the citizens of a city in a state university is unparalleled in higher…

In the post-World War II era, efforts to improve the accessibility and quality of higher education rose to prominence in US educational debates and policymaking. In retrospect, a confluence of factors helped to forge this growing social consensus about the need to create educational opportunity and to diversify the nation's colleges and…

The field of international development has recently been consumed by a shift in contemporary educational discourse, one that moves Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) closer to the forefront of what is considered progressive policy formation. In Zambia, the current educational environment seems to indicate that the creation and continued…

Research Findings: Research suggests that early care and education programs are most effective when they include strong components of family involvement. The Center for the Study of Social Policy recommended that early care and education programs build family-centered practices to strengthen families and reduce the incidence of child abuse and…

Through an analysis of quantitative and qualitative data on school funding in South Africa, this paper aims to analyse the user fee policy option in public schooling in South Africa. Debate is ongoing about the role of private input into public schooling and whether this practice affects access (and the constitutional right) to basic education,…

The Oregon Statewide Report Card is an annual publication required by law (ORS 329.115), which reports on the state of public schools and their progress towards the goals of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. The purpose of the Oregon Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon's progress toward achieving the…

This guide, intended primarily for new or inexperienced researchers, provides suggestions for obtaining and maintaining external funding from grants and contracts. It emphasizes that this effort requires considerable thought, ongoing planning, sound management, and clear decisions. The book uses the National Institutes of Health application and…

This analysis of public and private sector spending for health services shows they have paralleled each other for four decades although total expenditures have grown dramatically. Since 1966 the federal government's major participation has been through the Medicare trust fund. Need for larger government role is predicted. (Editor/JT)

This is the first of five volumes containing 91 studies conducted to clarify the relationship between nonprofit institutions and their donors, to provide impetus for ongoing research, and to focus public attention on the significance of the voluntary sector. Coordinated by the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs, the studies review…

Fund raising should be considered a major part of the business of every voluntary organization, even if the organization has relatively small fund raising goals. Voluntary agencies concerned with children should keep in mind the following: (1) public fund raising campaigns can provide a substantial proportion of the funding requirements of many…

The paper identifies public and private sources of funding for handicapped children's projects. Section 1 explores public sources of funding at the federal, state, and local levels. For each source identified, the eligible population and local or state contact person is provided. Among program sources described are the Division of Innovation and…

In September 1960, the Ford Foundation announced a Special Program in Education and the first grants under that program. The purpose of the program is to strengthen American higher education by assisting selected private universities and colleges in different regions of the country to reach and sustain new levels of academic excellence,…

This document provides a review of sources of funds for research and development in speech communication. Part 1 identifies major general purpose federally-sponsored programs funding unsolicited proposals. The report explains the programs and suggests strategies to use when applying for grants from the Office of Education, the National Science…

Outlines variables related to success in securing federal monies and in establishing programs of private gift solicitation for the support of community-based programs. (AYC)

Reports on a survey of 120 public two-year colleges conducted to determine sources of revenue from 1976-77 through 1982-83. Reveals increases in dollar amounts but decreases in percentage of state appropriations and increases in percentages and amounts contributed by local governments and tuition/fees. (AYC)