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Bremer, Tracey L. – 2001
This ERIC Digest focuses on library funding, and discusses funding sources, technology funding, and private fundraising and grantmanship. The following information is presented. Library funds are accumulated from a mixture of local, state, federal, and other sources. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (1997), 77.6% of public…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Financial Support, Fund Raising, Grants
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1981
Faced with reduced public funding, many two-year colleges are seeking money from government agencies and private foundations to change procedures or develop materials in areas that would otherwise be neglected. Simultaneously, several of the most well-known public and private funding sources are becoming increasingly receptive to proposals…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Fund Raising
Leslie, Larry L. – 1988
Suggestions on how to enhance a college's fund-raising abilities are presented. Six sections are as follows: exemplary performers (noting the relationships between amounts raised and strategies employed); what works and what does not work in fund- raising (an institution's public visibility is important, and a poverty strategy is not); whether…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Donors, Educational Finance, Financial Needs
Binder, Eugene – 1984
Despite 1983 Elementary and Secondary Education ACT (ESEA) Title I federal funding of over $255 million for more than 3,000 projects for some 600,000 migrant children and youth, there is still need for alternate funding sources to overcome spiraling inflation and increasing program costs and numbers of eligible children. Other federal, state,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Warden, Judy E. – 1986
An effective way to help develop a strong rural educational program is to establish a business partnership between the rural school and the business community. Once a relationship is set up, the advantages for both the schools and business community could prove beneficial to the entire rural community. By cooperating with the rural schools in…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Benefits, Community Resources, Cooperative Programs
Hall, Kelly – 2001
This document focuses on how effective grant development and management can help generate added revenue for community colleges. Some general tips for grant management include: reviewing and maintaining the college's mission; aligning the grant department with all other development departments of the college; and using an experienced grant…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Grants
Miller, Juliet V. – 1992
The National Career Development Guidelines is one of several initiatives that has supported the expansion of state-level career development capacity and comprehensive, competency-based career guidance programs in various local program settings. This initiative, sponsored by the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC), has…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Competency Based Education, Comprehensive Guidance
Hertling, Elizabeth – 2000
This digest in Spanish examines what is involved in evaluating whole-school reform programs. Such evaluations are necessary to renew Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) program grants and are intended to help schools determine what is working and what needs to be changed. Two primary goals of CSRD evaluation are to create a flexible…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Hertling, Elizabeth – 2000
This digest examines what is involved in evaluating whole-school reform programs. Such evaluations are necessary to renew Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) program grants and are intended to help schools determine what is working and what needs to be changed. Two primary goals of CSRD evaluation are to create a flexible design and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Kunesh, Linda G.; Farley, Joanne – 1993
Research indicates that problems faced by many youngsters and families, such as poverty, inadequate housing, and poor health care and nutrition, are interrelated in complex ways. These problems are often inadequately addressed because of flaws in the social service delivery system. These flaws include a lack of communication between public and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Community Programs, Delivery Systems
ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1995
This digest offers general information about American community colleges and lists a variety of sources of additional information about these institutions. The digest provides the defining characteristics of community colleges and information on their curricula; statistics on enrollments and student characteristics; information on faculty…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Enrollment, Financial Support
Picus, Lawrence O. – 2000
School finance has traditionally concentrated on the distribution of resources to school districts, focusing primarily on the equitable distribution of funds within a state. In recent years, more attention has been paid to the issue of productivity--how effectively school districts use the funds they receive to provide education to students. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Picus, Lawrence O. – 2000
School finance has traditionally concentrated on the distribution of resources to school districts, focusing primarily on the equitable distribution of funds within a state. In recent years, more attention has been paid to the issue of productivity-how effectively school districts use the funds they receive to provide education to students. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Foote, Elizabeth – 1997
This digest offers general information about American community colleges and lists a variety of sources of additional information about these institutions. The digest provides the defining characteristics of community colleges and information on their curricula; statistics on enrollments and student characteristics; information on faculty…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Enrollment, Financial Support
Strauss, Linda – 2001
This digest presents a summary of historical and contemporary community college funding sources and challenges. It identifies four main categories of funding: (1) state and local appropriations; (2) tuition; (3) federal funds, grants, and contracts; and (4) endowments. The discussion of state funding covers lump sum appropriations, funding…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Endowment Funds