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Download full textLeslie, 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
Townsend, Barbara K.; And Others – 1992
Distinctive colleges and universities, as opposed to the great majority which fit into a more or less standardized mold, possess a unifying theme or vision which is expressed in all their activities. They often respond to newly emerging societal or community needs unmet by existing colleges and universities; they challenge conventional ideas about…
Descriptors: Colleges, Differences, Educational Innovation, Governance
Townsend, Barbara K.; And Others – 1992
This brief report summarizes a longer document with the same title. Distinctive colleges and universities possess a unifying theme or vision that is expressed in all their activities. They also usually respond to newly emerging societal or community needs unmet by existing schools of higher education. Distinctiveness, however, can limit the…
Descriptors: Colleges, Differences, Educational Innovation, Governance
Cole, Robert – 1989
This ERIC digest presents an overview of small-scale schooling in an international context; examines demographic data, staffing problems, and incentives used in other nations; and points out the distinctive characteristics and unique value and potential of small schools in both industrialized and developing nations. Rural school populations remain…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Daryl G. – 1989
For years, researchers have forecast the increasing diversification of students in higher education as a result of changing demographics and a variety of other social and economic shifts. The diverse elements of today's student body include differing age, gender, ethnic and racial backgrounds, and increasing numbers of differently able and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, College Faculty, Cultural Pluralism
Howley, Craig B., Ed.; Eckman, John M., Ed. – 1997
This book aims to help parents, community members, and educators find resources, design school options, and take action together to improve small rural schools in ways that meet community and student needs. Chapter 1 discusses the virtues of smallness, outlines basic assumptions about the role and nature of good education, examines the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Community Schools, Educational Change
