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The Prison Education Project
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Reese, Renford – International Review of Education, 2019
This article briefly compares the prison system in the United States with progressive correctional systems in the world, before pivoting to discuss the lessons learned from the author's development of the Prison Education Project (PEP). PEP has expanded educational opportunities for inmates in 12 Californian correctional facilities. With the…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Correctional Institutions
An Experiential Social Media Project: Comparing Client-Sponsored and Non-Client-Sponsored Alternatives
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Vinuales, Gema; Harris, Judy – Marketing Education Review, 2017
Students implemented social media campaigns to raise awareness and funds for nonprofit organizations. Teams in one section of the course worked on a designated client-sponsored project (CSP), while teams in another section chose their own nonprofit organizations. Although both the CSPs and non-CSPs were evaluated favorably, students who worked on…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Social Media, Student Projects, Fund Raising
Rehabilitation Technology Service Delivery, 1: A Practical Guide.
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RESNA: Association for the Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology, Washington, DC. – 1987
The guide consists of six author contributed chapters and is intended to aid in the development of new rehabilitation technology service delivery programs as well as increasing the effectiveness of existing programs. The first chapter, by Roger Smith, describes and evaluates seven models of service delivery in rehabilitation technology. Chapter 2,…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Disabilities, Financial Policy, Fund Raising
Breaking the Language Barrier: Multilingual Phonathons Are Starting to Make Those Calls More Donor-Friendly.
Ryan, Ellen – Currents, 1991
Suggestions are offered for implementing fund-raising phonathons which solicit prospects in their native language. The multilingual phonathon programs at the University of California (Irvine), St. Mary's University in Nova Scotia, and Concordia University (Quebec) are described, including recruitment of bilingual callers, training, and…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Fund Raising, Higher Education, Marketing
"Dalhousie Calling": What Happened When One Campus Put Its Phonathon Online--And Its Hang-ups on Hold.
Moxsom, Linda; Daye, Mary Ann – Currents, 1991
Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia) has moved from fund-raising phonathons which relied on prospect cards to complete computerization. Procedures describe how the system records pledges and biographical information and generates statistical reports. Increased efficiencies and cost savings have been realized. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Donors
Planned Giving Administration: The Business Officer's Guide [with DVD]
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Brostrom, Forrest C. – National Association of College and University Business Officers (NJ3), 2005
Some people associate planned giving with fancy trusts and exotic tax plans. The truth is far simpler and more profound. This book provides a comprehensive review of the subject, from the relative simplicity of outright gifts and bequests to the more complex workings of pooled income funds and retained life estates. The author lends a common sense…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Futures (of Society), Strategic Planning