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Laster, Stephen – Campus Technology, 2011
This is the third installment in a four-part series that follows the exploits of Gene, a well-established CIO of a sizable IT organization at a top-100 university. Gene has been working with his team to regain the trust of the campus through Project Rescue, a 30-day turnaround plan focused on demonstrating IT's value. Project Rescue has two…
Descriptors: Governance, Institutional Advancement, Program Administration, Information Technology
Dove, Kent E. – Currents, 1985
An institutional development audit is a comprehensive evaluation of a program, its operations, and its people. Information is analyzed to assess: institutional mission, personnel and organizational structure, financial resources, program management, communication, and overall program effectiveness and efficiency. (MLW)
Descriptors: Development, Fund Raising, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement
Goldgehn, Leslie A. – Currents, 1985
Institutions are turning to marketing to combat the trends of declining enrollments, decreasing applicant pools, diminishing interest in traditional degrees, competition for students, and increasing costs. A marketing audit can analyze an institution's strengths and needs. (MLW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Marketing, Needs Assessment
Hollister, Peter – Currents, 1985
A public relations audit can show how efforts measure up, whether they are parents programs, media relations, or faculty/staff communication. A sample inventory form is included. (MLW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Program Administration, Program Effectiveness
Outhouse, William L. – Currents, 1991
An institutional advancement administrator draws on experience running an office with limited resources to offer suggestions to others, including putting basics in place first, then fine-tuning them, and developing a do-everything publication, a plan for special events and fund-raising, an annual giving structure, and a strong core of volunteers.…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Program Administration
McGannon, J. Barry – Currents, 1992
Although volunteers serve many useful functions in fund raising, soliciting gifts should be left to staff. Volunteers are hard to recruit, keep, motivate, are unreliable, lacking in expertise, and they can balk at the realities of development tasks. Development offices should carefully think through the appropriate roles for these individuals.…
Descriptors: College Administration, Fund Raising, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement
O'Shea, Catherine L. – Currents, 1993
Advice to help a college or school development officer work effectively with a new chief executive officer includes participating in the search, making early contacts with the new administrator, coordinating working styles, keeping staff informed and comfortable with new processes, and launching new fund-raising initiatives as soon as possible.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Presidents, Cooperation, Fund Raising
Sabo, Sandra R. – Currents, 1994
College and university fund-raising programs that combine some characteristics of centralization and some of decentralization can be very successful and also pose unique administrative challenges, as illustrated in the experiences of a number of diverse institutions. Collaboration and clear communication are keys to effective administration. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, College Administration, Comparative Analysis