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O'Connell, Brian – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1982
From 1978 to 1980 a committee worked to determine the status of philanthropy and voluntary organizations in America and to recommend efforts to strengthen the nonprofit sector. The committee's findings led to the establishment of INDEPENDENT SECTOR, a national forum to encourage giving, volunteering, and not-for-profit initiative. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, Higher Education, Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support
Foster, Gerald P.; And Others – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1982
It is crucial to improve the management of nonprofit organizations, not only to make them more accountable, but to make them more effective in accomplishing their charitable goals. Two courses--an undergraduate course at the University of Denver and a graduate course at the University of Colorado at Denver--are described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Graduate Study
Christopulos, Diana; Hafner, Dudley H. – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1982
For higher education, the increasing number of nonprofit managers represents a graduate-level audience that may be as significant as the audience of business managers who emerged from private industrial corporations at the turn of the century. Yet colleges and universities have responded slowly to the needs of the third sector. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College Programs, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum
Greenberg, Elinor Miller – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1982
Institutions of higher education and nonprofit, volunteer-dependent agencies have much in common but are also potential competitors for public and private support, media attention, volunteer energies, and clients. New partnerships must address four issues: organizations, personnel, curriculum, and learners. (MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Design
Rosenman, Mark – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1982
Efforts to link colleges with many community-based, grass-roots organizations are described. Three partnership models are discussed: the comprehensive, the limited, and new entities (colleges created directly by or on behalf of community-based organizations). Specific examples are provided. (MLW)
Descriptors: Colleges, Community Action, Community Organizations, Cooperative Programs
Ray, Garrett W. – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1982
Community service organizations face a dilemma resulting from hard economic times, inflation, fewer traditional volunteers, and changes in volunteer motivation. There is a need to enlist the help of corporations and local colleges. The experiences of the Littleton, Colorado community are described. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Community Action, Community Services, Experiential Learning
Stoel, Carol F. – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1982
Projects funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), established to support postsecondary education innovation, are described. FIPSE has encouraged partnerships between emerging community institutions and formal higher education. In recent years, nonprofit communications groups have been developing some of the most…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Improvement, Financial Support
