In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Kindergarten Readiness Act into law, which changed the kindergarten entry age so that children must turn 5 by September instead of December to enroll. The new grade level was put into place to promote school readiness for California's youngest learners. It also established a new grade…

This article provides a list of donors who contributed to the American Psychological Foundation (APF) in 2006.

Colleges must teach their students the virtues of philanthropy if they hope to produce graduates who will give back to the institutions and to society at large, the philanthropist and businesswoman Sheila C. Johnson told attendees at The Chronicle's Presidents Forum here last week. "My hope," she continued, "is that today's graduates will set a…

The SREB Fact Book on Higher Education includes data on the population and economy, enrollment, degrees, student tuition and financial aid, faculty and administrators, revenue and expenditures. With more than 100 tables of detailed information, the Fact Book is one of the nation's most respected and most comprehensive collections of comparative…

A model is given in which corporations are approached as investors in educational institutions rather than philanthropists. Assumes that corporations should be more responsive to this than to the one-way stream of assets so characteristic in the past.

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE DEFINITIVE INFORMATION ABOUT PHILANTHROPY FOR PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES, QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 294 INSTITUTIONS ARE ANALYZED. OF THIS NUMBER, 44.5 PERCENT RECEIVED NO VOLUNTARY SUPPORT. THE AMOUNT RECEIVED BY 163 COLLEGES DURING THE PERIOD UNDER STUDY--JULY 1960 THROUGH JUNE 1963--INCREASED 70.9 PERCENT TO AN AVERAGE…

IN A STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL FUND RAISING PRACTICES AT PRIVATE 2-YEAR COLLEGES, A 66-PERCENT RETURN WAS RECEIVED FROM QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO 174 COLLEGES. OF THE RESPONDENTS, 82 PERCENT HAD FUND RAISING PROGRAMS. THE AUTHOR FOUND THAT (1) PRIVATE 2-YEAR COLLEGES WERE LESS EFFECTIVE IN FUND RAISING THAN SENIOR INSTITUTIONS, (2) PRIVATE 2-YEAR COLLEGES…

A study was conducted to evaluate these issues with regard to philanthropic support for the public junior college: the extent of junior college programs for securing philanthropic support; types of gifts received by public junior colleges; sources of private support for public junior colleges; the purposes for which private support is designated;…

This report presents the results of the twelfth "Survey of Voluntary Support of Education" conducted by the Council for Financial Aid to Education. Highlights of the findings of the survey include: (1) The total voluntary support of colleges and universities in 1970-71 is estimated at a new record high of $1.860 billion. (2) All of the increase in…

The spectacular recent success of state-funded preschool education is revealed and explained in this absorbing study. A quiet revolution has been underway in American education policy since 1995, with forty-one states and the District of Columbia creating some form of state-funded preschool learning. Brenda K. Bushouse tells why it became…

Mastering mathematics has become more important than ever before in the United States. Students with a strong background in mathematics have an advantage over those students who struggle, when competing for jobs. In the job market, workers who have a strong mathematics and science background are more likely to be employed and earn more than those…

To address the economic crisis facing the country, the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law on February 17, 2009. The ARRA offers numerous opportunities for full-service school leaders and may provide the necessary funding to prevent significant decreases in operating budgets. One of the largest investments…