This article analyzes fundraising as an emerging professional activity in career development services and suggests possible remedies to problems in this area. A basic premise is that program directors need to broaden their efforts to increase budgets by taking a proactive approach to potential private sector funding sources and constituencies. (CT)

This resource presents the tools necessary for bringing librarians' development and fundraising skills up to the level necessary to lead an effective campaign. The book points out that there are significant differences between raising money for libraries, especially academic libraries, and raising money for other types of organizations. It shows…

Describes a new program being launched by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to increase access of minorities into the profession of engineering. The foundation plans to spend $12 million to $15 million over the next five to seven years on this program. (JR)

Outlines the problems two-year colleges face in attempting to raise financial support. (RK)

Literary figures have been subsidized by the U.S. government since the nation's founding - but President Nixon's administration leads all others. (Editor)

Presents the results of a 1980 study of community college foundations. Reports an increase in the number of foundations and total assets and that actual dollar support is evident. Recognizes the possibility of private funding as a stop-gap between higher education's expanding financial needs and regular funding sources. (DMM)

Suggests that the Carnegie report failed to clearly define the role of the public broadcasting system, and recommends that the system's public mission be clarified to justify the call for more money, more independence, and more creativity. (Author/CMV)

The National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, N.C., a major center of intellectual thought that has been established through a predominantly private effort, is described. The creation of a national center for the humanities, site selection, applicant selection, and the endowment campaign are discussed. (MLW)

Presents six articles addressing various methods and concerns for raising funds for public, academic, and school libraries, including raising money from corporations, foundations, and individuals; the process of writing grant proposals; local business/school partnerships; rental programs for bestsellers; bookstores/giftshops; and friends of the…

Describes how an initial $1,500 grant helped build a desperately needed health clinic on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Provides the history of the clinic, from its beginning as a small grant to its ultimate development into a $400,000 solar-heated health clinic with a staff of 9 people, including a full-time physician. (MAB)

Established in 1972, the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities (OCECD) is a statewide, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the educational interests of children with disabilities. OCECD endorses and promotes efforts to provide appropriate quality education for children and youth with disabilities in the belief…

This study explores teachers' perceptions of equity in education for students in four high-poverty elementary schools in Chicago. Teachers in high-poverty schools in Chicago regularly face dilemmas in serving high-need students with limited resources due to significant gaps in funding of metropolitan public schools. Literature on equity in…

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of women donors who had given a significant gift to a large Midwestern university. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 women donor participants that were not alumni, not married to alumni and had no children attending the selected university. These participants…