Diverse funding sources used by Literacy Volunteers of America include revenue from publishing, foundations, corporations, cause-related marketing, federated campaigns such as United Way, and long-term relationships with individual donors. (SK)

The percentage of foundation support to elementary and secondary level schools from both corporate and private sources is increasing. Projects that call for systemwide reform and/or are collaborative are more likely to be funded. Offers tips and tactics for seeking grants. (MLF)

A follow-up study by officials of the Council for Aid to Education uncovered a major error in the Internal Revenue Service's 1987 corporate-contributions data. The new figures, representing contributions from 1986 to 1989, reflect a continued but less dramatic growth in corporate philanthropy. (MLW)

Presents an elementary school principal's account of how he utilized corporate sponsorship to improve science education. The principal and seven teachers obtained grants and then recruited local scientific companies to become involved in their science education programs. (PR)

Examines the University of Michigan between 1945 and the early 1960s as a case study of the physical and philosophical changes that occurred to usher in the process of university corporatization. Focuses predominantly on one major research project, the Phoenix Memorial Project, that set in motion many of these changes. (DSK)

Interviews with 1008 business owners and managers in 30 small Iowa communities found that the majority were committed to their community and provided support to youth programs, local schools, or community development activities. Business social responsibility was related to operator age, education, success, and perceptions of community collective…

This article argues that administrators normally do a serious wrong when they contract with companies that market to children within schools. This is because in doing so, they violate the anti-commercial principle, which, in turn, is justified by the obligation schools have to facilitate the autonomy of their students. The author focuses…

The Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) is the national and international voice of Canada's colleges and institutes. Established in 1972, it is a membership-based organization, representing 150 post-secondary colleges, institutes of technology, cegeps and university-colleges, 900 campuses and over two million full- and part-time…

This publication presents an overview of corporate support of education for 1992. The first part provides statistics on national trends in corporate contributions to education, including the following: estimated consolidated corporate contributions; education's estimated share; the distribution of shares within education; contributions as a…

Despite the serious efforts of the decade-long school reform movement, there is little indication that American students are making dramatic gains in academic achievement or mastering the skills they need for productive lives. Can companies support education reform in ways that both "make a difference" and are compatible with the financial, human,…

This paper describes fourth-year outcomes (1993-94) of the Boeing Company-funded Applied Academics Project. Since the 1990-91 school year, the company has provided funds to improve and expand applied academics in 60 Washington high schools. Data were collected from pre- and post-surveys of students enrolled in the project's Applied Mathematics…

A study was done of corporate support for education in 1990 using information from two surveys of business contributions and support, the Survey of Corporate Contributions (jointly sponsored by the Council for Aid to Education and The Conference Board) and the Council's Voluntary Support of Education survey (co-sponsored with the Council for the…

Strategies that the corporate world can use to create education alliances with schools are described in this report. It is argued that businesses must develop education partnerships with the same degree of strategic thinking used to advance any business objective or new product. These strategies are aligned with three fundamental benchmarks for…

The need for educators to recognize school/business partnerships and interinstitutional collaboration in a perspective generally shared among corporations is the focus of this paper. An overview of school/business partnerships is followed by a brief description of cooperative efforts that illustrates a shift toward more collaborative approaches.…

Research was conducted to investigate: (1) whether institutions with any formal campus-wide planning process are significantly more effective at fund raising than their counterparts which lack such a process; (2) whether institutions that engage in overall strategic planning are significantly more effective at raising funds than their peers which…