Many social and fraternal organizations achieve their objectives through educational programs. Among the purposes of those ventures are (1) leadership training and personal development; (2) financial assistance such as grants and scholarships; (3) public awareness; and (4) advocacy in public policy issues. (SK)

Presents an action plan for fundraising for day care centers. Emphasizes that fundraising activities should be consonant with both the goals and values of the center and the interests and needs of the community. (NH)

Reviews the growing body of literature on issue management and surveys the top 21 "Fortune" 500 industrial corporations of 1985. Offers a definition of issue management which may provide a common framework in which issue management may be correctly understood and recognized. (MS)

Presents the history of the National Organization for Decent Literature (NODL) and notes that censorship issues still remain regarding intellectual and religious freedoms. Reviews NODL's purpose, philosophy, and methods; identifies leaders and opponents; and examines the impact of NODL and why it stopped. (Contains 107 references.) (JMV)

Explores the implications that continuous quality improvement (CQI) programs are likely to have for evaluation. CQI, often known as total quality management, offers a structured approach to the analysis of an organization's processes and improvement that should provide advantages to evaluators once they have gained experience with the approach.…

Discusses the varying degrees to which members of the Philosophy of Education Society (PES) have demonstrated a philosophical interest in educational reform and political trends over the years. According to papers presented at annual meetings, there is a striking neglect of initiatives toward educational reform in the United States. (SM)

The effects of a strategic decision framework on the ethical consciousness and decision making of 154 undergraduate business students were examined. After four months, students exposed to the framework gave less consideration to societal and system-level ethical issues involved in decision making than did those who were not exposed to the…

Explains the Institution Wide Information Strategies (IWIS) project developed by the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) to investigate how an academic institution can coordinate its activities and allocate resources to best manage and support its use of information and information technology. Summaries of projects and objectives of the nine…

Discusses reasons why private high schools are significantly expanding their athletic spaces and the singular challenges these schools face in meeting the needs of increasing numbers of students. Also addressed are the enrollment competition between private schools and the resulting increase in costs to provide programs and facilities that will…

The American Library Association's "National Directory: Library Paraprofessional Associations" (1996 edition) lists 46 active library paraprofessional associations or subsidiary groups in the United States. Reviews reasons why paraprofessionals began forming associations, compares selected associations, and examines their place within…

Examines the latest generation of time management strategies for persons within an organization, and focuses on enhancing relationships and improving effectiveness rather than efficiency. Suggests that our lives should be structured such that we spend time on activities that are important but not urgent (long-range planning, preventative…

Discusses how colleges and universities can best apply new information technology (IT) tools to the core mission and offers some examples to illustrate how IT managers and staff are accomplishing it. IT manager's approaches in defining a school's competitive positioning and technology's role in classroom learning are discussed as is solving…

Presents a performance technology approach to revenue enhancement, with the goal of improving customer retention through building customer value. Topics include internal branding, a way to make sure that what the company delivers matches what's promised in the advertising; product versus service brands; and customer satisfaction, including…

Examines how universities and colleges can economically and efficiently implement an enterprise resource planning project when designing their administrative information system. Administrative steps discussed include conducting a needs assessment, deciding on the right system that matches the assessment, developing the correct contracting…

This report tells a short story of European Students' Union (ESU's) work in 2009. It highlights some of the key areas that ESU worked on, while giving some examples of each general area as outlined in the Plan of Work adopted by the ESU members--National Unions of Students--in November 2008. Members have linked to relevant web documents and…