The activities of a University of Miami lobbying team at the state legislature's annual 60-day session are described. Each of the three team members has specific area and bill responsibilities, but their coordination and teamwork are seen as essential to success in promoting the university's interests. (MSE)

Advocates the development of public service programs through administrative teamwork rather than through a "grantsmanship" office. Outlines the types of administrative leadership necessary for an effective resource development effort and relates them to the process followed at Lakeland College, Illinois. (AYC)

Details the establishment of the $750,000 James N. and Helon Y. Allison Endowment Fund and the Allison Chair of Journalism at Midland College in Texas, the first endowed chair in a community college. (AEA)

Briefly traces the history of community college foundations and outlines the steps involved in setting up a foundation. (MB)

Provides an interview with Robert H. Atwell, recently-retired head of the American Council on Education and a former college president, who discusses the state of the college presidency. Focuses on the challenges facing college presidents, such as rising tuition, ethical issues, and accountability, as well as the joys and frustrations of running a…

Increasingly, in response to donor concerns, college fund raisers are purging from their files donor information that is not directly related to gifts and may be sensitive if released under subpoena for probate court or open-records laws. In some cases, the reduction in information makes fund raising more difficult. (MSE)

Fund-raising professionals explain why private fund raising is important for metropolitan public universities, and describe the beginning of a $50-million campaign at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, a 33-year-old institution that had never mounted a major fund-raising effort. Development of campaign strategy, key campaign elements, and…

Although many older women in the United States control significant wealth, they often have little experience in financial and philanthropic decision making, having deferred to spouses in those areas. Increasingly, colleges are having special events to attract women donors but find they must provide substantial decision-making support, including…

Principles and techniques for college fundraisers to use in preparing for a major solicitation are discussed, including information gathering, adequate and appropriate preparation for the call, content of the conversation, rehearsal of the interaction, making the appointment, handling objections, and closing the gift. (MSE)

Argues that colleges and universities need to develop new sources of funding if they are to sustain viable programs of student services. Looks at traditional funding, fees for service, mandatory fees, voluntary fees, and funding for the future. Funding and the use of available funds will dominate the student affairs agenda. (RJM)

A school foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that finances school projects not covered by the district budget. Legal requirements and accounting procedures; the board of trustees and fund manager; use of volunteers; capitalization and sources of capital (gifts, bequests, fundraising activities); marketing the foundation; examples of…

Many corporations, foundations, and individual donors are committed to supporting public education. Solicitation of grants and gifts from individuals is practically nonexistent in the public schools. Few board members or school administrators know whom to ask for them. Offers some fund-raising tactics and sources for funding opportunities. (MLF)

Describes how, to combat a national shortage of nurses, nursing schools are taking aggressive steps to expand their enrollment, find new faculty members, and win more financial support. (EV)

Personal experience of her first-year experience as superintendent of the Southeast Warren Community School District, a small rural district in Liberty Center, Iowa. (PKP)

Some universities have found that European companies are more willing than their American counterparts to finance high-risk start-up ventures whose products may require years of research and development. The institutions risk angering congressional leaders but suggest potential benefits outweigh problems. (MSE)