The impact on the University of Richmond (UR) of its 1969 gift of $50 million from an alumnus and trustee is examined. The fairly typical, small, church-related liberal arts university with an enrollment of about 4,000 has concentrated on student life and faculty welfare and the relationship between the two. (JT)

This paper reports the results of two studies designed to evaluate the effects of a group contingency for conservation on use of electricity. Residents of 166 apartment units in three towers participated in the first study. The group contingency consisted of biweekly payments to residents of the value of the electricity they saved, as compared to…

In 1955, in the largest single action in American philanthropic history, the Ford Foundation appropriated $260 million to help raise the salaries of teachers in American colleges and universities under the College Grants Program. The program had 2 parts: endowment grants totaling $2.0 million and accomplishment grants totaling $50 million. The…

Having found an objective merit system to be very unwieldy and a subjective merit system threatening to individuals, the faculty and administration at Morgan Community College, through joint effort, developed an Opportunity/Incentive Grant (OIG) program. While this policy is very much like other innovative grant systems, it also includes elements…

The Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) program is a new initiative that could affect International Reading Association members in the United States--but will benefit only those who take advantage of it. The purpose of the CSR initiative is to provide financial incentives for schools to develop comprehensive school reforms. Funding is available to…

A variety of sub-roles prevents the college professor from meeting his teaching responsibility. (IR)

The "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998" requires that the Secretary provide the appropriate committees of Congress copies of annual reports received by the department from each eligible agency that receives funds under the Act. Congress has made "accountability for results" a central focus of the…

Senate Bill 3096 (S. 3096), the Bicycle Helmet Promotion Act, provides incentive grants to state and local governments that seek to promote the use of bicycle helmets by children under the age of 16. Between 1984 and 1988, a total of 4,815 Americans died and 2,830,475 suffered injuries requiring hospitalization as a result of accidents that…

Various U.S. Office of Education financial aid programs for post-secondary education are described. Native American students may find themselves eligible for the Basic Opportunity Grant, a Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant, the College Work Study Program, the Guaranteed Student Loan Program, or the National Direct Student Loan Program. (KM)

This report deals with the training and development of full time managers and executives and of persons in departmental or technical posts who have, or may be given, managerial responsibilities, either in their own specialties or in general management. The first major section presents the common features of effective management training and…

A study was made in England to determine whether practices in industry were (or were likely to be) consistent with the objectives of the Industrial Training Act of 1964. A case study of a medium-sized engineering firm near Manchester showed that the firm was concerned with avoiding potential training expenses but not with improving the efficiency…

This document presents a compilation of facts and trends on American philanthropy for the year 1973. Emphasis is placed on donors, recipients, sources of philanthropy (individuals, bequests, foundations, and corporations), and areas of philanthropic opportunity (religion, education, health and hospitals, social welfare, arts and humanities, civic…

The mini-grant concept has emerged in recent years as a specific catalyst for the promotion of educational change. A mini-grant is a small grant awarded to an individual (usually a teacher or supervisor) in order that he might investigate or further develop an idea within the classroom or school setting. Developed in the State of New York, this…

This paper, designed as a guideline for administrators, considers the relationships between local community colleges and external funding sources, both governmental and private. Descriptive examples of how to obtain funds from such agencies are given as well as working outlines for preparing the requisite grant applications. To clarify the matter…