For higher education, the increasing number of nonprofit managers represents a graduate-level audience that may be as significant as the audience of business managers who emerged from private industrial corporations at the turn of the century. Yet colleges and universities have responded slowly to the needs of the third sector. (MLW)

CASE's recognition award winners (judged by corporations, foundations, publishers, volunteer and educational institutions/associations, and CASE members) are presented. Awards covered public relations, financial support programs, alumni relations, volunteer involvement, electronic media, publications, student recruitment, news and information…

Anecdotes about fund-raising from the experiences of a variety of institutions reveals that communications problems, in various forms, are at the heart of many fund-raising problems. Among the ideas presented are the use of large donors to solicit other donations, trustee assistance, persistence in asking support, and alumni matching funds. (MSE)

Describes Binghamton, New York's Educational Research and Services Council's model for university-public school cooperation based on volunteerism, responsiveness, bilateral decision making, a nucleus of commitment, and a sense of organizational evolution. Characteristics are operationalized through activities in the areas of curriculum…

The author discusses the 31-year history of the Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. (AEA) and examines several of its features: the influence of group dynamics, role of the volunteer, and the AEA's redefinition of the role of knowledge-based agencies as agencies of adult education. (CT)

Summarizes the assessment of four types of experiential education programs (volunteer service, career internships, outdoor adventure, community study/political action) on the psychological, social, and intellectual development of over 1,000 secondary students participating in 27 programs in independent, public, and parochial schools across the…

Small liberal arts colleges are not likely to benefit substantially from increased corporate support of higher education. By concentrating on corporate efforts close to home, Union College of Schnectady (New York) has increased its annual fund income and built corporate support. A description of its annual business campaign is presented. (MLW)

Profiles Lane Community College's use of the quality circle concept to raise quality while holding down costs, whereby a voluntary group of 12 employees working in the same department meet one hour per week to identify, analyze, and solve work-related problems and implement solutions proposed to and approved by management. (DMM)

Describes Cuba's successful adult literacy campaign and suggests the necessity for a similar undertaking in the United States. Advocates (1) the use of college and secondary students as literacy workers, and (2) the adoption of the concept of "the generative word" (Paulo Freire) as tools for carrying out such a campaign. (GC)

Summarizes the responses of (N=131) adult women to a questionnaire survey of their experiences and activities in homemaking, parenting, volunteer work, recreation, formal and nonformal education, and paid work. Results showed that reentry women have had a wide variety of life experiences through which they have developed job-related skills.…

Points to consider when contemplating a national alumni program are reviewed, including: (1) the program will be expensive, (2) a national clubs organization will take staff time, (3) volunteers will be used effectively, and (4) the college will come alive to those who rarely get to the campus. (MLW)

Organizational changes in Carleton College's alumni club system are described that facilitated: integration of volunteer efforts, communication among volunteers, training and selecting of leadership, and long-range planning. Local club officers were replaced with area steering committees including volunteers in admissions, fund raising, careers,…

One of a college development staff's greatest responsibilities is seen as helping the president and the governing board's nominating committee to build the board's fund raising potential. Developing a board profile can assess current strength in fund raising and other areas. A sample board profile form is provided. (MLW)

Volunteering during leisure time provides personal contact and the opportunity for individual accomplishment for people of all age, ethnic, and socioeconomic levels. Volunteer work can play a large role in developing both the job and leisure aspects of people's careers throughout their lifetimes. (JN)