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Mitchell, Anne – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Discusses funding from foundations as a solution to the financial problems child care centers are encountering. Examines different types of foundations and their basic characteristics, and proposes ideas for identify and pursuing the most appropriate. Suggests that the process of seeking and receiving foundation funding takes time, effort, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Budgeting, Corporate Support, Costs
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Hill, Ian T.; And Others – Future of Children, 1993
To address the health care needs of the millions of uninsured children of low-income families ineligible for Medicaid, many states have developed innovative public and private programs. Examines the privately funded Blue Cross/Blue Shield Caring Program and promising public programs in 11 states. (MDM)
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Health, Corporate Support, Government Role
Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Washington, DC. – 1995
This report presents the results of a survey of voluntary financial support provided to higher education institutions and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States. It is based on a survey of 1,168 colleges and universities and 423 private elementary and secondary schools for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994. The study…
Descriptors: Colleges, Corporate Support, Donors, Educational Finance
German Foundation for International Development (DSE), Bonn (Germany). – 1996
The two papers in this document explain various options and modalities for UNEVOC (International Project on Technical and Vocational Education) Member States' financing of their individual systems of technical and vocational education and disseminating experiences in this area. "Financing Vocational Education and Training in Developing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Corporate Support, Developing Nations
Marrow, Alvin J.; McLaughlin, Jack – 1995
Catonsville Community College (CCC), in Maryland, has developed partnerships with business, industry, government, and other educational institutions to address the educational needs of the community. Programs established as a result of these partnerships include the following: (1) an automotive technology program sponsored by major automobile…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1997
The National School Boards Association (NSBA), the National School Boards Foundation, NSBA's Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education, and Apple Computer, Inc., launched "The School Board of Tomorrow Exhibit" at NSBA's 1996 annual conference and exposition in Orlando, Florida. This handbook summarizes the communication technologies…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer System Design
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1996
This bulletin highlights strategies to enhance professional development for employers and enable employers to develop structured work-based learning opportunities for employees. The first section highlights these strategies: ensuring top-level support; providing assistance in developing structured work-based learning opportunities; training…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Support, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
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Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. – 1996
This audit report presents results of a review of the Florida Eminent Scholar and Major Gift Challenge Grant Programs. In four chapters the report: (1) reviews the purpose, scope, and background of the programs; (2) looks at program successes, fees, and expenditures, noting that the programs have raised $219 million in private donations to support…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Donors, Educational Finance, Endowment Funds
Carter, Julia – 1992
In 1990, the London Enterprise Agency, a private sector consortium dedicated to inner-city regeneration in London, established a project to address homelessness. Later called GATE (Guaranteed Accommodation and Training for Employment), the project had three central features: a focus on employment as a means of tackling homelessness; the use of a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Otterbourg, Susan D. – 1998
Businesses have an important role in integrating information technologies into the workplace both to increase productivity and to facilitate employee communications with their children's schools and improve learning. This report is an important guide to further these kinds of connections. Through a variety of research, survey data, and case…
Descriptors: Business, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Cooperative Learning
Nelson, Lucie, Ed. – 1990
The focus of this conference workplace literacy in the South is the need for cooperation and collaboration among policy-makers, business and industry, labor, and education providers. The document contains nine presentations: "What Frito-Lay Has Done in Workplace Literacy" (Mossberg); "The Need for a Literate Workforce in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Corporate Support
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Industrial Research and Development Advisory Committee. – 1990
In 1989, the Industrial Research and Development Advisory Committee (IRDAC) of the European Community established a Working Party on education and training issues relevant to industry. A subgroup on schools and industry identified the dominant influences on initial and adult training policy for the 1990s and beyond: (1) the need to adapt it to…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Career Planning
National Youth Employment Coalition, New York, NY. – 1989
This report describes innovative partnerships forged in recent years between U.S. businesses and public schools and between businesses and private, nonprofit employment and training programs for youth. Intended for businesses and youth service providers in school systems and private agencies, this report responds to questions from businesses about…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business, Community Organizations, Corporate Support
Miguel, Laurian A. – 1990
The Illinois Council on Vocational Education polled members of local school boards and administrators on their perceptions of vocational-technical education and business community participation in school programs and planning. The poll included surveys, discussions, and interviews. Two hundred eighty-three questionnaires were completed. At least…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrator Attitudes, Alternative Teacher Certification, Boards of Education
Illinois State Council on Vocational Education, Springfield. – 1991
A study of business and labor was conducted to define the performance skills expected of those entering the workplace in the 1990s and beyond. Survey respondents were 1,120 business people and 26 labor representatives in Illinois of whom 90 participated in follow-up roundtable discussions. Respondents identified and rank ordered nine basic skills:…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Competency Based Education, Corporate Support
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