This booklet was designed to help service organizations think on a strategic level about forming innovative partnerships and soliciting community resources. Four essential steps are offered to accomplish this goal: design a comprehensive fundraising plan; develop convincing evidence of effectiveness; actively engage potential supporters; and…

Summarizes research funding issues and concerns discussed at a symposium on government and industry support for university research. Describes efforts by the Council for Chemical Research, a combined university-industry organization, to generate funds and to improve communication between academic and university scientists. (DC)

Pressures on the direction of dental education include recommendations of several important reports, changes in academic health centers in response to health care reform, and expectations of parent universities. Reactions to these pressures are changing the nature and extent of scientific research in dental schools. As educational programs evolve,…

Discusses new trends in community college fund raising from private sources. Suggests that although role of fundraiser has been added to the job descriptions of many community college presidents, there is little data to guide them successfully in performing their tasks. Contains 13 references. (AUTH/NB)

A brief, basic discription of the federal funding process for projects. (HB)

This document presents the texts of speeches from a conference on health care cost containment. Topics presented include Medicare solvency, capitated programs, diagnostic related groups (DRGs), Medicaid restructuring, long term care financing, private sector cost containment strategies, British health cost containment, health maintenance…

A novel fundraising approach for a nonprofit school for handicapped children in Hawaii includes bed racing, donation of entertainers' time for a concert, and a parade featuring children from the school. The fundraising event is also viewed as a way to fund unserved children with subtle learning problems. Suggestions are made for successful…

A presentation of the functions of and rationale for university and other research libraries, and reasons that the National Commission on the Financing of Post Secondary Education should recommend increased federal support. Also describes the increasing cooperation among research libraries. (LS)

Indicates that 65 percent of the colleges and universities surveyed in an October 1973 poll receive some form of assistance from their institutions. (RB)

Part of the special section, EDUCATION IN THE GHETTO, prepared by Saturday Review and the Committee for Economic Development to explore the problems of the education of the disadvantaged.

Weakness in evaluations often can be traced to structural limitations in the positions of evaluation researchers. Conventional human relations techniques often are an insufficient basis for securing strong support for evaluation research. Strategies for increasing evaluation research leverage are reviewed. Alignment of evaluation research with…

This monograph examines the responsiveness of private foundations in the United States to Hispanic needs and concerns. Presented are the results of a survey on institutional policies and procedures relevant to Hispanics and an analysis of grant information in the 1977 and 1978 "Foundation Grants Index." In the introduction problems…

THERE ARE FEWER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNSKILLED AND SEMISKILLED PERSONS TODAY, AS MORE OCCUPATIONS REQUIRE SPECIALIZED TRAINING. SUFFICIENT OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WOULD HELP TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS OFFER ONE ALTERNATIVE. OTHER ALTERNATIVES ARE DISCUSSED IN VT 001 353, VT 001 355 - VT 001 358. IN 1963, 6…

To help those concerned with the present shortage of funds, the Council on Education for the Geological Sciences (CEGS) has compiled this list of possible sources of support for undergraduate geology programs. The $1,200 fund sources included have been subdivided into five ranges, according to last known annual amounts given for all purposes.…