A secondary art teacher describes how, when faced with district budget cuts, she developed links with local businesses willing to donate supplies, grants, and display spaces for her art program. (SJL)

The challenges and concerns facing annual fund directors in coming years and resources for further information are offered. The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), which sponsors conferences and workshops and publishes materials related to annual giving, is cited as a good source for information. (MLW)

Discusses why college fund raisers are of more than one mind about whether this is a good time to promote gift annuities to donors. (EV)

Describes how a public relations sequence at the University of Georgia in Athens "adopted" the offices of development for the University and its own college as the "clients" for students enrolled in a Public Relations Campaigns course. Discusses how students conducted research among donors and nondonors. Suggests a variety of…

Describes how, after years of mega-gifts and raised expectations, college fund raisers are struggling to keep campaigns going in a time of economic uncertainty and global tension. (EV)

Describes the efforts of various college alumni groups to secure better funding for their institutions or promote other legislative causes. (EV)

Presents an interview with Bob Kerrey, president of New School University, on fund raising's role in politics and the campus presidency. (EV)

Issues facing child care administrators are discussed. Topics include the process of selling higher fees to parents; sick leave benefits; fund raising ideas; parent assistance in the classroom; parent-teacher programs; and staff input. (DG)

The challenge for fund raising for fine arts programs is to draw the needed donors from the general community. More and more institutions are showing off their institutions' cultural achievements and attracting recognition for them. (MSE)

It is not effective to focus on the process of public relations, student recruitment, or fund-raising. In the 1990s, public relations must use rigorous research to achieve measurable results, not just more paperwork. (Author/MSE)

The Internal Revenue Service maintains that donors must subtract the value of any "substantial benefits" they receive from the amount of their gifts before they can claim tax deductions. It's the donors' job to make that adjustment--but it's a fund raiser's job to put disclosure statements on a solicitation. (MLW)

Suggestions to institutions of higher education on how to go about selecting a planned giving consultant include ask colleagues from other institutions whom they've used in the past; examine written proposals from a wide range of firms; look for chemistry and credibility; check references; and button down the terms of the consultancy. (MLW)

Consultants offer ideas to frustrated fund-raising administrators about dealing with reluctant, uncooperative, and uninformed trustees. (MSE)

Offers guidelines for community colleges wishing to become involved in for-profit ventures as a means of revenue diversification. Explains the differences between for-profit activities related to the college's non-profit mission and those that are not; alternative organizational structures; and common operations (e.g., catering, retail sales, and…

James LeVoy Sorenson, a medical-products entrepreneur, gave the University of Utah its largest gift ever, but when controversy erupted over naming the medical school for him, he asked the university to return his gift. (MLW)