The potential of foundation support for educational grants is addressed in terms of expectancy based on past performance, types of foundations, and the foundation field (e.g., "general welfare"). Details are given briefly about community foundations, family foundations, business foundations, and foundation research. Procedures are outlined for…

The contributions of private donors are essential to the financial health of all public and private colleges and universities in this country. This study shows the pattern of giving in 1973-74, focusing on contributions of individual donors, alumni, and nonalumni. Sample institutions were surveyed and the results indicate that voluntary individual…

This book offers three things to university trustees: (1) a review of scholarly work in capital market theory, (2) a manual for those who must manage managers, and (3) a clear statement of broad injunctions of prudences that scholars and practitioners have long put into jargon. The first section covers policy and strategic issues, including: the…

The development of the Russell Sage Foundation, devoted to social science research, is reviewed with emphasis on its outlook under the new president, Aaron Wildavsky, and his expertise in policy analysis. (LBH)

A highly effective tool for grants research, the computer will soon be seriously applied to consolidating valuable exchange information. Focus is on the information overload in the field of exchange programs and other funding opportunities available to those interested in educational and professional experiences abroad. (LBH)

Sample questions from a perspective donor to a college administrator are presented that deal with institutional mission, how well the trustees are informed, faculty age, administrator background in management, use of past foundation grants, institutional flexibility, and student values and priorities. (LBH)

More colleges than ever are turning to capital campaigns. Goals have grown so large, and accounting practices so liberal, that experienced fund-raisers tend to discount most announced campaign achievements. The Philanthropic Roundtable, an outlet for conservative views, will subject foundation giving to greater scrutiny. (MLW)

Undergraduate science education at liberal arts colleges and historically Black institutions will be the focus of a program of grants given by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Colleges were invited to submit proposals to strengthen their biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics programs. (MLW)

More than 90 percent of the American Association of University Women's Educational Foundation funds comes from the association's 150,000 members. Awards for graduate study, postdoctoral studies, and international fellowships are reported. (MLW)

Analyzes the organization, structure, and board composition of community college foundations in North Carolina, drawing from survey responses provided by 50 of the 57 colleges in the state. Reports problems cited by respondents concerning the composition, size, and interest level of the boards. (DMM)

In a period of declining financial support for graduate study, the Danforth Foundation's Graduate Fellowship Program and the Kent Fellowships have continued to provide financial aid to prospective college teachers. The fellowship experience is analyzed from the standpoints of both the recipients and those involved in the selection process.…

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires states and school districts to act aggressively to turn around failing schools. NCLB lists 31 different interventions of varying degrees of severity that are available to state and local policymakers when faced with schools whose students fail to make sufficient academic progress and sets forth…

A diverse and growing body of research points to the need for an overhaul of America's public education systems. The Panasonic Foundation created its Partnership Program for systemic educational reform in 1987. Since then, the foundation has collaborated with 16 school districts and 3 state departments of education. This book informs others…

In 1997, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation launched an Initiative titled "Building Bridges between Practice and Knowledge in Nonprofit Management Education," which aimed to improve the practice of and build the knowledge base for nonprofit management education. This study was designed to examine dimensions of practitioner-academic partnerships as…

This paper is designed to help funders avoid some of the pitfalls of embarking on major reform efforts in troubled urban districts, proposing exploratory case studies as a tool to improve philanthropic giving. The paper explains what is behind the two major flaws of philanthropic investment (not knowing how one thinks schools will improve and not…