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Marybeth Gasman – Teachers College Press, 2025
With a personal and narrative style, preeminent educational historian Marybeth Gasman presents her research pertaining to HBCUs conducted over her 25-year career. In addition to conducting historical and large-scale qualitative studies related to HBCUs, Gasman has also served as a board of trustee member at three HBCUs--Paul Quinn College, St.…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, African American Education, Educational History, African American History
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Clevenger, Morgan R.; MacGregor, Cynthia J.; Sturm, Paul – IGI Global, 2021
The roles that corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business support of democracy play in American higher education are infrequently discussed, though very important. There are many ethical issues that concern both corporate interests as well as higher education, linking the two more than many would think. It is necessary to understand the…
Descriptors: Corporations, Social Responsibility, Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship
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Drezner, Noah D. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2011
This monograph examines the philanthropic contributions of individuals through the existing literature and proposes future philanthropic and fundraising research that can help fill the theoretical void in the literature, thereby improving future research and fundraising in higher education. It covers the major approaches, topics, and theories…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Fund Raising, Private Financial Support, Ethnic Diversity
Ball, Stephen J. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Do private and philanthropic solutions to the problems of education signal the end of state education in its "welfare" form? Education policy is being reformed and re-worked on a global scale. Policies are flowing and converging to produce a singular vision of "best practice" based on the methods and tenets of the "neo-liberal imaginary".…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Global Education, Educational Finance, Network Analysis
Sivon, Ellen Wise – 1984
A sourcebook for foreign students and scholars already in the United States who are seeking additional financial resources to complete their U.S. education is presented. These sources of support are mostly available from U.S. private, nonprofit organizations including professional societies, scientific and medical research organizations, scholarly…
Descriptors: Donors, Financial Aid Applicants, Foreign Students, Higher Education
Sable, Martin H. – 1987
Because it is a relatively new field and is categorized as an interdisciplinary one, urban studies both suffers and benefits in terms of grants and awards. Undergraduate scholarships do not exist, because urban studies is a graduate field. But, since urban studies involves all of the established social studies and a few natural science and…
Descriptors: Awards, Educational Finance, Fellowships, Financial Support