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Kaufman, Julia H.; Gates, Susan M.; Harvey, Melody; Wang, Yan; Barrett, Mark – RAND Corporation, 2017
States and districts are embarking on efforts to improve school leadership as a lever to promote school improvement. Such efforts have a solid base of research attesting to their effectiveness, and some view them as particularly cost-effective because principals "can be powerful multipliers of effective teaching and leadership practices in…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Personnel Selection, Faculty Development
Abdul-Alim, Jamaal – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
When the W.K. Kellogg Foundation first approached a group of tribal college presidents in 1994 with a $23 million grant for a handful of their institutions, the tribal college leaders did not exactly trip over themselves to get the money. They wanted it to be split among all of them, and the foundation honored the tribal college leaders' wish.…
Descriptors: Grants, Minority Groups, Private Financial Support, Philanthropic Foundations
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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