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Download full textKoerner, James D. – 1976
The Technology in Education program funded by the Sloan Foundation during 1970-1976 has supported 400 college faculty members to experiment with new technology in instruction. The major concern is to find out if the use of a great variety of technology can reduce instructional cost and improve learning. An overall observation indicates that the…
Descriptors: Diffusion, Educational Innovation, Educational Technology, Foundation Programs
Peer reviewedYoung, Michael – Open Learning, 1995
Proposes the establishment of a Research Foundation for Open Learning, and reflects on the Open University's achievements and the need for change. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Resources, Foreign Countries, Foundation Programs
Duronio, Margaret; And Others – 1988
A year-long study to examine the relationships of higher education institutional characteristics, fund raising methods, and fund raising expenditures to voluntary support outcomes in institutions of higher education was undertaken. The initial results of the survey on college fund raising methods are presented, and a discussion of the implications…
Descriptors: Administration, Alumni, Corporate Support, Educational Finance
Weischadle, David E. – 1977
Foundation involvement in policy development for public education raises basic questions concerning the control of a prime societal function. During the Cold War era (1945-1970) the Carnegie Corporation of New York funded projects according to its philosophical interests, using its financial and organizational prominence and cooperative strategies…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Foundation Programs
Mathis, B. Claude, Ed.; Holbrook, Steven T., Ed. – 1974
A conference on the improvement of teaching in higher education reached the conclusion that colleges and universities need the help of a larger community than that of their own institutional settings. Professional associations, foundations, and the federal government share the responsibility for initiation of both research and development efforts.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Role, Cooperative Programs
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1997
This document provides an overview of the 17 universities in the Province of Ontario, describing undergraduate and graduate program offerings, sources of operating income and research funding, and linkages between the universities and the private sector. The first section includes a discussion of the appraisal process used to assess both graduate…
Descriptors: Accountability, Corporate Support, Educational Finance, Evaluation
Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Inst. of German Studies. – 1977
The document contains the texts of three presentations from a conference on financial support of the sciences and humanities in West Germany and the United States. The first paper explains financial support of the sciences and the humanities in West Germany. Awards and uses of funds are primarily determined by the scholarly community, which also…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Comparative Education, Conferences, Cross Cultural Studies
