In South Africa, foundation programmes are a well-established alternative access route to tertiary science study for educationally disadvantaged students. Student access to, and performance in, one such foundation programme has been researched by the authors seeking opportunities to improve student retention. The biology module in particular has…

Drawing on ESRC-funded research (RES-000-22-0832), this article examines the accounts of men participating in London access and foundation programs in relation to their shifting masculine identifications. The author considers how the men's early memories of schooling shape their student masculinities. Their accounts are contextualized in relation…

This report was commissioned in December 2006 to assess the capacity for trades training in the public post-secondary system with the key objectives to identify current levels of utilization for each of the top trades; identify methods of increasing capacity for top trades; and determine future levels of capacity that can be achieved without…

Since its inception in 1992, the University of the North's, Science Foundation Year (UNIFY) Programme has provided access to higher education to over 1500 previously disadvantaged students. However, there has always been doubt about whether the concept of a foundation programme is a worthwhile endeavour. To date, government has not yet fully…

Students who don't require financial aid but who qualify on the basis of academic merit have been receiving more of the scholarship money. And students who have too much money, inherited fortunes, have found some ways to be productive while contributing to social change in the community. (RK)

the Common Fund is a nonprofit corporation formed to enable colleges, universities, and independent schools to join together in obtaining professional management of their endowments and other long-term investment funds. (Author)

On November 1, 1978, President Carter established the President's Commission on the Holocaust and charged it with the responsibility of deciding what might constitute an appropriate national memorial to all those who had perished in the Holocaust. This publication is the report of that Commission which consisted of 34 members including survivors,…

This annotated bibliography contains selected books, pamphlets, doctoral dissertations, and articles dealing with most aspects of voluntary private support for higher education by foundations, business firms, alumni, and individuals, plus fund raising by colleges and universities. The entries cover the period since 1960 for books and dissertations…

Five universities receiving aid from the Rockefeller Foundation are discussed. The American University has had difficulty initially interdisciplinary environmental studies. Problems include insufficient financial independence, autonomous faculty nature, seniority system, students, and departmental structure. Penn State's efforts involve…

Over the past eight years the Ford Foundation has granted some $20 million for support of activities related to the financing and management of public and higher education. This report describes some of these efforts. The Foundation's activities in public education include support of analysis of the legal background of school finance, analysis of…

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…