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Pennington, Kevin; Williams, Mitchell R.; Karvonen, Meagan – Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
For over 30 years, researchers and practitioners have identified challenges unique to small, rural community colleges. The purpose of this study was to examine the distinctive problems facing rural community colleges today and the challenges those institutions must address to fulfill their mission in rural America. There are 5 current challenges…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Community Colleges, Technology Uses in Education
Page, Penny Booth – 1994
The passage of the Federal Drug-Free Schools and Communities legislation expands alcohol/drug prevention targets and makes it important that educators and community leaders understand how to seek out and compete for grant dollars to meet legislative mandates. The initial step in seeking grants is understanding which of the two types of sources,…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Federal Aid, Grants
Miller, Michael T.; Newman, Richard E. – 1993
In light of the current period of higher education financial retrenchment, a model for athletic program fund raising is proposed. It is stressed that any program must respond to individual donor needs through open lines of communication that link the act of giving to some aspect, belief, or feeling of the donor. Fund raisers are seen as typically…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Donors, Educational Finance, Financial Exigency
Monahan, Thomas C. – 1992
A survey of 108 elementary and secondary teachers in southern New Jersey was conducted to determine the extent to which the teachers viewed grant development as a factor in their professional growth and development. The survey revealed that fewer than 1 percent of the respondents reported that they "often" engaged in grant-related…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grants, Grantsmanship, Incentives
Broderick, Barbara, Ed. – 1990
Private philanthropic foundations that fund precollege programs are described in this guidebook that is designed to help the prospective grant applicant. The introduction provides information on the following: how to identify good prospects; five steps in identifying the right foundation; five matchmaking steps; strategies for fund-raising…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Endowment Funds, Financial Support
Larson, Vicki Lord; McKinley, Nancy L. – 1990
An action plan is critical for speech-language pathologists to use with influential budgetary decision makers when gaining and maintaining support for delivery of services to adolescents with language disorders. Action plans describe what administrators can do to support and sustain clinicians' efforts and how clinicians can enlist this…
Descriptors: Activism, Administrator Role, Adolescents, Delivery Systems
Holman, Paul C. – 1990
One of the roles of administration is to assist the faculty and staff of an institution in the development and administration of grants. A portion of this role includes fulfilling an obligation to sponsors who have furnished funding for vital activities by providing administrative direction. Covering such topics as preparing an application, tax…
Descriptors: Contracts, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Szudy, Thomas; Byrnes, Jane, Ed. – 1990
This publication outlines approaches librarians may take to begin a literacy program in a public library or a literacy coalition in the community, and provides guidelines for writing a successful literacy grant application to fund the coalition. Ways in which a library may advance literacy and serve patrons for whom English is a second language…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Grantsmanship
Wiley, Marylee – 1982
Over the past decade, university-based outreach programs, established under the Title VI Higher Education Act in National Centers for Foreign Language and International Studies, have offered a variety of services to schools, community groups, the media, and other colleges and universities. Those outreach programs working in elementary and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Delivery Systems, Global Approach, Grantsmanship
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Washington, DC. – 1978
The report of the Donee Group (a coalition of public interest, social action, and volunteer groups acting as advisors to the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs) on the characteristics of private philanthropy is presented. After an introductory section, the perspectives of the Donee Group and those of the Commission are surveyed.…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Regulation, Grantsmanship, Higher Education
Klitz, Sally Innis – 1980
Practical guidelines to help faculty members plan sabbaticals abroad are presented. It is recommended that plans be begun two years prior to the departure time in order to prepare a proposal if necessary, secure funding, and make housing and schooling arrangements for the family. Specific funding sources are identified, including U.S. federal…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Grantsmanship
Daniels, Craig E. – 1979
The workbook for proposal writers treats budget writing as an integral part of the proposal-writing process rather than an afterthought. Working out the budget implications of the proposal as the idea evolves is encouraged. The workbook is designed to assist in developing budgets for federal grant programs. It consists of an introductory section…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Costs, Federal Aid
Burkhauser, Jude; Bensen, Donna – 1980
This program packet is designed to introduce humanities program planning and implementation to the public librarian. It provides models for publicity and promotional materials, directs libraries to humanists and humanities resources, introduces grantsmanship concepts, provides a pathfinder to funding sources, and suggests a formula for program…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Grantsmanship, Humanities, Librarians
Cheit, Earl F.; Lobman, Theodore E. – 1979
This analysis of foundation support of higher education considers grant-making in 1970 and 1974, identifies the evolving role of foundations in higher education, and suggests a future role. Additionally, the document is designed to facilitate continuing research in the field by making available a procedure for classifying grants. Using the…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Grants
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Drewett, Donald A. – Journal of Correctional Education, 1985
Describes a new staff library for corrections personnel at a New York State facility. Attention is given to the grant that funded this library and the background information that helped to build a consensus among state employees, which demonstrated the need to establish this continuing education resource. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Correctional Education, Facility Planning, Grantsmanship
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