Annual funds face pressures to contact all alumni to maximize participation, but these efforts are costly. This paper uses a logistic regression model to predict likely donors among alumni from the College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Maryland, College Park. Alumni were grouped according to their predicted probability of donating…

This book traces the history of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching from its founding in 1906 through 1979. A 1999 foreword by the current president of the Foundation notes the influence of the book and briefly updates the foundation's history. The foreword reiterates the book's judgment that the foundation's policies typically…

The major adjustment that private institutions will have to make in the years ahead is that their uniqueness and contributions will have to be defined and articulated within a broader plan for meeting higher educational needs of society. (Author)

Examines cooperative fund raising through associations on behalf of private institutions. (Author)

Analyzes New York University's Fiscal Crisis and proposes remedies. (JF)

Economist says industrial training boards offer potentially successful model for the U.S. (Editor)

Business has many reasons for assisting the arts and numerous ways of doing so. (CK)

The history of PTV funding, and what is now available from federal sources." (Editor)

This statewide study of Illinois foundations indicates that by researching where foundation grants have gone in the past, a pattern of giving can be deduced. (Editor)

Some basic strategies and procedures that provide a step-by-step annual fund plan are reviewed. This approach divides goals into revenue targets for each annual fund program and links program success to budget and staff requirements. (MLW)

It is imperative that student financial officers and policymakers develop an awareness of ways in which students can maximize their potential with the increase of private sector financial support systems. (JOW)

The experiences of a four-person advancement staff of a 300-student institution that had six weeks to meet a two-for-one challenge are discussed. The one-week planning process is described and the campaign strategies are reviewed. (MLW)

Three approaches to athletic fund-raising are presented. A booster club at Florida State runs the fund raising campaign. At Georgia Institute of Technology, athletic fund-raising and athletic programing are centered in a single office. The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga's development office handles athletic fund-raising. (MLW)