Download or read book A study of fundraising in selected urban and suburban California community colleges written by Doris Faye Jones Pichon and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Institutional Advancement written by E. Proper and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Institutional Advancement comprehensively reviews and evaluates the published empirical research on advancement in higher education of the last 23 years, covering fundraising, alumni relations, public relations, marketing, and the role of institutional leadership in all of these.

Download or read book The Role of the Community College President in Fundraising written by Rudolph Joseph Besikof and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2008 statement from the Foundation for California Community Colleges in the Chronicle of Higher Education revealed that two-year institutions provide education for approximately half of the nation's undergraduate students (Wiessner, 2008). However, when it comes to benefiting from dollars that are raised from donors for postsecondary schools, community colleges generate only 2% of the total funds that are raised (Lanning, 2008). For the community colleges that are effective as fundraisers, what are their best practices? Within them, presidents are described as the "living logos" of their institutions, but what roles do they play in successful efforts? T study endeavored to answer the following research questions: (1) What kinds of preparation or ongoing training, if any, do community college presidents say has helped them to develop fundraising skills? What preparation do they identify as the most helpful? (2) How do community college presidents rank fundraising in importance among all of their duties, and what percentage of their time is spent on fundraising? (3). What activities constitute the work of fundraising that presidents do and, among those activities, which do they find to be the most effective? Which give them the greatest amount of difficulty? Why? (4) How do the college presidents of successful fundraising community colleges interact with their respective college foundations and/or their development offices, and how involved are members of foundations and development offices in the colleges' mission and long-range planning? I conducted case studies of three Midwest community colleges as well as a cross case analysis. To identify the research sites, I used the Council for Aid to Education's Voluntary Support for Education Survey, which provided more relevant statistical data than IRS Forms. Specific amounts such as Alumni, Corporate, and Employee Giving totals were available. Some state systems required all of their community colleges to complete the survey, and I identified one of them for my study. I chose three within it that were consistent fundraisers, which is to say that their overall money raised or foundation, alumni, or corporate totals gave them an average ranking in the top five. With these criteria, three community colleges that all had similar enrollment numbers emerged. Each community college visit included document study and observations, but the main source was interviews. At each community college, I spoke with at least ten people who included but were not limited to the college president, the executive director of the Foundation, Foundation staff members, Foundation Board of Directors members, and faculty. Interviews ranged from 25 minutes in length to nearly two hours. To better allow for more detailed elaboration on the part of the presidents and executive directors of the respective Foundations, I used the "elite interview" format, a semi-structured protocol employed by Kezar in her 2006 study of college presidents. Doing so allowed for more anecdotal answers as well as deeper insights into the beliefs and perspectives of these individuals who, by virtue of their higher positions, had unique perspectives on fundraising and community college leadership issues. Despite the similarly consistent numbers from the VSE survey, the three colleges could not have been more different. One was located in the center of a large urban area and had a Foundation staff that contained four employees. Its executive director, in addition to his foundation duties, was a dean over the entire development effort at the college, which included having the Public Relations and Marketing Department report to him. Another college was in a nearby suburban area. Its Foundation staff was composed of three full-time employees and a part-time grant writer. Its executive director was listed on the same organizational level as the vice presidents. The third college had a district president who presided over several community colleges in a rural area. At the one, I learned that the chief executive-level campus fundraiser was a provost, which led me to include her with the three presidents in my study. Its foundation staff was the smallest of the three community colleges, with only two 50% employees. The executive director, in the rest of her assignment, directed the college's Institutional Research Office. As she was new to the position, I also interviewed the former executive director, who had been employed at 100%. Interviews were transcribed and coded into an average of approximately 75 different themes per site. After analyzing them through a series of matrices, I reported my findings by addressing each of the four research questions directly. From those, I was able to note best practices of the presidents and make recommendations for both them and the fundraising effort as a whole. Concerning the preparation and professional development in the area of fundraising for presidents, I found that the presidents of the two urban area colleges came strictly from Academic Affairs and had little or no training in fundraising, while the president and provost at the rural area college did. In fact, the president of the rural college gained meaningful presidential-level exposure to fundraising while serving as a provost. She also mentioned that her most meaningful professional development came from face-to-face dialogue with another president, while her provost sought it in other areas. For one of the urban presidents, his professional development came directly from his experience working as president, while the other reported being heavily involved in it since he has similar teaching and learning expectations of others. Looking at the four leaders, I saw efforts to fill needs in professional development in ways that seemed to be consistent with their beliefs and their own needs. In terms of the importance of fundraising, data showed that they all devoted roughly a fifth of their time to it directly. The three presidents all answered questions about time spent on fundraising with responses about time not only with donors, but also in the state legislature. This was curious since they had not been asked about political involvement but only fund raising importance or practices. Concerning practices in fundraising, not all of the presidents asked their major donors for money all the time. Responses ranged from minimal asking on the part of the president of the suburban college to asking nearly every time, which was what the president of the downtown community college did. Though they did not all ask with the same frequency, they all included their Foundation Executive Directors, either to make the ask or to lay the groundwork for them to appeal to the potential donor. Other common practices included their interactions with their Foundation Boards of Directors. They attemded all or nearly all meetings, gave reports about college news as well as their own endeavors with the legislature, stayed in meetings to answer questions and clarify issues or concerns, and personally emailed and met with each board member regularly. The campus level leaders nearly always attended fundraising events as well and foundation leaders reported that they were available at any time in the cultivation process. Finally, each of these leaders emphasized some type of partnership with potential donors in speaking to them. In all three cases, I saw the presidents involving foundations in the mission of the college. As previously mentioned, their executive directors were involved in central leadership. They included the elevated positions each of them held, along with their service on groups such as hiring and planning committees outside their respective Foundations. Having provided these findings, I was able to make several recommendations. (a) Presidents are only as effective in fundraising as their development teams. Ultimately, my data showed that this higher-level relationship was more important that who was asking for money. (b) Future presidents are advised to accept responsibilities that fall outside Academic Affairs and, if possible, should hold positions with responsibilities similar to those of provosts; they should also have some interaction in the political arena, for my study concluded that fundraising meant fundraising and networking with members of the state legislature. (c) For college presidents and Foundations building their college's fundraising efforts, the internal giving campaign should be the first step. Each college had a positive statistic about internal giving should present to the public. (d) Since the alumni effort is cumbersome, colleges should employ faculty and program-level employees as cultivators and networkers and compensate them. The focus of these efforts should be programs of study or college organizations such as campus clubs. (e) Foundation Boards of Directors should have a limited number of members, and their meetings should be run efficiently rather than serving as social functions. The most active participant in meetings should be the president, who also meets personally with each member on a regular basis. (f) In order for feasibility studies to be valued by presidents and their Foundations, there must be contextual similarity to their own community colleges. (g) State community college systems should align audit work and other financial reporting to make it more streamlined with actual tax forms. In order to provide more data, this reporting should also be aligned with the VSE. The findings were used to identify best practices of how community colleges do their fundraising despite having limited resources. The findings and recommendations may assist presidents, community colleges, and state systems as they become more responsible for generating revenue and providing opportunities for the students of both today and tommorw.

Download or read book Business and Corporation Engagement with Higher Education written by Morgan R. Clevenger and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-18 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiple scholars and practitioners provide models and theories to understand the inter-organizational relationships between businesses and higher education. This work illuminates the complexities, expectations and long-term impact of such relationships.

Download or read book Partnership Motives and Ethics in Corporate Investment in Higher Education written by Clevenger, Morgan R. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The roles that corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business support of democracy play in American higher education are infrequently discussed, though very important. There are many ethical issues that concern both corporate interests as well as higher education, linking the two more than many would think. It is necessary to understand the environment, inter-organizational relationships, and documents holistically to observe the rich history, pluralistic American societal issues, and relevant milestones between corporate America and higher education. Partnership Motives and Ethics in Corporate Investment in Higher Education provides comprehensive documentation of business and corporate entanglements with higher education. This work discusses the historic journey of funding from business and U.S. corporate engagement in American higher education. Covering topics such as academy-business relationships, philanthropic partnerships, and transactional partnerships, this work is essential for professors, executives, managers, faculty, fundraisers, leaders in higher education, researchers, students, and academicians with interests in CSR, business ethics, and higher education.

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Role of Leaders and Actors in Academy Business Partnerships Issues of Risk Trust Power Ethics and Cooperation written by Clevenger, Morgan R. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In academic-business partnerships, many challenges plague both sides of the equation. From navigating complex power dynamics to ensuring ethical conduct, managing risk, and fostering trust, these collaborations often seem to walk a tightrope without a safety net. The critical actors involved, such as university leaders, corporate executives, and government policymakers, often struggle to strike the delicate balance required for success. It is a world where mishaps are as common as best practices, and the potential for growth and innovation remains untapped due to these hurdles. The Role of Leaders and Actors in Academy-Business Partnerships: Issues of Risk, Trust, Power, Ethics, and Cooperation emerge as the guiding light in this labyrinthine journey. This book does not just highlight the issues; it presents concrete solutions. By offering a comprehensive exploration of the roles and responsibilities of key players, from university presidents to corporate executives, it equips readers with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the intricate dynamics of these partnerships successfully. With real-world examples of best practices and the cautionary tales of the "dark side of leadership," this book empowers academic scholars and corporate leaders alike to make informed decisions and forge collaborations that truly benefit both sides.

Download or read book Eyewitness to Excellence written by Carolyn Carter and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study examined the fundraising strategies of one African American female president at an urban community college. Despite the important role community colleges play in higher education, meaningful research focusing on the role of the president in a college's fundraising efforts has been limited. Fundraising in the community college has become a critical component of fiscal leadership for community college leaders. Research on women in fundraising is also limited; studies that exist simply confirm a gender gap persists in both salary and leadership positions in fundraising, even as women outnumber men by a ratio of three-to-one in the profession overall. Research has also lacked a unified framework for identifying successful funding strategies for community college presidents. This area remains largely neglected, thus presenting a major gap in information that can be used to develop a general framework for understanding the fundraising strategies of community college presidents. Five research questions guided this investigation: 1) How did the participants describe Jerry Sue Thornton's leadership preparation? 2) How did the participants describe Jerry Sue Thornton's experiences as a president in the selected urban community college? 3) How did the participants perceive the interplay of fundraising efforts and Jerry Sue Thornton's other presidential duties and responsibilities? 4) How did the participants describe Jerry Sue Thornton's fundraising strategies? and 5) How did the participants perceive race and gender as factors contributing to Jerry Sue Thornton's success in the fundraising world? This qualitative study used portraiture as the research methodology. Portraiture bridges science and art, which merges the systematic and careful description of good ethnography with the suggestive significance of fine literature. The researcher's selection of portraiture as the methodology exists as a way to merge the art and science of storytelling, which are skills from a career of history, genealogical research, and storytelling. The findings suggest that Jerry Sue Thornton's major fundraising strategies included: 1) Building internal and external relationships; 2) Getting to know major fundraisers in the community; 3) Implemented an aggressive marketing and advertising campaign to tout the mission and vision of the institution; 4) Targeted request of donors to address funding gaps for students, facilities, programs; 5) Facilitated aggressive grassroots fundraising and donor campaigns; 6) Leveraged celebrity-endorsed relationships by hosting a major fundraising event; 7) Engaged to forge strong relationships with business and corporations; 8) Engaged alumni and other past donors; 9) Engaged community partners while incentivizing top donors; 10) Exercised judicial prudence; 11) Established donor recognition programs; 12) Increased workplace giving and student participation in fundraising events; 13) Developed solid long-range fundraising goals; 14) Cultivated donor stewardship programs; and 15) Created opportunities to connect donors to the institution through stories. Based on the qualitative analysis of the responses from the participants and the document analysis, it can be concluded that Jerry Sue Thornton developed several strategies to achieve fundraising success as president of an urban community college. Leadership preparation made a difference, hard work and relationship building was essential for fundraising, she was strategic in her leadership approach and the interplay of her fundraising duties, partnership played a key role in her effective fundraising. Jerry Sue Thornton exemplifies a 20th century African American leader with fundraising success in higher education based on her own merits. Thornton's success projects a sense of hope for the future of fundraising in the community college as they secure financial well-being.

Download or read book Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges written by Steve Klingaman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a co-publication with CASE.Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges is a hands-on, step-by-step guide to building a million-dollar-a-year development office.Community colleges educate nearly half the undergraduates in America yet receive as little as two percent of all gifts to higher education. Private philanthropy is now essential to the mission of community colleges. In order to gain a fair share, community colleges can rely on this book to deploy strategies effectively used by 4-year colleges. The author, Steve Klingaman, has raised over $40 million dollars for two-year and four-year colleges over a 25-year development career.With its emphasis on planning the work and working the plan, Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges offers practical advice and concrete steps on how to build a strong advancement team with robust Annual Fund, grants, major gifts, planned giving programs.Topics include:* Strategies used at one two-year college that raised $50 million over ten years* 75 boxed tips on the details that matter most* How to create an institutional commitment to advancement* How to enhance the advancement function* How to build an effective foundation board that gives* How to grow the Annual Fund with sustainable, repeatable gifts* Secrets top universities use to close major gifts* Continuous quality improvement techniques to improve results year after year.Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges is the only comprehensive development guide to focus on community college fund raising. Written for development professionals, college presidents, board members, trustees, faculty leaders, and other college leadership, this book is an essential, practical guide that fills a critical gap in the market.

Download or read book Community College Foundations written by Bridget Frances Razo and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION Community College Foundations: Increasing Philanthropic Success by Bridget Frances RazoDoctor of Education University of California, Los Angeles, 2022 Professor Robert Cooper, Chair Community colleges educate nearly 50% of students who complete a degree at a four-year university. Yet, California community college funding remains lower than per student funding for the UC, CSU, and K-12 systems. Community college non-profit 501(c)3 foundations provide the opportunity to generate millions in support of their colleges, and yet they remain the least understood and largely underfunded entity across California community colleges. This research examines the California community college fundraising efforts, identifying challenges and opportunities for success. Using case study methodology, surveys were sent to 114 California community college executive directors to identify the current status of community college foundations in order to narrow down the choices for the case study interviews. From the survey responses and further website research, three colleges were selected for the case studies. Selection was based on regional location, foundation model in relation to the college, and revenue generated over five years based on survey responses. Three colleges participated in interviews with their foundation executive directors, superintendent/presidents, and foundation board of directors presidents. The responses provided confirmation of existing research, extended information on others, and some significant contradictions regarding presumed funding models and operations. It is hoped that this research will reframe the approach to California community college philanthropy efforts, reexamine the role and expectation of management structures and community interactions, and, in the aggregate, will provide support to greatly increase the level of philanthropy for the underfunded community colleges.

Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Performance Based Funding in a California Community College written by David Martin and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this case study was to determine the impacts of performance-based funding on Canyon College, a California community college. State legislators in California have implemented a performance-based funding model for community colleges, and little is known as to the possible impacts of such funding for the nation's most extensive system of public higher education, the California community college system. The purpose of this study was to consolidate comprehensive information that would provide campus leaders a tool in streamlining their campus conversations and needed guidance to local governing boards to develop a sound set of policies to capitalize on this new funding reform. Specific actions taken by California community colleges as a result of performance-based funding and the campus-wide responses to these actions have yet to be consolidated and applied to local college campuses in California. The research derived through this case study defines these actions and the impact, if any, of stakeholder responses. Additionally, the research was intended to develop an understanding of the how Canyon College has implemented performance-based funding and what, if any, are the impacts on the campus from the implementation efforts. The collection of qualitative data was through interviews with Canyon College stakeholders as well as observations of college-wide meetings and the review of relevant literature and legislative impacts on higher education. This focus includes analysis of college-specific documents, interviews of persons deeply involved in performance-based funding reform at the college, and focus groups with individuals who had experienced firsthand the impact of such funding models at the local college level. Keywords: Performance-based, funding, California, community, college, reform

Download or read book Research in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fundraising Efforts in Mississippi Community Colleges written by Kisha Rochella Jones and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to survey the chief development officers in selected Mississippi community colleges in order to ascertain the fundraising efforts in which they are engaged. The community colleges were selected based on the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program. The institute identified the community colleges based on an assessment of institutional performance, improvement, student retention and measures of completion. The program selected the top 150 United States community colleges out of over 1000 public community colleges for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence 2015. Of Mississippi’s community colleges, 7 were among the top 150 in the nation. Resource Dependency Theory guided this investigation by considering factors, goals, implementation and activities involved in fundraising at the selected community colleges. In order to respond to the problem of this study 4 research questions were generated and a 7-question survey was administered. The results of this study showed that all of the selected Mississippi community colleges are engaging in fundraising. The results also showed that the colleges have goals and they are evaluating their goals at least yearly. Personal letters, personal phone calls, invites to campus and special events were rated as successful fundraising techniques with special events as the method used extensively to obtain donations. The foundation office was rated highly successful for fundraising functions success. Satisfaction with fundraising performance ranked the highest as the method of determining success with gift solicitation as a meaningful effort in obtaining funds.

Download or read book A Study of Equity and Efficiency in the Financing of California Community College Districts written by Daniel Dae-shik Kim and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fund Raising Effectiveness in Selected Community College Foundations written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined the variability and predictive value of selected intrinsic, extrinsic, demographic and transformational leadership factors on the effectiveness of community college fund-raising. The sample consisted of 218 persons functioning as the foundation director in a two-year public community college or technical college in the United States between December 2003 and March 2004. Intrinsic factors of college size, foundation age, number of foundation staff, size of endowments and use of funds; extrinsic factors of sources of foundation support, per capita income and geographic location; and demographic factors of age, gender, ethnicity and time in position of foundation directors were collected by a survey/questionnaire. Transformational leadership characteristics were measured by a modified form of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (Form 5x-Short) 'Leader Form, ' developed by Bass and Avolio. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis and multivariate analysis of variance were the statistical methods used to analyze the data. Results indicated that, while community college foundations are similar in the sources from which they raise their funds and in the uses of those funds raised, there is great variability among the majority of other intrinsic, extrinsic and demographic variables examined. In contrast to other studies found in the literature, few of the variables examined exhibited significant relationships to the dependent variable in the study, total annual funds raised by the foundations. Two intrinsic variables, size of the college (measured by curriculum FTE) and the number of foundation staff, exhibited significant predictive value on total annual funds raised. While college size indicated some measurable effect on total funds raised--larger colleges typically raised more money--differences in college size also accounted for significant differences in sources of funding between large and small colleges. Large colleges te.

Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: