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 Community College Fundraising and the Role of the President written by Anne-Marie Duncan and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to investigate the fundraising profiles of selected community colleges and to explore the relationship among the aspects of presidential leadership and the fundraising of the institutions. This study relied on the traits of authentic leadership to examine whether community college presidents are effective in seeking and acquiring funds from external resources. Over the past several years, community colleges in some states have seen an alarming drop in state appropriations per full-time-equivalent student (Hebel, 2010). While many four-year colleges and universities have robust fundraising programs, the fundraising programs in many community colleges lack that same vitality (Blose, 2010). Data from the Authentic Presidential Leadership and Fund Raising Survey were analyzed to address the research questions and test the hypotheses using inferential statistics. Excel was used to conduct the analysis. An alpha level of .05 was set. Descriptive statistics, correlational analyses, and multiple regression analyses were conducted using the two independent variables, the degree of authentic leadership and length of presidential service, and the two dependent variables, presidential involvement in fundraising and the amount of funds raised. The results of this study found no significant association was found between community college presidents' involvement in fundraising and authentic leadership. Moreover, a weak correlation was found between presidential involvement in fundraising and the length of presidential service. However, the data showed that the longer presidents have been in service, the less likely they are to attend foundation board meetings. The results presented in this study have contributed new information to the minimal literature there is that has examined the fundraising activities of community colleges. Community colleges do not have active fundraising programs and they do not disclose how much funds were actually received from their fundraising efforts. There was a weak correlation between authentic leadership of community college presidents and their involvement in fundraising. While the vast majority of community colleges in this study that had established foundations and applied for a 501(c)(3) classification, there are still some community college foundations that are unable to accept tax-deductible contributions from donors. -- Abstract.

Download or read book The Role of the Community College President in Fundraising written by Matthew W. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The findings also point to important considerations for presidents seeking to raise funds. According to the participants, fundraising takes an investment of time and college resources. These resources are well-spent on a chief development officer that complements the president and can manage the fundraising process and garner volunteer support. Ultimately, the environment in which the institution is embedded will impact the president's perception of fundraising and influence the methods that most effectively raise funds.

Download or read book Handbook of Research on the Changing Role of College and University Leadership written by Miller, Michael T. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher education has changed significantly over the past 50 years, and the individuals who provide leadership for these institutions has similarly changed. The pathway to the college presidency, once the domain of academic administration, has diversified as an increasing number of development officers, student affairs and enrollment management professionals, and even politicians have become common in the role. It is important to understand who the presidents are in the current environment and the challenges they face. Challenges such as dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, enrollment shortfalls, Title IX, and athletic scandals have risen to the forefront and have contributed to the issues and role of college and university leadership. The Handbook of Research on the Changing Role of College and University Leadership provides important research on the topic of college and university leadership, especially focusing on the changing role of the college president. The chapters discuss college leadership as it is now and how it will evolve into the future. Topics included are the role of the president at various types of universities, their involvement within university functions and activities, and the duties they must carry out and challenges they face. This book is ideal for professionals and researchers working in higher education, including faculty members who specialize in education, public administration, the social sciences, and management, along with teachers, administrators, teacher educators, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students who are interested in college and university leadership and how this role is transforming.

Download or read book A Practical Guide to Becoming a Community College President written by Edward J. Valeau and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-26 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical resource helps aspiring leaders demystify the challenges associated with becoming a community college president. Building on existing scholarship and research related to historical origins of the community college, this book explores the role and function of the presidency, discusses existing demographics and the importance of meeting the needs of a diverse student population, and unpacks the required competencies and leadership challenges related to becoming a community college president. Including real voices from award-winning and current presidents as well as a step-by-step approach to attaining the position, this is an important resource that speaks to the needs of today and tomorrows’ community college leaders.

Download or read book A Study of Fundraising Practices of Community College Presidents at Minority Serving Institutions written by Dorsha E. Goodman and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine fundraising practices of the president and the presidents' perception of the Board of Trustees involvement in fundraising in light of an environment of scarce resources. Fundraising practices were measured by the amount of time presidents spent on fundraising activities. Further, this study investigated whether a relationship existed between time spent on fundraising activities and the following variables: endowment level, inclusion of fundraising goals in the presidents' annual evaluation and level of Board of Trustees involvement in institutional fundraising. This study is an extention of Pichback's (2011) work on the community college presidents' role in fundraising.

Download or read book Getting the Green Fundraising Campaigns for Community Colleges written by and published by Amer. Assn. of Community Col. This book was released on with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Community College President written by Kevin Dean Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this quantitative research study was to examine the relationship between personal, professional, and institutional characteristics of community college presidents and their involvement in fundraising activities. Personal characteristics included age, gender, and ethnicity. Professional characteristics were divided into information about the respondent's educational background, civic affiliations and previous employment experiences. Institutional characteristics focused on student headcount, campus structure, and the existence of a foundation. The examination of background information of community college presidents was important to this investigation because of its relevancy to the identification of characteristics and factors that influence the president's involvement in fundraising activities. The second part of the study asked participants to identify their level of involvement in fundraising activities. A quantitative methodology was used to investigate the research questions. Fifty-seven community college presidents from the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States were invited to participate in the study. The major findings suggested that there were a wide range of differences between the personal, professional, and institutional characteristics and the level of involvement of community college presidents in fundraising activities. These findings also revealed that more than 90.2 percent of the presidents participating in this study had no previous fundraising experience prior to assuming their first presidency. The majority of the participants reported that they spent from 10--20 hours per week on fundraising activities. In addition, analyses revealed that there is a relationship between characteristics such as presidents' age, membership in professional organizations, affiliation with civic organizations, experience on the job and size of student enrollment and the presidents' level of involvement in fundraising activities. -- Abstract.

Download or read book The Community College Presidency written by George B. Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, published by the American Association of Community Colleges, contains valuable information about the nation's community college presidents. The authors provide a comprehensive profile of these leaders, highlighting different characteristics most presidents hold in common as well as important differences that emerge when data are cross-tabulated according to age, gender, and race. The findings on the risk and stress levels of the presidency could be used to encourage (or discourage) interested individuals to pursue the presidency as a career choice, and could be used by leadership training institutes to advise students about career choices and chances of success. The book contains a foreword by David R. Pierce, and chapters include: (1) "The State of the Presidency"; (2) "Family Background"; (3) "Pathways to the Presidency"; (4) "Assuming the Presidency: Routines and Relationships"; (5) "On the Job: Worldviews and Aspirations"; (6) "Views from the Trenches: Seven Presidents Speak Out"; (7) "Looking to the Future: More Views from the Trenches"; and (8) "The Presidency in Transition." The appendix contains the survey instrument. A subject index is also included. (Contains 27 references.) (CB).

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 Raising the Bar written by Meredith Noel Brunen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the largest challenges facing community colleges in the new millennium is identifying leaders who possess the necessary skills and competencies to successfully navigate the modern presidency. Facing a dynamic shift in the fiscal landscape, community college presidents are tasked with filling the gap between institutional needs and existing forms of financial support. The purpose of this study was to examine community college presidents with former fundraising backgrounds and to explore the impact of prior fundraising experience on their current roles. Because the president plays a pivotal role in the acquisition of alternative funding sources, the effectiveness of this leader is critical to the overall mission of the institution; therefore, it is necessary to understand how their prior experiences in fundraising may impact the ease with which they develop and engage in external relationships with key constituents. Employing purposive sampling methods, three current community college presidents serving public, single-campus two-year colleges with institutionally affiliated foundations were selected as case study participants. The qualitative research design engaged various methods of data collection with face-to-face semi-structured interviews serving as the primary data source, accompanied by document collection, observational field notes, and reflexive journal entries. In this inquiry, the research questions spanned three broad categories, which served as the framework for coding and analyzing the data. The categories included: (a) impact of full-time fundraising experience; (b) fundraising skills and competencies perceived as valuable to the community college presidency; and (c) advice for aspiring college presidents. The findings suggested that advancement professionals are well suited for the presidency based on the heightened expectation of fundraising as a means of achieving financial stability and the increasingly external nature of the presidency. The valuable fundraising skills and competencies recommended for today's leaders included personalized communication and the ability to build lasting relationships with a variety of constituents. The study's participants offered advice for future leaders related to organizational leadership and professional preparation based upon their own personal journey to the presidency. The highly transferable skills that presidents with prior fundraising experience bring to the position establish them as qualified and effective candidates for the modern presidency.

Download or read book Presidential Fundraising written by Jason D. Falkner and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community college presidents serving rural populations in the state of Oklahoma have been forced to take on new responsibilities related to institutional fundraising due to multiple economic challenges including continued budgetary shortfalls and limited resource allocation. Review of the academic literature addressing this subject exposed a wide variety of rationales associated with this leadership shift, as well as successful presidential approaches to fundraising in modern higher education. This qualitative study of rural community college presidents in Oklahoma examined the rationale for expanded presidential roles in fundraising, while outlining a number of other essential roles, characteristics, professional backgrounds, and stressors that have affected college presidents. The study was conducted to explore, understand, and describe the perceptions of community college presidents in rural serving Oklahoma institutions as to their roles and involvement in fundraising, providing a foundational framework for community college presidents to follow as they establish possible solutions for the financial challenges they face.

Download or read book The Transitional Considerations of Traditional Potential Community College Presidents written by William Vernon Karns and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Multi year Trends in Community College Foundation Fundraising written by Leonard Keith Gaskin and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community colleges generate only 2% of the total charitable funds raised by higher education institutions in the United States. In an era when America needs its community colleges to be active public sector partners in economic development and workforce training, state funding has been drastically cut, and other traditional funding sources are not making up for the much-needed funds. Forward thinking community college leaders must turn to their foundations as an important revenue source to offset the impact of budget cuts and sustain educational excellence and accessibility. But with limited resources for each institution to employ a professional fund raising staff, it is unclear if state system foundations can create programs to help bridge the gap for individual community colleges. The purpose of this study, guided by the organizational theory of examining an organization's performance as part of an entire system and not individual factors, was to examine multi-year trends of public community colleges in the states of Virginia and Maryland that have participated in the Voluntary Support for Education (VSE) survey between the years of 2007-2012. The study was limited in scope, but could be the foundation for a broader framework of study to determine the fundraising significance and impact of state-level system community college foundations and the vice presidents of institutional advancement that lead them. The study consists of a review of available literature on institutional advancement in higher education and the quantitative study of data collected over a 5 year period through the VSE survey. Independent sample t-tests were used to determine if the mean difference on a particular group characteristic was statically significant for each dependent variable. The findings of the study did not affirm that having an experienced vice president of institutional advancement leading a state-level foundation leads to greater success in terms of private funds raised by community colleges of various sizes and resources within the system. However, this is the first known study to compare community college fund raising from a state-level approach, therefore the researcher concludes that increased emphasis on building a state-wide culture of philanthropy for community colleges is needed.

Download or read book Community College Leadership written by Gary L. Rhodes and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written from the dual perspectives of a community college president and community college board chair, this book covers everything about college leadership. Through personal anecdotes peppered with solid strategies, it offers advice on the responsibilities and challenges that come with leading a college. Whether you are a sitting college president or someday might be, this book will help you. If you serve on a community college board and would like insight into how to lead your college to its greatest potential, this book will help.

Download or read book The Role of the Community College President in Successful Fund raising written by Charles J. Schulze and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Community College Vice Presidents for Institutional Advancement written by Donna Lynn Ciampa and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: