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Book With the Best of Intentions

Download or read book With the Best of Intentions written by Frederick M. Hess and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a mix of researchers and practitioners, With the Best of Intentions examines the major goals of recent philanthropic efforts and looks at some of the key lessons--for educators, philanthropists, policymakers, and community leaders--of philanthropic contributions to schools and school systems. From the Gates small school initiative to the Annenberg challenge to the Broad prize for urban education, philanthropic giving has played an increasingly prominent role in recent years in education reform efforts across the United States. Yet while we recognize that philanthropic organizations influence education in countless ways, we know strikingly little about the extent, dynamics, and results of their efforts. This lack of knowledge calls out for urgent attention of total K-12 spending, it has a disproportionate impact in shaping reform agendas and promoting cutting-edge efforts to improve schools and classrooms. With the Best of Intentions aims to fill this gap, offering lively perspectives on the role of philanthropy in K-12 education. It opens by surveying the current landscape in philanthropic giving to education, then examines the major goals of recent philanthropic efforts: building new schools, supporting troubled districts, promoting school choice, and advancing educational research and policy. The book concludes by looking at some of the major lessons--for educators, philanthropists, policymakers, and community leaders--of philanthropic contributions to schools and school systems. An informative and multifaceted volume, With the Best of Intentions is also full of debates and controversies. It will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and education and community leaders--as well as to the philanthropic community itself.

Book Philanthropists in Higher Education

Download or read book Philanthropists in Higher Education written by Gregory Cascione and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main purpose of this book is to explore and understand the motivation behind major donations to higher education and what the role of religion is in these motivations. Features interviews with major donors.

Book Intelligent Giving

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jonathan P. Caulkins
  • Publisher : Rand Corporation
  • Release : 2002-06-20
  • ISBN : 0833033832
  • Pages : 105 pages

Download or read book Intelligent Giving written by Jonathan P. Caulkins and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2002-06-20 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an intellectual framework for guiding prospective major donors in giving more effectively to higher education.Although most major gifts are profoundly motivated by charitable intentions, the noble impulse to give to higher education can quickly generate complicated choices. Which school? Which program? Under what terms or conditions? Even very talented people who have enjoyed exceptionally successful careers in business and other fields can become disoriented by academe_s idiosyncrasies. This book provides an intellectual framework for guiding prospective major donors in giving more effectively to higher education. It supplies some insight into the higher education sector, donor opportunities, the development process, and how to think about and get the most from a _negotiation_ with the institution of the donor_s choice. The insights and strategies are culled by a RAND research team mainly from interviews with development officers, institutional leaders, and donors themselves. Ultimately the giving process that works best for any donor will depend on his or her individual interests and needs. The best advice is to be clear on what effect the donor wants his or her gift to have, to seek as much information on the school/situation as possible, and to consult with an attorney and a good financial advisor at all stages of the giving process.

Book Funding the Future

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alison R. Bernstein
  • Publisher : R&L Education
  • Release : 2013-12-16
  • ISBN : 1475804083
  • Pages : 179 pages

Download or read book Funding the Future written by Alison R. Bernstein and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of declining state support for colleges and universities, the role of private philanthropy in helping to shape the future direction of higher education has become even more crucial and significant than in the past. Knowing about philanthropy’s historic influence on higher education and what philanthropy currently prioritizes is now virtually a prerequisite for presidents and academic leaders in both public and private institutions. This book discusses the complex relationship of philanthropy to higher education both in historic perspective and in the present. It is not a primer on how to write a successful grant. Rather, it provides a road map for understanding philanthropy’s influence on American higher education. It will be of interest to academic leaders, advancement professionals, students of higher education and philanthropy, and others concerned with the future of colleges and universities.

Book The Kindness of Strangers

Download or read book The Kindness of Strangers written by Deni Elliott and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Kindness of Strangers, Deni Elliott examines ethically questionable situations that have arisen in response to institutional dependency on external benefactors. Major concerns analyzed include: the increased professionalism of fundraising and of donating; an increased willingness of institutions to cater to the demands of donors; creation of dual roles for faculty, students, and staff when they are fundraisers and donors in addition to playing their primary roles in higher education; business-university research partnerships that put business values in conflict with academic values; the commercialization of student athletics; and endowment use and investment. Book jacket.

Book Women and Philanthropy in Education

Download or read book Women and Philanthropy in Education written by Andrea Walton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illuminates the philanthropic impulse that has influenced women's education and its place in the broader history of philanthropy in America. Contributing to the history of women, education, and philanthropy, the book shows how voluntary activity and home-grown educational enterprise were as important as big donors in the development of philanthropy. The essays in Women and Philanthropy in Education are generally concerned with local rather than national effects of philanthropy, and the giving of time rather than monetary support. Many of the essays focus on the individual lives of female philanthropists (Olivia Sage, Martha Berry) and teachers (Tsuda Umeko, Catharine Beecher), offering personal portraits of philanthropy in the 19th and 20th centuries. These stories provide evidence of the key role played by women in the development of philanthropy and its importance to the education of women. Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies -- Dwight F. Burlingame and David C. Hammack, editors

Book Report of the Commissioner of Education

Download or read book Report of the Commissioner of Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education  A H   2  I Z   3  Biographies  visual history  index

Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education A H 2 I Z 3 Biographies visual history index written by Eugene F. Provenzo and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009 with total page 1393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Encyclopedia' provides an introduction to the social and cultural foundations of education. The first two volumes consist of A-Z entries, featuring essays representing the major disciplines including philosophy, history, and sociology, and a third volume is made up of documentary, photographic, and visual resources.

Book Bulletin

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Office of Education
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1922
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 816 pages

Download or read book Bulletin written by United States. Office of Education and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Library of Congress Subject Headings

Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 1452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Statistics of Land grant Colleges and Universities

Download or read book Statistics of Land grant Colleges and Universities written by United States. Office of Education and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Library of Congress Subject Headings

Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year     with Accompanying Papers

Download or read book Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year with Accompanying Papers written by United States. Bureau of Education and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Philanthropy  Hidden Strategy  and Collective Resistance

Download or read book Philanthropy Hidden Strategy and Collective Resistance written by Kathleen deMarrais and published by Myers Education Press. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2020 SPE Outstanding Book Award Winner A 2019 AESA Critic's Choice Award Winner Conservative ideologues have sought to shift the focus from the collective good to the individual good and to redirect the purposes and aims of education away from public benefit and in favor of private enterprise. As such, market-oriented, privatized, and standardized approaches to education reform have worked toward achieving that goal. This book is a primer on how the political right is utilizing various aspects of philanthropy and the political process to influence educational policymaking. In 1971, corporate lawyer and future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell wrote a detailed memo that galvanized a small group of conservative philanthropists to create an organizational structure and fifty-year plan to alter the political landscape of the United States. Funded with significant “dark money,” the fruits of their labor are evident today in the current political context and sharp cultural divisions in society. Philanthropy, Hidden Strategy, and Collective Resistance examines the ideologies behind the philanthropic efforts in education from the 1970s until today. Authors examine specific strategies philanthropists have used to impact both educational policy and practice in the U.S. as well as the legal and policy context in which these initiatives have thrived. The book, aimed for a broad audience of educators, provides a depth of knowledge of philanthropic funding as well as specific strategies to incite collective resistance to the current context of hyperaccountability, privatization of schooling at all levels, and attempts to move the U.S. further away from a commitment to the collective good. Perfect for courses such as: Critical and Contemporary Issues in Education, Education Policy, Educational Policy Analysis, Social Foundations of Education, Philanthropy, Public Policy & Community Change, Philanthropic Studies, Sociology of Education, Politics of Education, Current Issues in Education, Government and the Mass Media, Polarization of American Politics.

Book Bulletin   Bureau of Education

Download or read book Bulletin Bureau of Education written by United States. Bureau of Education and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book List of Publications of the United States Bureau of Education  1867 1910

Download or read book List of Publications of the United States Bureau of Education 1867 1910 written by United States. Office of Education and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book AAUP Bulletin

Download or read book AAUP Bulletin written by American Association of University Professors and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: