Download or read book Philanthropic Foundations in Higher Education written by Janina Mangold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janina Mangold uncovers the contributions of philanthropic foundations in higher education in Germany and the USA. Considering the three regime classifications of Varieties of Capitalism, Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, and Social Origins Theory, she examines the role and positioning of German and American higher education foundations vis-à-vis state and market actors in contemporary society. On the basis of both qualitative and quantitative data, she then develops urgent policy recommendations for foundations, higher education, and governments.
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.
Download or read book Philanthropic Foundations and Higher Education written by Ernest Victor Hollis and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a study on the influence of philanthropic foundations in professional higher education.
Download or read book Philanthropy and American Higher Education written by J. Thelin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philanthropy and American Higher Education provides higher education professionals, leaders and scholars with a thoughtful, comprehensive introduction to the scope and development of philanthropy and fund raising as part of the essential life and work of colleges and universities in the United States.
Download or read book Higher Education and Philanthropic Foundations written by Nabih Haddad and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation investigates the policy strategies of major foundations in higher education, with a focus on the college completion agenda. Recently, researchers have begun documenting the pronounced role of philanthropic foundations in higher education policymaking. Philanthropists have long exercised influence in higher education, working to promote an array of social and political agendas throughout the sector. However, journalistic accounts and recent empirical research suggest that philanthropists' approaches to higher education have shifted drastically in recent years. Contemporary foundations, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation, have introduced a high-leverage, policy-focused strategy called "advocacy philanthropy." The newer foundations not only adopt an activist approach to higher education philanthropy but also stimulate grant recipients around college completion initiatives. Advocacy philanthropy is closely linked to the college completion agenda, a powerful reform movement that includes policymakers, private foundations, business interests, educational nonprofits, think tanks, consultants, and membership entities. These groups have coalesced around the goal of increasing degree productivity nationally. One aspect of advocacy-focused philanthropy is a reliance on intermediary organizations, which are translational entities that operate between funding agencies and the systems that they are attempting to influence.Despite the growing significance of philanthropic foundations in public policymaking, little is known regarding how this is operationalized. In fact, such processes are rarely examined in an empirical and robust manner, with many researchers simply taking the influence of philanthropy for granted or failing to notice philanthropists' active presence in the public policymaking process. This motivates the basic question of this dissertation: How do major philanthropic foundations interact with public colleges and universities, state and federal governments, and political and economic elites in raising awareness of completion and implementing their social agendas? This study utilizes a mixed-method research design, drawing on an original dataset of nearly 7,000 grants representing nearly $3 billion in higher education-filtered dollars. Moreover, 40 semi-structured interviews were conducted with high-powered officials from the philanthropic, public policy, and higher education sectors that contextualize the grant analysis.This study demonstrates that philanthropic foundations regularly work to shape and influence public policies and organizational practices in higher education. In particular, I find that philanthropic organizations mobilize policymakers, business representatives, and institutional leaders around college completion. In fact, over the course of a decade, the field of higher education philanthropy has shifted, with a decrease in traditional forms of philanthropic grantmaking and an increase in field-building efforts. Indeed, philanthropic dollars are elevating a network of intermediaries that now influence the field of higher education toward completion. My analysis reveals that philanthropic foundations are becoming not only more strategic in their grantmaking efforts but also influential coalition builders. More generally, this study extends postsecondary policy analysis from a state-centric approach to one that considers the role of nonstate actors in policy advocacy and educational reform.
Download or read book Philanthropy and Fundraising in American Higher Education Volume 37 Number 2 written by Noah D. Drezner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From gifts of blankets, chickens, and candles to multimillion-dollar gifts and billion-dollar campaigns, voluntary support of American higher education has been part of the American ethos since the founding of the colonial colleges. Peter Dobkin Hall in 1992 noted that "no single force is more responsible for the emergence of the modern university in America than giving by individuals and foundations." Institutions are turning to private giving to meet budgetary demands. This book provides a review of the philanthropy and fundraising literature and addresses the impact of philanthropy on American higher education, the theoretical under-pinnings and motivations for voluntary support, and a comprehensive look at the mechanics of fundraising.
Download or read book Philanthropy in the History of American Higher Education written by Jesse Brundage Sears and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A work that can truly be described as an underground masterpiece, Sears' Philanthropy in the History of American Higher Education was written as a dissertation seventy years ago, and subsequently published as a "Bulletin" by the United States Bureau of Education in 1922. It has been much spoken of and little read since then. As Roger L. Geiger points out in his new opening essay, this volume can still be read with wide interest and great profit. This is a tribute to the quality of mind and diligence of its author. The special quality of this volume is its close connection of educational philosophies of the past linked firmly to the educational philanthropies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The scope of coverage is broad-ranging: from the great universities to the manual labor colleges. But it is more than quantitative research that the reader will find. For Sears, from start to finish, while appreciating the benefits which foundations bestow, fully appreciated the continuing risks of such outside support. For Sears, the overwhelming impulse of philanthropy has been the encouragement of the public good, or at least the support of a healthy notoriety for the donors and recipients alike. But he also notes that a democratic society must never be expected to take massive gifts on faith. He urged that even a "grain of danger" should be weeded out if it carries with it the potential for the bias and special interest. This edition is graced by a fine essay that gives a deep background to the life and work of Jesse Brundage Sears. It covers his origins in rural Missouri, his move to Stanford University and work for Ellwood P. Cubberly, and his later work on the history of philanthropy. For individuals interested in the history of education, the structure of financing higher education, and the data on which social policy has been made, this will be indispensable reading. Roger L. Geiger, author of the recently published work, To Advance Knowledge: The Growth of American Research Universities, 1900-1940 and other works in education at The Pennsylvania State University. This volume is the twelfth volume in the Transaction Studies in Philanthropy and Society edited by Richard Magat of The Foundation Center.
Download or read book Philanthropic Foundations in International Development written by Patrick Kilby and published by Routledge Explorations in Development Studies. This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the influence of philanthropic foundations in global development, and on how the global south has engaged with them.
Download or read book Conservative Philanthropies and Organizations Shaping U S Educational Policy and Practice written by Kathleen deMarrais and published by Myers Education Press. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American public education has been under assault for the last few decades as a “broken” system that needs a complete overhaul. In large part, these opinions are offered by people and organizations who know little about schools. But who are these influencers? This book is about conservative philanthropies, the organizations and individuals within their networks, and the strategies they use to shape educational policy and practice in K-12 and higher education. Each chapter examines a philanthropy, philanthropic network, or corporation focused on pushing an agenda of individualism, privatization, and conservative ideologies. Based in extensive research, including the tax filings of specific philanthropic foundations, the authors demonstrate how the philanthropic elite work within federal, state, and local governmental contexts to influence policy and practice. Within a global context of increasing wealth inequality, the authors question the motivations of these privileged few to withhold tax dollars from the US treasury where duly elected representatives can determine how tax dollars are used to benefit society. By allowing these philanthropic organizations tax exemptions under the guise of assumed benevolence, are citizens giving up their ability to hold these organizations accountable for how the money is spent? This book, aimed at a general audience of educators, provides the in-depth knowledge necessary to understand and resist private control of public policies and institutions.
Download or read book Facilitating Higher Education Growth through Fundraising and Philanthropy written by Alphin Jr., Henry C. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many institutions facing dwindling state and government funding often rely on the patronage of others in order to establish monetary security. These donations assist in the overall success and development of the institution, as well as the students who attend. Facilitating Higher Education Growth through Fundraising and Philanthropy explores current and emergent approaches in the financial development and sustainability of higher education institutions through altruistic actions and financial assistance. Featuring global perspectives on the economics of philanthropy in educational settings and subsequent growth and development within these environments, this book is an exhaustive reference source for professors, researchers, educational administrators, and politicians interested in the effects of altruism on colleges and universities.
Download or read book Unequal Partners written by Fabrice Jaumont and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a nuanced analysis of a US-led foundation initiative of uncommon ambition, featuring seven foundations with a shared commitment to strengthen capacity in higher education in Sub-Saharan African universities. The book examines the conditions under which philanthropy can be effective, the impasses that foundations often face, and the novel context in which philanthropy operates today. This study therefore assesses the shifting grounds on which higher education globally is positioned and the role of global philanthropy within these changing contexts. This is especially important in a moment where higher education is once again recognized as a driver of development and income growth, where knowledge economies requiring additional levels of education are displacing economies predicated on manufacturing, and in a context where higher education itself appears increasingly precarious and under dramatic pressures to adapt to new conditions.
Download or read book Advancing Higher Education written by Michael J. Worth and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing challenges and changes in the twenty-first century, universities are giving increased emphasis to institutional advancement, encompassing constituent engagement, communications and marketing, and fundraising. This book highlights the implications of change and best practices and innovations in advancement. It addresses such questions as: “What is working now?” “Where are we going?” “What will the future of advancement look like? The book’s twenty chapters, written by leading experts in the field, describe ways in which traditional methods must be adapted to the new environment and highlight new strategies that are growing in importance.” This book is focused on higher education and institutions in the United States but many of the topics it considers are important to independent schools and other types of institutions and to the practice of advancement around the world.
Download or read book The Impact of Foundations on Higher Education written by Robert De Blois Calkins and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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
Download or read book Philanthropic Foundations and Higher Education Finance written by Yiqun Shen and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Versatile American Institution written by David C. Hammack and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's grantmaking foundations have grown rapidly over the course of recent decades, even in the face of financial and economic crises. Foundations have a great deal of freedom, enjoy widespread legitimacy, and wield considerable influence. In this book, the authors present a comprehensive historical account of what American foundations have done with that independence and power. While philanthropic foundations play important roles in other parts of the world, the U.S. sector stands out as exceptional. Nowhere else are they so numerous, prominent, or autonomous. What have been the main contributions of philanthropic foundations to American society? And what might the future hold for them?
Download or read book Philanthropic Foundations written by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999-07-22 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Foundations are socially and politically significant, but this simple fact... has mostly been ignored by students of American history.... This collection represents an important contribution to an emerging field." -- Kenneth Prewitt, Social Science Research Council
