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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Educational fund raising"”.
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An Exploratory Study of Board Governance Structures and Practices of Education Foundations or Funds
Education foundations or funds (EFs) are nonprofit organizations created to support local public school systems. They solicit funds from individuals and businesses and then distribute those funds for programs that benefit a particular public school system. Although researchers have not measured the …
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A study of higher education alumni perceptions of in-person or online engagement
The purpose of this study is to investigate the preferred methods of communication and alumni engagement of higher education institution alumni donors in an era with increased social media and electronic communications. During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, Alumni Relations Offices (AROs) were …
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Factors influencing the level of financial support provided by former athletes from a NCAA Division I-A Football Championship Series (FCS) university to their alma mater
… due to size of institutions and lack of research funds available. Cross tabulations, Pearson’s Chi-square test, and bi-variant regression analyses were conducted to identify factors that predicate donor motivators. While several factors influence the giving decision-making process, distance living …
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Funding and implementing a sixth grade environmental camping trip
… focus of this study was to research methods to fund a sixth grade camping trip to Mt. Misery in Browns Mills, New Jersey. The local school budget was defeated, so a group of parent volunteers formed a group called P.A.N.T.H.E.R. (Parents And Neighbors Together Helping with Educational Resources) …
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The Attitudes of Alumni Non-Donors, Donors, and Consecutive Donors Toward Drake University
… Alumni Association, and Drake University and fundraising. Procedures. A stratified random sample of 396 alumni was obtained from the 40,000 members of the Drake National Alumni Association. Stratification was based on donor classification: non-donor, donor, or consecutive donor; degree …
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Academic Leadership in Advancement Activities: A Dimension of the Dean's Role in American Higher Education
… on quality education, the need for effective fund-raising is important to American higher education. During the past decade, institutions of higher education, both public and private, faced difficult financial problems with no apparent end in sight. A growing number of colleges and …
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Athletics donors' preferences for an athletics director's leadership characteristics and behaviors
… athletics departments to run successful fundraising campaigns. Leadership has been shown to be one of the most significant factors in the successful development efforts of an intercollegiate athletics department. Research has shown that when athletics departments use the traditional …
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Equity in Funding for Iowa's Public Schools
… attention to infrastructure and facility funding. Ohio and Texas entered the courts due to questions of equity in school facility funding and were selected for this study. lowa faced litigation in March 2002 from a coalition of school districts concerned about equity in school …
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Virginia Carter Smith: Her Career and Contributions to Advancement in Higher Education
… formative years as a child, describes her educational and extra-curricular preparation and identifies individuals who influenced her life and provided direction for her future. It also examines Smith's role in the formation and direction of CASE and CURRENTS. Smith successfully launched …