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11 Effective Self-Directed Student Fundraiser Project Ideas

Experiential Learning Depot

Student fundraiser project opportunities! Spring is a great time of year to fundraise because we're in the final stretch of the school year. ​And what better way to do all of that than with student-led fundraiser projects? As an experiential educator, I love to have my students host and run their own community fundraisers.

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Does Volunteer Work Matter for College Admissions?

Great College Advice

To make the point, consider the young man who spends four hours every Saturday shelving books at the local library. He shows up at 10am, collects the piles of books that have been checked back in, sorts them into stacks according to where they should be reshelved, and then starts putting books back on the shelves until 2pm.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

What inspires these grim thoughts is Kimball and Iler’s richly researched, provocative and pivotally important history of college endowments, campus fundraising campaigns, university finances, institutional spending and student debt. Before the 1950s, most elite campuses invested their endowments conservatively in bonds and mortgages.

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Enhancing Understanding of Urban Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In an era when so many faculty and young scholars are trying to just focus on their scholarship or focus on writing the book, Everrett is that rare individual who can bring it all together.” Community college leaders should be prepared to make good, informed decisions regarding their fundraising strategy,” Smith says. “I

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NACADA’s 2022 Annual Service Project

NACADA

Previous projects have included fundraising efforts, food drives, clothing drives and book donations. The NACADA conference service project is an important part of the annual conference with the goal of leaving positive impact on the host city. The Portland 2022 conference planning committee has selected Self Enhancement, Inc.

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Presidential exits: Some leave on a high note, others entrenched in scandal

University Business

William Craft — Concordia College Walking out of academia hand in hand with his wife, William “Bill” Craft will be leaving behind a nearly pitch-perfect presidency during which he led the Minnesota school’s largest fundraising effort, garnering more than $157 million—exceeding the target by $7 million eight months early.

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Engaging with Hope and Beyond

Hope College Network

Through this experience, I was able to invite others into my passion while practicing leadership, fundraising and organizational skills. When I couldn’t locate a space for such conversations, I decided to approach the Philosophy department for support and started a Philosophy club that is still in operation three years later.