Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

The consequence: the richest institutions can fully fund the education of lower-income students, while the vast majority of working-class and lower-middle-class undergraduates must take out loans to pay for their education. Swensen, taking advantage of alternate assets, including hedge funds, private equity and natural resources.

Higher Education 96

Higher Education Development and Fund Raising Fundraising Education 96

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Thomas in Minnesota, where almost all the students are minoritized and nearly three-quarters are first-generation, has managed to buck this trend. They have access to financial aid counselors, college persistence counselors, and a life coach, and are placed into paid internships after they finish a professional development course.

Banking 217

Banking Development and Fund Raising Transportation Financial Aid 217

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

Ken Burnett’s classic 1992 fundraising text, Relationship Fundraising , taught and touted the value of developing relationships with donors based on the attributes of friendship, such as care, understanding, respect and mutual trust. Soft skills should never overshadow or replace hard skills in fundraising operations.

Development and Fund Raising 71

Development and Fund Raising Fundraising IT Management 71

Experiential Learning Depot

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

You want the experience to mean something to the community, to make an impact, and to sincerely raise awareness about nutrition this National Nutrition Awareness Month. Students would take charge of coordinating the event, arranging speaker schedules, promoting it to the community, and managing all aspects of hosting.

Food 84

Food Development and Fund Raising Media Community Outreach 84

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 10, 2023

That despite a quarter century of intensive efforts to raise college graduation rates, rates remain distressingly low for Black and Hispanic students, older students, part-time students, and community college students. Accreditors could, for example, require institutions to undergo professional development training in teaching.

Higher Education 85

Higher Education Education Development and Fund Raising Professional Development 85

Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 29, 2023

This spreadsheet is designed to help you manage projects in your classroom or homeschool, checking off completion of community action project-specific checkpoints along the way. The product should be usable or sellable to raise money for the chosen cause. That is technically raising awareness, but it's not a head-turner.

Development and Fund Raising 52

Development and Fund Raising Fundraising Marketing and Communication Services Student Organizations 52

Experiential Learning Depot

JULY 31, 2023

The idea is to prepare students for what comes next, and I believe that should be done by getting students involved in the community , involved in the concepts, managing projects as would be done in any setting outside of school, building soft skills, and getting excited for the future. Then they develop a plan of action to tackle that issue.

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Development and Fund Raising Fundraising Utilities Research 52