Grant Writing for Teachers and Administrators is written for educators, administrators, and anyone who wishes to learn how to write the perfect grant proposal. Bruce Sliger's invaluable guidebook delivers a proven method for writing proposals so that you and/or your organization can acquire the funds you need. Sliger's book contains a detailed, eight-step process, the most up-to-date resources, a glossary of grant writing terms, sample grant proposals, and useful online and paper-based listings for local, state and federal grant sources. Dr. Sliger's ingenious "grant writing rubic" ensures that whether you're applying for a large federal grant or a small local one, your proposal will stand out above the rest and have the best possible chance for acceptance. Every once in awhile, you find a book that can determine the success of your organization's future-Grant Writing for Teachers and Administrators is one such book-this vital tool should be on every organization's business bookshelf. Bruce Sliger is an author, educator and entrepreneur. Dr. Sliger founded ECS Grants, Inc., 16 years ago. He develops and holds seminars on grant writing, and has taught his methods to thousands of individuals and numerous national organizations. He has conducted hundreds of local, state and national grant writing sessions and authored several articles on grant writing. A Professor of Graduate Education at Mercer University with over 25 years of experience in his profession, Dr. Sliger was honored with the prestigious Excellence in Teaching Award. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

This illuminating investigation uncovers the full dimensions of the student loan disaster. A father and son team--one a best-selling sociologist, the other a former banker and current quantitative researcher--probe how we've reached the point at which student loan debt--now exceeding $1 trillion and predicted to reach $2 trillion by 2020--threatens to become the sequel to the mortgage meltdown. In spite of their good intentions, Americans have allowed concerns about deadbeat students, crushing debt, exploitative for-profit colleges, and changing attitudes about the purpose of college education to blind them to a growing crisis. With college costs climbing faster than the cost of living, how can access to higher education remain a central part of the American dream? With more than half of college students carrying an average debt of $27,000 at graduation, what are the prospects for young adults in the current economy? Examining how we've arrived at and how we might extricate ourselves from this grave social problem, The Student Loan Mess is a must-read for everyone concerned about the future of American education. Hard facts about the student loan crisis: - Student loan debt is rising by more than $100 billion every year and is likely to reach $2 trillion by 2020. - Among recent college students who are supposed to be repaying their loans, more than a third are delinquent. - Because student loans cannot be discharged through bankruptcy, the federal government misleadingly treats student loan debt as a government asset. - Higher default rates, spiraling college costs, and proposals for more generous terms for student borrowers make it increasingly likely that student loan policies will eventually cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars.

The Art of Money Management is a spiritually-based, practical tool for managing day-to-day finances, that includes short stories of real life experiences that will add humor and wisdom to the reality of the choices we make regarding our financial decisions. The reader will develop the tools to establish more long-term goals, and learn techniques that will keep the individual debt-free by establishing the habit of saving for emergencies, and for long-term goals. The Art of Money Management is a financial workbook designed for the individual in a state of life transition that demands the establishment of new goals, as well as the beginner, gaining the respect that comes in the form of a paycheck. The story of my son, Lyon, and his dog 'Einstein', gives a true life example of the rewards that came from a heartfelt desire to be responsible for that which he desired the most. The experience of taking care of his own pet empowered Lyon, and gave him the confidence to make larger commitments in his life, having learned that he could trust himself. plague so many Americans by learning the truth of managing credit cards, and establishing a pattern of saving that will cushion the blow when emergencies arise. I was just amazed at the offer made by the credit card company that came in the mail. After all, I was only going to use the credit card to maintain my vehicle.

Based on available data, college tuition and fees have been rising more rapidly than household income over the past 2 decades. The divergence is particularly pronounced for low-income household and become less pronounced as household income increases. Some research has identified specific factors related to increases in college price. For example, price increases at public 4-year institutions are strongly related to decreases in state appropriations. Given the current budget crisis that is affecting states nationwide, double-digit increases in tuition and fees are slated in some states for the 2003-2004 academic year.

Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) authorises the major federal student aid programs, including the student loan programs, which are the largest source of aid for students. In FY2000, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs and the Federal Direct Student Loan (DL) program supported an estimated USD33.1 billion in new loan volume. Several types of loans are available: Federal need-based subsidised Stafford loans (under which the government pays the interest while the borrower is in school, a grace period of deferment); unsubsidised Stafford loans; Federal PLUS loans (for parents of undergraduate students); and Federal Consolidation loans. Overall, student loan volume has been increased in recent years, from USD24 billion in FY1994 to USD33 billion in FY2000. The number of loans being made has increased over the same period going from 6,483,000 to 8,618,000. The average amount that individual students are borrowing in any given year has not increased as dramatically. This new book examines important issues related to this cornerstone of American higher education.

Much of the twentieth century saw broad political support for public funding of American higher education. Liberals supported public investment because it encouraged social equity, conservatives because it promoted economic development.

Recently, however, the politics of higher education have become more contentious. Conservatives advocate deep cuts in public financing; liberals want to expand enrollment and increase diversity. Some public universities have embraced privatization, while federal aid for students increasingly emphasizes middle-class affordability over universal access.

In Public Funding of Higher Education, scholars and practitioners address the complexities of this new climate and its impact on policy and political advocacy at the federal, state, and institutional levels. Rethinking traditional rationales for public financing, contributors to this volume offer alternatives for policymakers, administrators, faculty, students, and researchers struggling with this difficult practical dynamic.

Contributors: M. Christopher Brown II, Pennsylvania State University; Jason L. Butler, University of Illinois; Choong-Geun Ching, Indiana University; Clifton F. Conrad, University of Wisconsin--Madison; Saran Donahoo, University of Illinois; James Farmer, JA-SIG uPortal; James C. Hearn, Vanderbilt University; Janet M. Holdsworth, University of Minnesota; Don Hossler, Indiana University; John R. Thelin, University of Kentucky; Mary Louise Trammell, University of Arizona; David J. Weerts, University of Wisconsin--Madison; William Zumeta, University of Washington

American universities today serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that will create new industries, drive economic growth, and keep the United States globally competitive. But only a few decades ago, these same universities self-consciously held themselves apart from the world of commerce. Creating the Market University is the first book to systematically examine why academic science made such a dramatic move toward the market. Drawing on extensive historical research, Elizabeth Popp Berman shows how the government--influenced by the argument that innovation drives the economy--brought about this transformation. Americans have a long tradition of making heroes out of their inventors. But before the 1960s and '70s neither policymakers nor economists paid much attention to the critical economic role played by innovation. However, during the late 1970s, a confluence of events--industry concern with the perceived deterioration of innovation in the United States, a growing body of economic research on innovation's importance, and the stagnation of the larger economy--led to a broad political interest in fostering invention. The policy decisions shaped by this change were diverse, influencing arenas from patents and taxes to pensions and science policy, and encouraged practices that would focus specifically on the economic value of academic science. By the early 1980s, universities were nurturing the rapid growth of areas such as biotech entrepreneurship, patenting, and university-industry research centers. Contributing to debates about the relationship between universities, government, and industry, Creating the Market University sheds light on how knowledge and politics intersect to structure the economy.

How the financial pressures of paying for college affect the lives and well-being of middle-class families The struggle to pay for college is a defining feature of middle-class life in America. Caitlin Zaloom takes readers into homes of families throughout the nation to reveal the hidden consequences of student debt and the ways that financing college has transformed our most sacred relationships. She describes the profound moral conflicts for parents as they try to honor what they see as their highest parental duty-providing their children with opportunity-and shows how parents and students alike are forced to gamble on an investment that might not pay off. Superbly written and unflinchingly honest, Indebted breaks through the culture of silence surrounding the student debt crisis, exposing the unspoken costs of sending our kids to college.