1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002601060403321

Autore

Crum, William Leonard

Titolo

The Age Structure of the Corporate System / by William Leonard Crum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley ; Los Angeles : University of California Press, 1953

Descrizione fisica

xii, 181 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

Publications of the Institute of Business and Economic Research / University of California

Disciplina

G/3.341

Locazione

ECA

SES

Collocazione

0-9-69-TI

G/3.341 CRU

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453615103321

Autore

Pawlicki Dakota

Titolo

The insider's guide to winning education grants / / Dakota Pawlicki, Chase James ; foreword by Gregory Michie ; cover design by Michael Cook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-59519-X

1-118-59292-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Classificazione

EDU024000

Altri autori (Persone)

JamesChase

MichieGregory

CookMichael

Disciplina

379.1/3

Soggetti

Educational fund raising - United States

Proposal writing in education - United States

Federal aid to education - United States

Government aid to education - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Insider's Guide to Winning Education Grants; Contents; Acknowledgments; The Authors; About UNITE; Foreword; Introduction; First Period: Grants 101; ``Show Me the Money ́ ́; Types of Grants; Grants Are Right Around the Corner; Learning the Lingo; Analyzing the RFP and Grant Application; Stop and Find an RFP; Second Period: Composition; Before the Pen Hits the Paper (or Your Fingers Hit the Keyboard); Putting Your Ideas into Words: Writing Style; Tip 1: Think of Your Proposal as a Conversation with Another Teacher; Tip 2: First versus Third Person; Tip 3: Your Proposal Is Alive and Active!

Tip 4: Leave the Slang on the StreetsTip 5: Your Project Is Not "Out of This World!"; Tip 6: Offend No One; Tip 7: Use Your English Teachers; Tip 8: Evidence Based over Adjective Based; Tip 9: Data Always Trumps Common Knowledge; Tip 10: Consistency; Word and Character Counts Count; Assemble Your Editing Team before You Start Writing; Major



Components of Most RFPs; Third Period: Creative Writing; What Is a Needs Statement?; What Types of Problems Can Be Identified and Described in a Needs Statement?; What Data Are Appropriate to Be Included in a Needs Statement?

Using Anecdotal Evidence in the Needs StatementWhat If the Grant Application Does Not Ask for a Needs Statement?; Needs Statement Wrap-up; Writing Goals and Objectives; Goals versus Objectives; Where Do I Put My Goals and Objectives in the Proposal?; The Project Description; Start with the Basics; Chronological Implementation Plan; Expanding Your Project's Impact; Naming the Project; Evaluation and the Project Description; Examples of Project Description Prompts; Putting It All Together; Fourth Period: Economics; What Is a Budget?; Stakeholders; Identifying What to Buy; Budget Prompts

Budget PresentationAdvanced Budget Techniques; "The Cost of Doing Business"; Hiring People; Indirect Costs; Matching; In-Cash Matches; In-Kind Matches; Fifth Period: Personal Finance; Pay Day!; Who Will Be the Fiscal Agent?; Getting Intimate with the Numbers; Double Check; Security; Reporting; Checkpoint; Sixth Period: Statistics; Using Statistics to Support Your Proposal; What Is the Purpose of Assessment in Your Project?; Overall Process; Step 1: Building an Assessment; Step 2: Collect Your Data; Step 3: Adjust the Project According to Your Data (If Applicable); Step 4: Analyze Your Data

Step 5: Report the FindingsSeventh Period: Communication; Thanking All Involved; The Dreaded Rejection Letter; Victory: The Award Letter; Ongoing Communication and Updates; Building a Relationship with Your Funder and Other Stakeholders; Thinking about the Future; Appendix A: Templates and Worksheets; Project or Program Planning Template; Proficient Example: Needs Statement; Example of a Likert Survey Template; Practice Worksheet: Word Count I; Practice Worksheet: Word Count II; Practice Worksheet: Needs Statement; Practice Worksheet: Budget Categories: Fourth Period

Practice Worksheet: Ledger Activity: Fifth Period

Sommario/riassunto

"Find, apply for, and win grant dollars for the classroom This accessible guide offers a proven, step-by-step process for researching, writing, applying for, and winning education grants. The book educates readers on the basics of grant writing, including what sources are the most reliable for securing education funding. It also serves as a practice tool, with worksheets, proposal templates, real-world examples, and advice from grant-winning teachers to help instill confidence about navigating this somewhat daunting process.  Offers a proven formula for winning education grants in clear, step-by-step instructions  Includes a wealth of handy tools, worksheets, templates, and teacher-tested advice  Outlines the four main components of money-generating education grants  Based on UNITE's celebrated "Grant Writing Teacher" Professional Development series  The book's step-by-step process is filled with illustrative examples of successful grant proposals"--



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248221203316

Autore

Krupnick Mark <1939->

Titolo

Jewish writing and the deep places of the imagination / / Mark Krupnick ; edited by Jean K. Carney and Mark Shechner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-27001-X

9786612270017

0-299-21443-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 363 p. )

Altri autori (Persone)

CarneyJean K

ShechnerMark

Disciplina

810.9/8924

Soggetti

American literature - Jewish authors - History and criticism

Jews - United States - Intellectual life

Judaism and literature - United States

Judaism in literature

Jews in literature

Imagination

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-354) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"A shit-filled life": Philip Roth's Sabbath's theater -- "We are here to be humiliated": Philip Roth's recent fiction -- Geoffrey Hartman, Wordsworth, and Holocaust testimonies -- Cynthia Ozick: embarrassments -- Lionel Trilling and "the deep places of the imagination" -- The Trillings : a marriage of true minds? -- Lionel Trilling and the politics of style -- Philip Rahv : "he never learned to swim" -- Alfred Kazin and Irving Howe -- The two worlds of cultural criticism -- Edmund Wilson and gentile philo-Semitism -- Listmania in Humboldt's gift -- Assimilation in recent American Jewish autobiographies -- Revisiting Morrie: were his last words too good to be true? -- The art of the obituary -- Why are English departments still fighting the culture wars? -- Upon retirement.