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Intelligent giving : insights and strategies for higher education donors / / Jonathan P. Caulkins ... [et al.]
| Intelligent giving : insights and strategies for higher education donors / / Jonathan P. Caulkins ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (105 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.1/06 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CaulkinsJonathan P <1965-> (Jonathan Paul) |
| Soggetto topico |
Universities and colleges - United States - Endowments
Benefactors - Charitable contributions - United States Education, Higher - United States - Finance |
| ISBN |
9780833033832
0-8330-3383-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Contents; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction; Who Are Higher Education's Major Donors and What Motivates Them?; Why Donors Need More Information; What This Book Is, and How It Can Help; 2 Understanding the U.S. Higher Education System; Origins and History of Higher Education; Governance: Who's in Charge?; Finances: Who Pays for What?; Norms and Values: What Does It All Mean?; Understanding Today's Students: Who Are They and What Do They Care About?; Making Sense of the Complexity: The Carnegie Classification System; 3 Fundraising Inside the Ivory Tower; Basic Fundraising Programs
The Principal PlayersMajor Gift Fundraising; 4 The What, How, and When of Giving; What to Fund?; Funding Programs in the Present or in Perpetuity?; When to Give-Now or Later?; What You Can Buy-Recognition and Access, but Not Influence; 5 Selected Giving Strategies; The Loyal Alum; The Philanthropic Angel; The Alum with an Agenda; The Social Entrepreneur; 6 Conclusion; The Intelligent Donor's Coda; You Have an Opportunity to Make Your Gift Count; APPENDIX A Additional Resources for Donors APPENDIX; APPENDIX B Interview Protocol; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220137103321 |
| Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An ounce of prevention, a pound of uncertainty [[electronic resource] ] : the cost-effectiveness of school-based drug prevention programs / / Jonathan P. Caulkins ... [et al.]
| An ounce of prevention, a pound of uncertainty [[electronic resource] ] : the cost-effectiveness of school-based drug prevention programs / / Jonathan P. Caulkins ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.29/17/0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CaulkinsJonathan P <1965-> (Jonathan Paul) |
| Soggetto topico |
Youth - Drug use - United States - Prevention - Cost effectiveness
Students - Drug use - United States - Prevention - Cost effectiveness Cocaine abuse - United States - Prevention - Cost effectiveness Drug abuse - Study and teaching - United States - Cost effectiveness |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8330-4328-5
0-585-24546-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""EFFECT PER PROGRAM PARTICIPANT""; ""Proportion of Persons Who Would Have Ever Used Cocaine""; ""Lifetime Cocaine Consumption Per User (grams)""; ""Percentage Reduction in Cocaine Use Due to Prevention Program""; ""Discount Factor""; ""Social Multiplier""; ""Market Multiplier""; ""Causation/Correlation Ratio""; ""Scale-Up Factor""; ""Overall Effectiveness (grams per participant)""; ""COST-EFFECTIVENESS""; ""Program Cost (dollars per participant)""; ""Cost-Effectiveness (kilograms of cocaine consumption averted per million dollars spent)""
""AGGREGATE EFFECTS AND OTHER BENEFITS""""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""AN ANALYSIS OF COSTS AND EFFECTIVENESS""; ""BEYOND COST-EFFECTIVENESS""; ""AN ISSUE NOT YET EXAMINED""; ""OUR FOCUS""; ""EFFECTIVENESS AT REDUCING COCAINE CONSUMPTION""; ""EFFECT ON COHORT MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAM""; ""Proportion of Cohort That Would Otherwise Use Cocaine""; ""Lifetime Consumption""; ""Program Effect""; ""Discount Factor""; ""Summary""; ""MULTIPLIERS""; ""Social Multiplier""; ""Market Multiplier""; ""QUALIFIERS""; ""INTEGRATING THE FACTORS""; ""Uncertainty"" ""Sources of Effect""""COST-EFFECTIVENESS AT REDUCING COCAINE CONSUMPTION""; ""DEFINING PROGRAM COST""; ""ESTIMATING PROGRAM COST""; ""ESTIMATING COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF UNCERTAINTY""; ""VARIATION WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME""; ""OTHER BENEFITS""; ""ESTIMATING THE EFFECT ON USE OF DRUGS OTHER THAN COCAINE""; ""Simple Program Effectiveness""; ""Other Factors""; ""Comparison of Effects""; ""SOCIAL SAVINGS FROM REDUCED DRUG USE""; ""Cocaine""; ""Other Drugs""; ""BENEFITS UNRELATED TO REDUCED DRUG CONSUMPTION""; ""NATIONWIDE IMPLEMENTATION"" ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CURRENT COCAINE EPIDEMIC""""IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE EPIDEMICS""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LEGALIZATION DEBATE""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""MODEL PREVENTION PROGRAMS APPEAR TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH ENFORCEMENT""; ""GREAT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ABOUT PREVENTION�S COST- EFFECTIVENESS""; ""THE SOURCE OF BENEFITS IS NOT WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED""; ""DRUG USE PREVENTION HAS BENEFITS OTHER THAN REDUCED COCAINE USE""; ""A NATIONAL PROGRAM IS AFFORDABLE BUT WILL NOT END THE COCAINE EPIDEMIC""; ""DRUG PREVENTION SHOULD BE CONDUCTED BEFORE IT IS PERCEIVED NECESSARY"" ""PREVENTION CANNOT SUBSTITUTE FOR ENFORCEMENT IN A LEGALIZATION REGIME""""THE BOTTOM LINE""; ""ESTIMATING AVERAGE LIFETIME COCAINE CONSUMPTION""; ""HISTORICAL CONSUMPTION DIVIDED BY NUMBER OF USERS""; ""CONSUMPTION PROJECTED THROUGH A MODEL OVER AN INFINITE HORIZON""; ""CONSUMPTION PROJECTED THROUGH A MODEL OVER A FINITE HORIZON""; ""ADJUSTING THE HISTORICAL APPROACH FOR YEARS OF USE""; ""STEADY-STATE ESTIMATE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""PREVENTION�S EFFECTIVENESS AT REDUCING MARIJUANA INITIATION"" ""RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGE OF MARIJUANA INITIATION AND LIFETIME CONSUMPTION OF COCAINE AND MARIJUANA"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455421503321 |
| Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An ounce of prevention, a pound of uncertainty [[electronic resource] ] : the cost-effectiveness of school-based drug prevention programs / / Jonathan P. Caulkins ... [et al.]
| An ounce of prevention, a pound of uncertainty [[electronic resource] ] : the cost-effectiveness of school-based drug prevention programs / / Jonathan P. Caulkins ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.29/17/0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CaulkinsJonathan P <1965-> (Jonathan Paul) |
| Soggetto topico |
Youth - Drug use - United States - Prevention - Cost effectiveness
Students - Drug use - United States - Prevention - Cost effectiveness Cocaine abuse - United States - Prevention - Cost effectiveness Drug abuse - Study and teaching - United States - Cost effectiveness |
| ISBN |
0-8330-4328-5
0-585-24546-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""EFFECT PER PROGRAM PARTICIPANT""; ""Proportion of Persons Who Would Have Ever Used Cocaine""; ""Lifetime Cocaine Consumption Per User (grams)""; ""Percentage Reduction in Cocaine Use Due to Prevention Program""; ""Discount Factor""; ""Social Multiplier""; ""Market Multiplier""; ""Causation/Correlation Ratio""; ""Scale-Up Factor""; ""Overall Effectiveness (grams per participant)""; ""COST-EFFECTIVENESS""; ""Program Cost (dollars per participant)""; ""Cost-Effectiveness (kilograms of cocaine consumption averted per million dollars spent)""
""AGGREGATE EFFECTS AND OTHER BENEFITS""""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""AN ANALYSIS OF COSTS AND EFFECTIVENESS""; ""BEYOND COST-EFFECTIVENESS""; ""AN ISSUE NOT YET EXAMINED""; ""OUR FOCUS""; ""EFFECTIVENESS AT REDUCING COCAINE CONSUMPTION""; ""EFFECT ON COHORT MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAM""; ""Proportion of Cohort That Would Otherwise Use Cocaine""; ""Lifetime Consumption""; ""Program Effect""; ""Discount Factor""; ""Summary""; ""MULTIPLIERS""; ""Social Multiplier""; ""Market Multiplier""; ""QUALIFIERS""; ""INTEGRATING THE FACTORS""; ""Uncertainty"" ""Sources of Effect""""COST-EFFECTIVENESS AT REDUCING COCAINE CONSUMPTION""; ""DEFINING PROGRAM COST""; ""ESTIMATING PROGRAM COST""; ""ESTIMATING COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF UNCERTAINTY""; ""VARIATION WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME""; ""OTHER BENEFITS""; ""ESTIMATING THE EFFECT ON USE OF DRUGS OTHER THAN COCAINE""; ""Simple Program Effectiveness""; ""Other Factors""; ""Comparison of Effects""; ""SOCIAL SAVINGS FROM REDUCED DRUG USE""; ""Cocaine""; ""Other Drugs""; ""BENEFITS UNRELATED TO REDUCED DRUG CONSUMPTION""; ""NATIONWIDE IMPLEMENTATION"" ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CURRENT COCAINE EPIDEMIC""""IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE EPIDEMICS""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LEGALIZATION DEBATE""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""MODEL PREVENTION PROGRAMS APPEAR TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH ENFORCEMENT""; ""GREAT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ABOUT PREVENTION�S COST- EFFECTIVENESS""; ""THE SOURCE OF BENEFITS IS NOT WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED""; ""DRUG USE PREVENTION HAS BENEFITS OTHER THAN REDUCED COCAINE USE""; ""A NATIONAL PROGRAM IS AFFORDABLE BUT WILL NOT END THE COCAINE EPIDEMIC""; ""DRUG PREVENTION SHOULD BE CONDUCTED BEFORE IT IS PERCEIVED NECESSARY"" ""PREVENTION CANNOT SUBSTITUTE FOR ENFORCEMENT IN A LEGALIZATION REGIME""""THE BOTTOM LINE""; ""ESTIMATING AVERAGE LIFETIME COCAINE CONSUMPTION""; ""HISTORICAL CONSUMPTION DIVIDED BY NUMBER OF USERS""; ""CONSUMPTION PROJECTED THROUGH A MODEL OVER AN INFINITE HORIZON""; ""CONSUMPTION PROJECTED THROUGH A MODEL OVER A FINITE HORIZON""; ""ADJUSTING THE HISTORICAL APPROACH FOR YEARS OF USE""; ""STEADY-STATE ESTIMATE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""PREVENTION�S EFFECTIVENESS AT REDUCING MARIJUANA INITIATION"" ""RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGE OF MARIJUANA INITIATION AND LIFETIME CONSUMPTION OF COCAINE AND MARIJUANA"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778834703321 |
| Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The price and purity of illicit drugs [[electronic resource] ] : 1981 through the second quarter of 2003 / / Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy
| The price and purity of illicit drugs [[electronic resource] ] : 1981 through the second quarter of 2003 / / Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, , [2004] |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CaulkinsJonathan P <1965-> (Jonathan Paul) |
| Soggetto topico |
Drugs of abuse - Prices - United States
Drug traffic - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Price and purity of illicit drugs |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910693363603321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, , [2004] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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School-based drug prevention : what kind of drug use does it prevent? / / Jonathan P. Caulkins ... [et al.]
| School-based drug prevention : what kind of drug use does it prevent? / / Jonathan P. Caulkins ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.29/17/0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CaulkinsJonathan P <1965-> (Jonathan Paul) |
| Soggetto topico |
Students - Drug use - United States
Youth - Drug use - United States Drug abuse - United States - Prevention |
| ISBN |
1-282-28298-0
9780833033859 9786612282980 0-8330-3385-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; ARE PREVENTION'S EFFECTS LARGE ENOUGH TO BE WORTH THE EFFORT?; BACKGROUND AND GOALS OF THIS STUDY; OUR APPROACH: ITS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES; ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT; Chapter Two SOCIAL BENEFIT AND COST RESULTS; HOW WE ESTIMATE PREVENTION'S SOCIAL BENEFITS; SOCIAL BENEFIT RESULTS; SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION'S SOCIAL COSTS; SENSITIVITY OF FINDINGS TO VARIATIONS IN ASSUMPTIONS; OTHER RESULTS OF INTEREST; CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION; Chapter Three LIFETIME DRUG CONSUMPTION WITHOUT PREVENTION
HOW MUCH DO USERS CONSUME OVER THEIR LIVES?WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT SOMEONE WILL BECOME A USER?; HOW SHOULD PRESENT AND FUTURE QUANTITIES BE COMPARED? (THE DISCOUNT FACTOR); Chapter Four SCHOOL-BASED DRUG PREVENTION'S EFFECTIVENESS AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM; SELECTION OF PROGRAMS UPON WHICH COMPOSITE ESTIMATES ARE BASED; MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS; INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM EFFECTS; AGGREGATE PROGRAM EFFECTS; Chapter Five SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION'S EFFECTIVENESS AT REDUCING LIFETIME DRUG USE; MEASURING DECAY OF SHORT-TERM EFFECT; TAKING ACCOUNT OF LENGTH OF INITIATION DELAY TRANSLATING EFFECTIVENESS PREDICTORS TO RESULTSChapter Six ADJUSTMENTS TO PREVENTION'S EFFECTIVENESS; CAUSATION VERSUS CORRELATION QUALIFIER; SCALE-UP QUALIFIER; SOCIAL MULTIPLIER; MARKET MULTIPLIER; Chapter Seven SOCIAL COSTS OF DRUG CONSUMPTION; ESTIMATING THE SOCIAL COST OF ALCOHOL USE; ESTIMATING THE SOCIAL COST OF TOBACCO USE; ESTIMATING THE SOCIAL COST OF COCAINE USE AND USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS IN GENERAL; ESTIMATING THE SOCIAL COST OF MARIJUANA USE; SUMMARY; Appendix A LOW, MEDIUM, AND HIGH ESTIMATES FOR THE TEN FACTORS IN THE PREVENTION MODEL Appendix B RECODING CONSUMPTION VALUES FROM THE NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ON DRUG ABUSEAppendix C PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS; Appendix D AGGREGATING PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS DATA; Appendix E PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS DECAY; Appendix F EFFECTS ON LIFETIME CONSUMPTION; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220109903321 |
| Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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