Grants Management at MWCC
Education
AACU: The American Association of Colleges
and Universities
www.aacu.org
The Association of American Colleges and Universities
is the leading national association concerned with
the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate
liberal education. This site provides useful resources
and information on key topics facing higher education.
The
League for Innovation in the Community College
www.league.org
The League is an international organization dedicated
to catalyzing the community college movement. Information
on conferences and institutes, Web resources, research,
and publications that make a positive difference for
students and communities are available at this site.
The
Vanguard Learning Colleges Page
www.league.org/league/projects/lcp/vanguard.htm
Funded through the League for Innovation in the Community
College, the 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges are serving
as incubators and catalysts for the Learning College
concept by working to build on values that place learning
first throughout their institutions. Links to the 12
colleges are on this page.
CCRC: The Community College
Research Center at Columbia University
www.tc.columbia.edu/ccrc
The mission of the Community College Research Center
is to carry out and promote research on major issues
affecting the development, growth, and changing roles
of community colleges in the United States. This site
has information about their research on critical issues
and trends affecting two-year colleges.
FREE: Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence
www.ed.gov/free
More than 30 Ffederal agencies formed a working group
in 1997 to make hundreds of federally supported teaching
and learning resources easier to find. The result of
that work is the FREE website. The resources here
focus primarily on K-12 education, but there is enough
applicability to the work done in community colleges
to make a visit to this site worthwhile.
NEASC: New
England Association of Schools and Colleges
www.neasc.org
NEASC is the accrediting agency of Mount Wachusett
Community College and the public and independent schools,
colleges and universities in the New England states.
Available here is information ranging from the accrediting
process, to policy, to resource publications.
The Chronicle
of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
www.chronicle.com
www.philanthropy.com
Sister publications that cover weekly news and information,
respectively, in higher education and the non-profit
world. In addition to high quality reporting and analysis,
both publications list calendars of funding opportunities
and professional development workshops and seminars.
NCLB:
No Child Left Behind
www.nclb.org
The NCLB Act emphasizes increased accountability for
states, school districts, and schools; greater choice
for parents and students, particularly those attending
low-performing schools; more flexibility for states
and local educational agencies in the use of federal
education dollars; and a stronger emphasis on reading,
especially for our youngest children. The site offers
insight into the federal funding priorities for education
that will impact the college in various ways.
Data, Statistics, and Research
MISER: Massachusetts Institute
for Social and Economic Research
www.umass.edu/miser
MISER 's research involves planning, strategy, and
forecasting, with a focus on social, economic, and
demographic issues. This work is designed to formulate
new public policy for use by government policy makers,
as well as to develop information systems showing the
relationship between public policy and the economy
of Massachusetts and New England. As the lead agency
in the State Data Center (SDC) program, MISER is the
liaison between the Commonwealth and the U.S. Bureau
of the Census and houses all the latter's data on Massachusetts.
U.S.
Census Bureau
www.census.gov
FedStats
www.fedstats.gov
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal
agencies
Online Libraries:
MLIN: The Massachusetts Library and
Information Network
www.mlin.org
The Library of Congress
www.loc.gov
Philanthropy and Community
Council for Resource Development
www.crdnet.org
The Council for Resource Development (CRD) is the essential education and networking choice for all community college development professionals. CRD connects, educates, supports, strengthens, and celebrates community college development professionals. An affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges, CRD serves over 1600 members at more than 700 institutions.
The Center on Philanthropy
and Civil Society at the Graduate Center, The City
University of New York
www.philanthropy.org
The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society is committed
to strengthening philanthropy and civil society through
education, research, and leadership training. A useful
selection of publications and tools is available,
particularly regarding volunteerism and multiculturalism.
AGM:
Associated Grant Makers
www.agmconnect.org
Associated Grant Makers, Inc. is a regional association
of grant makers, both foundations and corporate giving
programs, serving in, or making grants in Massachusetts
and New Hampshire. AGM aspires to be the primary philanthropic
network and online portal for current and emerging
grant makers and other key constituencies interested
in philanthropy.
AIP: The American Institute of Philanthropy
www.charitywatch.org
Here’s an interesting twist: are you looking
to give money to a philanthropic organization? AIP
is a national charity watchdog service whose purpose
is to help donors make informed giving decisions. The
site provides information about AIP, the charities
they rate, and their method of grading charities. Other
features include tips for giving wisely, useful and
interesting articles on a variety of topics relating
to charitable giving, and more.
Give.org: The Better
Business Bureau’s Wise Giving
Alliance
www.give.org
Another resource for conducting research of America’s
charities. The Alliance reports on nationally charitable
organizations that are the subject of donor inquiries.
These reports include an evaluation of the subject
charity in relation to the voluntary BBB charity standards.
The BBB Wise Giving Alliance offers guidance to donors
on making informed giving decisions through our charity
evaluations, various "tips" publications,
and publishes the quarterly Better Business Bureau
Wise Giving Guide.
The Catalogue for Philanthropy
www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org
This site highlights giving organizations in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, using handy methods
of indexing and
searching. A database of charities extends from 1997
to the present.
The National Database of Nonprofit
Organizations
www.guidestar.org
A pay subscription site that allows some basic, free
searching of some 850,000 nonprofit organizations
in their database. Their free newsletter is filled
with
useful tips and information.
Network for Good
www.networkforgood.org
Network for Good is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to using the Web to help people get more involved
in their communities - from volunteering and
donating money, to getting involved with issues you
care about.