PhD thesis,
The evaluation of public community college readiness for private sector fund-raising
The Fielding Institute, PhD Thesis, (1994)
Abstract
The primary purpose of this study was to identify institutional characteristics in California public community colleges which were significantly related to fund-raising success. Data were collected through a questionnaire which was sent to 106 California community college presidents, through an interview with 10 of the 76 presidents who responded to the questionnaire, through a review of California community college fund-raising related documents, and through data contained in State of California documents. Two dependent variables on fund-raising success were developed. Factor analysis was applied to the 26 questions on institutional readiness. This created four variables after which t tests were applied to 11 independent variables. A multiple regression analysis was performed for each dependent variable using the same independent variables. In each case, the results were similar. Trustee-President-Faculty positive relations and policy development were considered to be statistically significant independent variables. A test of the joint significance of the four variables created by the factor analysis (readiness for change), the presence of institutional documents, and fund-raising commitment indicated that these variables were jointly significant in the development of a successful fund-raising program.
