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May 9, 2012

In this issue of Education Funding Watch, the Foundation Center's newsletter devoted to education-related topics, you'll read about a million-dollar-prize competition for community colleges. You'll also find links to other education-related news, resources, funding opportunities for individuals and organizations, and job listings. Education Funding Watch is available exclusively to visitors who register at the Foundation Center's Web site.

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Aspen Institute Taps Community Colleges to Compete for 2013 Prize

The Aspen Institute has announced the names of a hundred and twenty community colleges that will compete for the 2013 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Selected from a pool of more than a thousand two-year colleges using publicly available data on student outcomes, the schools have been invited to apply for $1 million in prizes, which will be awarded next March to the colleges that have delivered exceptional results for all students — including those from underserved or low-income families — and use data to inform decisions and continually improve over time. Read the story»

Recent Education News from Philanthropy News Digest

Gates Millennium Scholars Program Announces Class of 2012
Administered by the United Negro College Fund, the Gates Millennium Scholars Program enables one thousand incoming freshmen to attend the college or university of their choice....
Posted: 5/07/12

MasterCard Foundation, EARTH University Create $19.5 Million Scholarship Program
The partnership will offer scholarships to a hundred and twenty students at the nonprofit university, which offers an innovative four-year program in sustainable agriculture, natural resource management, and community development....
Posted: 4/30/12

Woodruff Foundation Awards $8 Million to Georgia Health Sciences University
The grant will support construction of an inter-professional simulation lab in the university's planned education commons building....
Posted: 4/28/12

Columbia Business School Receives $25 Million Gift
The gift will support construction of new business school facilities featuring multi-functional spaces in which students, faculty, and external constituents can meet and exchange ideas....
Posted: 4/25/12

JPMorgan Chase Foundation Awards $2.5 Million to Boost Public Schools
The three-year, $2.5 million grant to Turnaround for Children will provide support for full-time social workers and to train teachers how to deal with the disruptiveness of poverty....
Posted: 3/28/12

Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles Announces $20 Million Bequest
The gift from Geri Brawerman and her late husband, Richard, will support the creation of a scholarship and fellowship program for college-bound Jewish students in need....
Posted: 4/23/12

Middle Tennessee State University Receives $10 Million Gift Awarded as part of MTSU's centennial capital campaign, the gift from alumnus Andrew W. "Woody" Miller is the largest in the university's history....
Posted: 4/21/12

Kresge Foundation Commits at Least $15 Million to South African Higher Education
Building on a recently concluded $19 million initiative in support of higher education in South Africa, the Kresge Foundation will focus its support on institutional development and advancement....
Posted: 4/18/12

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Funding Opportunities

Youth Service America and State Farm Invite Applications for Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grants
Grants of up to $1,000 are available to K-12 public schools in the United States and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick for programs that enhance student achievement through service-learning....
Deadline: 5/31/12

Social Science Research Council Announces New World History Curriculum Grant Program
Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded to university-based research teams and research centers working to encourage new approaches to world history curriculum in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and North America....
Deadline: 5/31/12

Teachers in New Jersey and Delaware Encouraged to Apply for PSEG Environmental Education Grants
Grants of up to $3,500 are available to K-9 teachers for projects to link students' understanding of science, mathematics, computer science, and/or technology with an appreciation for the environment....
Deadline: 6/15/12

Institute of Museum and Library Services Announces Call for Applications for Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums
Grants of up to $100,000 are available to support the planning and designing of up to thirty Learning Labs in libraries and museums in the United States....
Deadline: 6/15/12

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Morehead-Cain Scholars

The Morehead- Cain, the oldest merit scholarship program in the country, has announced the 2016 class of Morehead-Cain scholars. The annual program provides graduating high school seniors with a full scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a variety of summer enrichment programs. Chosen solely on the basis of merit and accomplishment, the class of 2016 includes fifty scholars, including twenty-two from North Carolina, sixteen from fourteen other U.S. states, one student from Morocco, two from Turkey, three from the United Kingdom, and three from Canada. For more information and a complete list of this year's recipients, visit the Morehead-Cain Foundation Web site.

Creating Quality

The Wallace Foundation and BigThought, a Dallas-based nonprofit working to close the opportunity gap in education through a quality-improvement process called "creative learning," launched Creating Quality earlier this year to provide information, tools, and other resources for evaluating and improving the quality of arts education and creative learning in schools, afterschool programs, and summer learning opportunities. Designed to be a one-stop-shop for educators, artists, civic and community leaders, and policy makers, the site offers information and tools needed to conduct program evaluations and advocate for quality teaching and learning, as well as opportunities for visitors to contribute their own experiences and ideas about how to improve the quality of arts education.

Job Opportunities

Executive Director
National Students of AMF Support Network
Raleigh, North Carolina
Posted: 5/04/12

Associate Director Foundation Relations
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Posted: 5/04/12

Fellowship Program Manager
Legatum Center at MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Posted: 5/04/12

Programmer/Data Manager for Anti-Bullying Program
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
Posted: 5/04/12

Director of Education and Advocacy
Prax(us)
Denver, Colorado
Posted: 5/04/12

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