- Establishing the Center for Excellence in Higher Education
Dr. Frederic J. Fransen, Executive Director
Center for Excellence in Higher Educations (Indianapolis, IN)
- This project will create a new 501(c)(3) organization, The Center for Excellence in Higher Education, whose purpose is to help donors promote excellence in higher education through philanthropy. The Center will engage in three areas of activity:
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January 2007 |
$2,000,000 |
- Place of Religious Literature in Public Schools
Ms. Sarah Jenislawski, Executive Director
Bible Literacy Project, Inc. (New York NY)
- This grant supported the publication of The Bible and Its Influence, a new textbook based on three research studies designed to assess what public schools are teaching about religion, including the Bible. In the first study, “What High School English Teachers Think Students Need to Know About the Bible,” researchers surveyed leading high school English teachers on what Biblical knowledge should be taught to students to master the standard public high school English curriculum. In part two of the study, “What University Professors Think Students Need to Know About the Bible,” the survey was given to university professors in the arts and humanities at elite universities. In the third study, “What do American Public High School Students Know About Religion?” a nationally representative sample of high school students were questioned on whether and how religious and biblical material was covered in their high school’s curriculum.
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November 2003 |
$248,387 |
- Spirituality in Higher Education: A National Study of College Students' Search for Meaning and Purpose
Professor Alexander W. Astin, Founding Director
Higher Education Research Institute
Professor Helen S. Astin
Dr. Jennifer A. Lindholm - This multi-year grant funded a flagship research program at the Higher Education Research Institute [HERI] at UCLA to generate and strategically disseminate new information on the trends, patterns, and principles of spiritual growth during the college years. Via quantitative and qualitative methods, the study is designed to provide a framework for colleges seeking to expand opportunities for students to explore their religiosity and spirituality. The research program also includes a survey of faculty regarding this domain of the human experience.
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December 2002 |
$2,121,775 |
- College-Level Teaching of Civic Concepts Necessary for Developing Character and Sustaining Freedom and Free Enterprise
T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr., President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Inc. [ISI] (Wilmington DE)
- This grant supported survey research, in partnership with the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, on college-level teaching of civic concepts necessary for developing character and sustaining free enterprise. The research report, titled The Coming Crisis in Citizenship, was released on September 26, 2006, at the National Press Club.
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August 2004 |
$1,000,000 |
- Longitudinal Study of Academic Integrity among College Students
Professor Donald L. McCabe
Management Education Center - This
grant provides research support to examine the level of academic integrity
among college students.
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October 2005 |
$45,953 |
- Research on the Effect of a College Major on Religiosity
Professor
Miles Spencer Kimball
Dept.
of Economics and Survey Research Center
University
of Michigan (Ann Arbor MI) - This
research grant compares a variety of measures of religiosity (particularly
religious attendance and self-reported importance of religion) before and
after a student attends college, examining the relationship between
religiosity and the choice of a major, and the impact of a major on
religiosity. The results of this project tend to support Postmodernism as
the biggest negative influence on religiosity rather than science, and opens
questions on the effects of Postmodernism on society and on the academy.
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November 2004 |
$199,400 |
- Contemplative Practice in University Life: The Role of Psychospiritual Inquiry in Higher Education
Professor
Jared D. Kass, Director
Study
Project on Well-Being, Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences
Lesley
University (Cambridge MA) - This
research project focused on stimulating dialogue among the primary
stakeholders in higher education (students, parents, faculty, and
administrative leaders) concerning the role of contemplative practices and
psychospiritual maturation in university life. The University of Notre Dame
Press projects a 2007 publication date for the results of the research in a
book titled Contemplative Practice in University Life: Developing
Meaning, Resilience, and Multifaith Community through Spiritual and
Psychological Growth – Student Narratives from a Project in Developmental
Education.
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August 2003 |
$50,000 |
- William E. Simon Fellowships for Noble Purpose
T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr., President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Inc. (Wilmington DE) - These
two grants support the administration of the William E. Simon Fellowships for
Noble Purpose. The program aims to encourage graduating college students to
pursue a goal that will strengthen civil society. The program is named after
the late William E. Simon.
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November 2003 |
$800,000 |
