Economics Education
FEATURED GRANT
Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics in High School: Reconciling the Search for Wealth in a Free Market Society with the Self-restraint Imposed by Moral Agency
Dr. Robert F. Duvall, President and CEO
National Council on Economic Education (New York NY)
This grant supports a 3-year project for the National Council on Economic Education [NCEE] to create curricular materials for high school students on the role that ethics and character play in a market economy. These materials will be disseminated to high school economics teachers through NCEE's national network of state Councils and to more than 200 university Centers for Economic Education. The working title for the textbook is Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics.
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Sample Grants
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Award Date |
Grant Amount |
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- Free Market Project
L. Brent Bozell, III, Founder and President
Media Research Center (Alexandria, VA)
- The Free Market Project (now Business and Media Institute [BMI]) helps maintain and expand educational services offered to America's news media to enhance their knowledge and their coverage of economic information. BMI, the economics division of the Media Research Center, provides resources for journalists, including connections to sources who can speak intelligently about the economy, correcting misconceptions about America’s free market and free enterprise system through research and information.
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October 2003 |
$50,000 |
- Expanding Opportunities for Teaching Market Economics and the System of Private Enterprise
Dr. J. R. Clark, Director
Center for Economic Education
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Chattanooga TN)
- This grant supports scholarships, essay contests, recognition programs, and an online bookstore resource. The Association of Private Enterprise Education [APEE] is a membership organization for scholars and businesspeople interested in free enterprise education.
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January 2005 |
$240,000 |
- Individual Liberty and Economic Freedom as Essential to Social Institutions: Lecture Series to Elucidate Catholic Social Thought in Centesimus Annus
Dr. Samuel Gregg
Director of Research
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty (Grand Rapids MI)
- This funding supports a lecture series, scholarship program, and outreach effort to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the late John Paul II's social encyclical Centesimus Annus, which opened new horizons in the area of Catholic social teaching. Eight of the nine lectures will be held in Rome and one will be held in Lublin, Poland.
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October 2005 |
$375,000 |
- Globalization Education Project
Ms. Marty Zupan, President
Institute for Humane Studies
George Mason University (Arlington VA)
- The Institute for Humane Studies [IHS], based at George Mason University, created an interactive educational website that examines college students' manifest concern about globalization and free enterprise principles, especially in relation to the alleviation of poverty. IHS also initiated essay contests and seminars as methods to address these questions. The website includes empirical research, comparative analysis, and narratives of the impact that free markets represent for impoverished people.
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January 2003 |
$280,000 |
- Global Business Ethics Curriculum
David S. Chernow, President and CEO
Junior Achievement Worldwide (Colorado Springs CO)
- This international project will develop a web-based interactive Global Business Ethics Curriculum and annual Global Business Ethics competition. The Program takes students from around the world through a 12-week case study-based program as they explore personal values, character development, and business ethics.
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October 2001 |
$383,675 |
