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Consultation of Day School Tuition Subvention Programs: Summary Report
A JESNA summary report of a March 1999 consultation with five foundations that offer day school tuition subvention programs. The consultation provided a forum for information sharing about the programs, the lessons learned, and the direction for future research.
Consultation of Day School Tuition Subvention Programs: Summary Report (43.35 kB)
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Day School Tuition Subvention, Reduction, and Scholarship Programs
This research on tuition subvention, reduction and scholarship programs, one of the initial projects of the Affordability Working Group of the Continental Council for Jewish Day School Education, is a follow-up and expansion of the original research on tuition subventions (Consultation on Day School Tuition Subvention Programs: Summary Report 1999).
Day School Tuition Subvention, Reduction, and Scholarship Programs (166.66 kB)
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Digest of Education Statistics, 2008
The 44th in a series of publications initiated in 1962, the Digest's primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest contains data on a variety of topics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, and federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons.
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Edward Fein Foundation Scholarship Awards
Through the Edward Fein Foundation Scholarship Awards program at QuestBridge, the Foundation seeks to ensure access to higher education for high-achieving Jewish students who may lack the financial resources necessary to secure the highest quality education available. The Edward Fein Foundation Scholarship Awards program at QuestBridge is open to all Jewish high school juniors who meet the QuestBridge criteria of high academic skill, economic need, and demonstrated leadership potential.
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Jewish Studies Expansion Program (JSEP)
In the fall of 2007, the Foundation launched the Jewish Studies Expansion Program (JSEP), a pilot program aimed at enhancing Jewish studies at underserved colleges and universities around the country. Supported by a generous $1.05 million grant from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation (CLSFF), this three-year initiative commenced at six pilot universities in fall 2008: American University, Washington, D.C.; Northeastern University, Boston, MA; Ohio University, Athens, OH; Towson University, Towson, MD; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; and University of Delaware, Newark, DE. The program's goal is not only to expand the number and breadth of Jewish studies courses, but also to provide greater opportunity for Jewish learning and engagement at schools with keen interest among students and administration, but with limited resources to date. This expansion will be accomplishe ...
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JTS Fellowship in Jewish Social Entrepreneurship
Beginning as a pilot program with five students, The Jewish Theological Seminary's Fellowship in Jewish Entrepreneurship consists of three central components: an intensive training/orientation program; an internship at an organization or business that demonstrates effective modes of social change; and a biweekly seminar designed to help cultivate connections between Judaism, activism, and professional achievements. In addition, students will be invited to participate in networking opportunities with alumni, board members, and professionals in the field of social entrepreneurship.
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K-12 Tuition Loan Options
An article about K-12 loan options for parents of students in private schools.
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NAIS Resources for Financially Sustainable Schools
It's critical, especially in these current uncertain economic times, that schools become even more financially strategic to ensure they remain strong in the short- and long-terms. It is a priority for NAIS to provide assistance to its member schools during this challenging period. As part of NAIS's Sustainability Initiative we have assembled below articles, presentations, and reports on admission-marketing, development, leadership, communications, and finance topics as well as other resources related to financial sustainability. Please contact the NAIS Financial Sustainability Team if you have ideas for additional resources.
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Robert and Elisa Spungen Bildner Fellowship
With the goal of training the next generation of Jewish camp leaders, the Robert and Elisa Spungen Bildner Fellowship at Brandeis University will enable one graduate student per year to pursue a dual MA/MBA degree in Jewish Professional Leadership at Brandeis's Heller School for Social Policy and Management and at Hornstein: The Jewish Professional Leadership Program @ Brandeis. Robert and Elisa Spungen Bildner Fellows take courses in leadership and management of Jewish camping and are advised by a Hornstein faculty member with camping expertise. In addition to their academic coursework, Fellows will attend professional development opportunities offered by the Foundation, complete camp internships, and dedicate themselves to working at a Jewish camp in a leadership role for three years following graduation.
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Talking Dollars and Sense About Jewish Education
The field of Jewish education has been transformed in the past 15 years by a series of bold experiments, substantial new investments and unprecedented partnerships forged by philanthropists, local federations of Jewish philanthropy and educational institutions. Still, the needs of the field are vast, and it is not at all clear whether the American Jewish community can marshal the necessary resources to revitalize itself through Jewish education. In order to assess what the community can do, both financially and programmatically, far greater clarity is needed about the dimensions of the challenge.
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The Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel
The Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel offers a 5-week summer program in Israel that educates and inspires exceptional young Jews from diverse backgrounds to become active participants in Jewish culture throughout their lives, and to contribute their talents and vision to the Jewish community and to the world at large.
Bronfman Fellows spend the summer before their high school senior year traveling through Israel, exploring their Jewish Identity, and engaging with thinkers, authors, artists, and educators in an all expenses paid, 5 week Israel experience that will change their lives.
BYFI's summer program in Israel is the beginning of a long-term association for the Fellows, which continues through our extraordinarily active alumni network. This includes: local and national gatherings, seminars and institutes, online community, community service projects, funding for alumni ...
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The Impact of the Economic Downturn on Jewish Day Schools
The Impact of the Economic Downturn on Jewish Day Schools (Link)Previous research has emph ...
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