The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of philanthropic interventions in public high schools in Mutasa district of Zimbabwe. Three research questions guided the study. The investigation focused on finding out the types of philanthropic interventions in the public high school and to evaluate their impact on the schools and students involved from an educational management perspective. The investigation was a mixed methods research using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Data was collected by questionnaire, interview and documentary sources. Principals of twenty nine high schools responded to a questionnaire. Interview data was gathered from two representatives of non-governmental organisations. One NGO also provided documents for more data. Two individual philanthropists from the district were also interviewed. The results of the study indicate that philanthropic interventions have made significant improvements to the physical infrastructure of some schools. During the 2014 study there were about 700 students from poor backgrounds on various school fees assistance programmes. School enrolment and completion rates have increased. School drop-outs have decreased. Over 6 500 former beneficiaries of fees from one donor organisation have formed an alumni association to assist other children in disadvantaged circumstances. It is strongly recommended that schools in the district and elsewhere use online social network platforms to organise alumni associations from a wider catchment area beyond national borders. Alumni associations are a potentially rich source of philanthropic revenue hardly tapped in the district. Schools should create their own websites to be exposed to a global audience of donors for possible funding of their projects. / Educational Leadership and Management / D. Ed. (Education Management)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of philanthropic interventions in public high schools in Mutasa district of Zimbabwe. Three research questions guided the study. The investigation focused on finding out the types of philanthropic interventions in the public high school and to evaluate their impact on the schools and students involved from an educational management perspective. The investigation was a mixed methods research using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Data was collected by questionnaire, interview and documentary sources. Principals of twenty nine high schools responded to a questionnaire. Interview data was gathered from two representatives of non-governmental organisations. One NGO also provided documents for more data. Two individual philanthropists from the district were also interviewed. The results of the study indicate that philanthropic interventions have made significant improvements to the physical infrastructure of some schools. During the 2014 study there were about 700 students from poor backgrounds on various school fees assistance programmes. School enrolment and completion rates have increased. School drop-outs have decreased. Over 6 500 former beneficiaries of fees from one donor organisation have formed an alumni association to assist other children in disadvantaged circumstances. It is strongly recommended that schools in the district and elsewhere use online social network platforms to organise alumni associations from a wider catchment area beyond national borders. Alumni associations are a potentially rich source of philanthropic revenue hardly tapped in the district. Schools should create their own websites to be exposed to a global audience of donors for possible funding of their projects. / Educational Leadership and Management / D. Ed. (Education Management)

Diese Arbeit untersucht Genese, Struktur und Legitimation der Spendengewinnung bei den deutschen Glaubensmissionen von ihren Anfängen bis zum Ausbruch des Zweiten Welt-krieges. Den Untersuchungsgegenstand bilden die drei ältesten Glaubensmissionen in Deutschland: die Neukirchener Mission, die Allianz-China-Mission und die Liebenzeller Mission. Als besonderes Merkmal der Glaubensmissionen wird in der Literatur das soge-nannte Glaubensprinzip bezeichnet, das einen bewussten Verzicht auf Spendenwerbung beinhaltet. Die historische Entwicklung des Glaubensprinzips von Anthony Groves über George Müller auf Hudson Taylor wird nachgezeichnet. Eine leitende Frage der Untersu-chung ist, inwieweit die deutschen Glaubensmissionen dieses Glaubensprinzip tatsächlich übernehmen und umsetzen. Bei der Analyse von Spendentheorie und -methodik der drei genannten Missionen kristallisiert sich heraus, dass von einem Verzicht auf Spendenwer-bung bei den drei ältesten der deutschen Glaubensmissionen nicht die Rede sein kann. Im Falle der Allianz-China-Mission wird das Glaubensprinzip erst gar nicht ernsthaft adap-tiert, die Liebenzeller Mission gestaltet es ihr entsprechend um, und die Neukirchener Mis-sion muss sukzessive eine Erosion des Glaubensprinzips miterleben. Die Untersuchung beinhaltet ebenso ein Interpretationsmodell zur Bestimmung der Schlüsselfaktoren, die tatsächlich relevant für die Spendengewinnung der Glaubensmissionen sind. Die Legitimi-tät des Glaubensprinzips wird aus theologischen und grundsätzlichen Überlegungen in Frage gestellt. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / (D.Th (Missiology))

Diese Arbeit untersucht Genese, Struktur und Legitimation der Spendengewinnung bei den deutschen Glaubensmissionen von ihren Anfängen bis zum Ausbruch des Zweiten Welt-krieges. Den Untersuchungsgegenstand bilden die drei ältesten Glaubensmissionen in Deutschland: die Neukirchener Mission, die Allianz-China-Mission und die Liebenzeller Mission. Als besonderes Merkmal der Glaubensmissionen wird in der Literatur das soge-nannte Glaubensprinzip bezeichnet, das einen bewussten Verzicht auf Spendenwerbung beinhaltet. Die historische Entwicklung des Glaubensprinzips von Anthony Groves über George Müller auf Hudson Taylor wird nachgezeichnet. Eine leitende Frage der Untersu-chung ist, inwieweit die deutschen Glaubensmissionen dieses Glaubensprinzip tatsächlich übernehmen und umsetzen. Bei der Analyse von Spendentheorie und -methodik der drei genannten Missionen kristallisiert sich heraus, dass von einem Verzicht auf Spendenwer-bung bei den drei ältesten der deutschen Glaubensmissionen nicht die Rede sein kann. Im Falle der Allianz-China-Mission wird das Glaubensprinzip erst gar nicht ernsthaft adap-tiert, die Liebenzeller Mission gestaltet es ihr entsprechend um, und die Neukirchener Mis-sion muss sukzessive eine Erosion des Glaubensprinzips miterleben. Die Untersuchung beinhaltet ebenso ein Interpretationsmodell zur Bestimmung der Schlüsselfaktoren, die tatsächlich relevant für die Spendengewinnung der Glaubensmissionen sind. Die Legitimi-tät des Glaubensprinzips wird aus theologischen und grundsätzlichen Überlegungen in Frage gestellt. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / (D.Th (Missiology))

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This thesis answers the question of how a vision recorded in Joseph Smith's journal found its home in the Doctrine and Covenants and become recognized as canonized scripture. The April 3, 1836, journal entry became known as Section 110. Section 110 serves as a foundation for the current practices and doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, involving temple building and temple ordinances. Thus it is important to understand the history of this Section from journal entry to canonization because it is an example of recovering revelation. This thesis also explores contributing factors that could have led to the rediscovery of the 1836 vision. While Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were in the Kirtland Temple with veils drawn around them at the Melchizedek Priesthood pulpits on April 3, 1836, they both saw Jesus Christ, Moses, Elias, and Elijah. Jesus Christ accepted the newly built temple and Moses, Elias, and Elijah committed keys to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. The vision was recorded, but as of yet, there is no evidence that the vision was publicly taught by Joseph Smith nor by Oliver Cowdery. This thesis follows the pattern established by Section 110 and the reclamation of the revelation and looks at how this section paved the way for other revelations and visions to move from handwritten pages to doctrinal levels of canonization, such as Sections 137 and 138. Joseph Smith had the vision recorded in his journal by Warren Cowdery, who served as a scribe to him. Joseph Smith also had the journal entry written in the Manuscript History of the Church. Although Joseph Smith did not publically declare that the 1836 vision had occurred to him and Oliver Cowdery, he still taught about the visitors in the vision and of their importance. After Joseph Smith's death, the leaders of the Church had his history printed in Church owned newspapers. The first time the vision was published in print was on November 6, 1852, in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Deseret News. Outside influences of the late 1850s through the 1860s put pressure on the Church. Some of these potentially destructive influences were the Utah War, Civil War, transcontinental railroad, Spiritualism movement, and the lack of understanding of the foundational doctrines of the Church by the rising generation that had been a part of the Church from its beginnings with Joseph Smith as its Prophet. This thesis explores these potentially destructive forces on the Church and its doctrine, and looks at how the leadership of the Church responded to them and how their response influenced the canonization of the 1836 vision. Under the direction of Brigham Young, Orson Pratt oversaw the publication of the new 1876 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants. This new edition contained twenty-six new sections, including Section 110. After the death of Brigham Young in 1877, John Taylor sat at the head of the Church as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. While Orson Pratt was in England, preparing to print a new edition of the Book of Mormon on electrotype plates, he asked John Taylor about printing the Doctrine and Covenants with the electrotype plates as well. John Taylor agreed on condition that Orson Pratt add cross references and explanatory notes, as he had done with the Book of Mormon. Using the 1876 edition, Orson Pratt made the requested additions and the new edition of the Doctrine and Covenants was printed in 1880 and canonized on October 10, 1880, in a General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where all present voted unanimously to accept the 1880 edition as canonized scripture.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This dissertation argues that the Edison Institute (presently known as The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan) survived internal and external challenges through the evolution of the Ford family’s leadership and the organization’s funding strategy. Following Henry Ford’s death, the museum complex relied upon the Ford Foundation and the Ford Motor Company Fund as its sole means of philanthropic support. These foundations granted the Edison Institute a significant endowment, which it used to sustain its facilities in conjunction with its inaugural fundraising program. Navigating a changing legal, corporate, and philanthropic landscape in Detroit and around the world, the Ford family perpetuated Henry Ford’s legacy at the Edison Institute with the valuable guidance of executives and staff of their corporation, foundation, and philanthropies. Together they transitioned the Edison Institute into a sustainable and public nonprofit organization by overcoming threats related to the deaths of two generations of the Ford family, changes in the Edison Institute’s administration and organizational structure, the reorganization of the Ford Foundation, the effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1969, and legal complications due to overlap between the Fords’ corporate and philanthropic interests. The Ford family provided integral leadership for the development and evolution of the Edison Institute’s funding strategy and its relationship to their other corporate and philanthropic enterprises. The Institute’s management and funding can be best understood within the context of philanthropic developments of the Ford family during this period, including the formation of the Ford Foundation’s funding and concurrent activity.   This dissertation focuses on the research question of how the Edison Institute survived the Ford family’s evolving philanthropic strategy to seek a sustainable funding and management structure. The work examines its central research question over multiple chapters organized around the Ford family’s changing leadership at the Edison Institute, the increase of professionalized managers, and the Ford’s use of their corporation and philanthropies to provide integral support to the Edison Institute. In order to sustain the Edison Institute throughout the twentieth century, it adapted its operations to accommodate Henry Ford’s founding legacy, its legal environment, and the evolving practice of philanthropy in the United States.

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