| Scope of Study. The major purpose of this study was to determine the nature and significance of private philanthropy as being a viable source of financial support for post-secondary technical-occupational education in public higher educational institutions of Oklahoma. Information was gathered from post-secondary technical-occupational teachers and administrators, along with Oklahoma's manufacturers who had 20 or more employees. One-hundred ninety-six teachers, administrators, and manufacturers from across Oklahoma responded to a questionnaire designed to answer the following research questions: (1) How do the teachers of technical-occupational programs perceive the nature and significance of private philanthropy? (2) How do the administrators of technical-occupational programs perceive the nature and significance of private philanthropy? (3) How do manufacturers in Oklahoma perceive the nature and significance of private philanthropy for technical-occupational programs? (4) How do the manufacturers', administrators', and teachers' perceptions relate as to the nature and significance of private philanthropy?;Findings and Conclusions. By the use of Kendall's coefficient of concordance, it was found that there is a significant degree of agreement among the respondents of each group as to the ranking of the sources, types, and purposes of gifts, along with geographical areas of philanthropic activities. For the most useful types of gifts that would support technical-occupational education, teachers ranked cash and unused equipment as one and two, respectively; and, the administrators and manufacturers ranked cash first. In ranking the purposes of gifts that were most useful in supporting technical-occupational education, teachers, administrators, and manufacturers ranked student scholarship as first, with nondesignated giving contained in the bottom two rankings among the three groups of respondents. Business and industry was ranked first by teachers and administrators as the strongest source of gifts, with private foundations ranked second. . . . (Author's abstract exceeds stipulated maxiumum length. Discontinued here with permission of school.) UMI. |
