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Giving and
voluntarism are deeply ingrained traditions
in American life, yet most of the curricula
at colleges and universities overlook
the importance of philanthropic activities,
or portray them as the exclusive province
of elites. To remedy this, the Center
on Philanthropy and Civil Society developed
a series of curriculum guides to examine
the ways in which a variety of groups
have used their gifts of time and money
to build nonprofit institutions, forge
public/private partnerships, promote
social and legislative change, and participate
in public policymaking.
Fourteen undergraduate and graduate
curricula focus on different groups,
including (among others) African Americans,
Asian Americans, Native Americans, Latinos,
Eastern Europeans, Middle Easterners,
women, and different religious groups.
Drawing upon the methodologies and interests
of the historical and social sciences,
each guide will consist of individual
lecture units with content summaries,
questions for discussion and suggested
bibliographies. The curriculum guides
are useful both in their entirety, and
as individual units which may be selected
to integrate the study of philanthropy
and voluntarism into existing courses.
Included are undergraduate and graduate
materials, as well as several extesion-level
course guides which draw on the needs
and concerns of the nonprofit community.
The guides are part of the Multicultural
Curriculum Development Project funded
by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. To order
guides, please fill out an order
form. |
