Description
There are more than 1.8 million nonprofits in the United States and at least 3 times that many internationally. Workers in these nonprofits and civil society organizations increasingly look to academic programs to provide leadership and management training. This edited volume is designed to provide new and experienced faculty and program administrators with a broader conception of how the nonprofit leaders of the future are and could be educated. The chapters are written by experienced nonprofit program leaders who provide guidance on all aspects of building and more importantly maintaining a successful nonprofit program. Many of the chapters are written by former leaders of the nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC), a recognized international leader in nonprofit management curricular development, while others are written by successful founders and administrators of nonprofit programs both in the US and internationally. All chapters are however grounded in the experience of the authors, supplemented with research on best practices and focusing on future trends in the field.
Preparing Leaders of nonprofit Organizations examines key issues and challenges in the fi eld from multiple perspectives, some of which are curricular and intellectual while others are related to program administration and oversight. The text explores core concepts, distils distinctive features of new or emerging academic programs, and identifies ways program leadership might ensure those features are reflected in their programs regardless of where these are housed within a university. The book is an essential resource for faculty and administrators who work with or are seeking to develop a nonprofit education program. It is also a useful guide for graduate students seeking a career in the nonprofit academy.
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Institutionalization interrupted: The evolution of the field of Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies
Peter C. Weber - Considering the Character of Organizations in the Third Sector
William A. Brown - Understanding the Impact of Political Polarization on Nonprofit and Philanthropic Programs
Matthew Hale - Philanthropy & Volunteerism: The Why and How of Philanthropic Studies
Patrick M. Rooney and Katherine Badertscher - Public Service Reform and its Implications for Nonprofit Management Education
Steven Rathgeb Smith - Nonprofit Management: Beyond Managerialism
Robert L. Fischer and Duncan Mayer - Teaching Accounting and Financial Management on Charitable Organisations
Paul Palmer - Legal Perspectives in Nonprofit Education
Robert M. Pallitto - Teaching About Nonprofits: The Challenge of International Differences
John Casey - Nonprofit Leadership Teaching & Learning: Takeaways from two rounds of NACC Accreditation
Stuart Mendel - Preparing the Next Generation of Nonprofit and Community Leaders: A Pedagogical Framework
Jaclyn Le, David W. Springer and Charlee Garden - Critical Pedagogy and Nonprofit Management Education: Refocusing Our Classrooms Towards Transformation and Liberation
Roseanne Mirabella, Khanh Nguyen and Maureen Emerson Feit - Different Approaches to Applied Nonprofit Management
Pier C. Rogers and Monika Hudson - A Wealth of Options: Making Sense of a Crowded Landscape
Michelle Wooddell - Enacting Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies: Academic Centers as Builders of Transdisciplinary Bridges
Robert F. Ashcraft - Integrating Social Innovation, Nonprofit Leadership, and Philanthropy Education Across Campus
Nathan Dietz, Katlin Gray and Robert Grimm - Assessing Nonprofit Academic Programs: A More Inclusive Approach
Heather L. Carpenter - The Nonprofit Studies Field as a Social Movement Itself: How Can We Strengthen It?
Renée Irvin
