Social Economy Learning Resources

Programs in Social Economy

Canada

1) University of Victoria – BC Institute for Cooperative Studies
http://web.uvic.ca/bcics/courses.html

Professional Development Courses in Cooperative Studies:
The Division of Continuing Studies’ Business and Management Programs at the University of Victoria, in collaboration with the British Columbia Institute for Cooperative Studies, will offer four new professional development courses, providing course participants with the opportunity to study the history and characteristics of Cooperatives,entrepreneurial development and management of Cooperatives, and current issues facing the Cooperative movement. These courses have been designed for those people active in the development and management of Cooperatives as well as those people considering the Cooperative option. This includes members of new and existing Cooperatives and Credit Unions, managers of Cooperatives, boards of directors of Cooperatives, as well as people thinking of or preparing to establish new Cooperative ventures. These four courses can be taken as stand-alone courses or can satisfy part of the program requirements of the Certificate Program in Business Administration, available through the University of Victoria’s Division of Continuing Studies, Business and Management Programs.

Program Format:
Participants are able to study from the convenience of their home and community via our Web-based programming. Each 13-week course is focused around online, interactive learning activities and is supported by case studies, a course manual, study guide, text(s), and readings. Once registered, participants simply log on to the course’s Web site where weekly discussions, small group activities, e-mail options, weekly course units, course calendar, and links to related sites are found.

Courses:

Cooperative and Credit Union Foundations: (BMCO100)This course provides an overview of the Cooperative movement in Canada, outlining the breadth of Cooperative activity and exploring the challenges and advantages of the coop approach. Students have the opportunity to explore how Cooperative history and principles are dynamic in contemporary coops and credit unions in their communities. This course will be of general interest to a broad audience of Cooperative activists as well as newcomers. It is recommended as the first course in a program of Cooperative Studies.Prerequisite: None

Management Practices in a Cooperative Setting: (BMCO120)This course has been designed to review the characteristic features of Cooperatives and to propose a model for applying these features in the examination of the ideological core and the organizational practices of Cooperatives and Credit Unions. In addition, students will analyze the increasing internal and external pressures being faced by Cooperative organizations and identify a new paradigm for Cooperative management.Prerequisite: Cooperative and Credit Union Foundations or permission of the instructor

Issues Facing Cooperatives: (BMCO130)This course focuses on key internal,co-op sector, and external issues facing Cooperatives in the global economy. Students will examine current debates and contemporary issues facing the twenty-first-century Cooperative movement. Designed as an online seminar, students will identify a specific issue or debate of interest and importance to them and will have opportunities for directed study work with leading writers and activists wrestling with contemporary Cooperative issues. Prerequisite:Cooperative and Credit Union Foundations or permission of the instructor

Developing Cooperative Enterprises: (BMCO110)This course provides an entrepreneurial framework for Cooperative enterprise development. While the other three courses in this certificate program develop students’ understanding of the virtues and specifics of Cooperative enterprises, the purpose of this course is to help students think through the issues that will enable them to create an economically sustainable Cooperative venture. Major areas of emphasis for this course will be evaluating new venture opportunities, developing the vision, principles, and values that will guide the Cooperative enterprise, and understanding the challenges and opportunities for growth. Students are encouraged to bring relevant problems from the workplace and develop organizational specific strategies to make them a more effective Cooperative entrepreneur.Prerequisite:Cooperative and Credit Union Foundations or permission of the instructor

2) University of Saskatchewan – Centre for the Study of Co-operatives
http://www.usaskstudies.coop/

The Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, established in 1984, is an interdisciplinary teaching and research institute at the University of Saskatchewan. One of the key people in its formation was the then president of the university, Leo Kristjanson, who found it surprising that although co-operatives play a crucial role in all segments of the provincial economy and society, very little research was being done into their role and operation. To answer this need, Kristjanson established the centre, in conjunction with people from the co-operative sector, the university and the Government of Saskatchewan.
The Centre was conceived as a research and teaching centre that would bring together faculty members from different disciplines to study the issues surrounding co-operatives and co-operation. To accomplish its goals, the Centre has a unique structure. The four academic members—currently from agricultural economics, history, political studies, and sociology—are hired into their home departments, where tenure and promotion decisions are made, and where they are expected to teach and do research. At the same time, they also come together at the Centre, which has its own set of offices, to work on co-operative topics. They are joined by associate researchers and visiting scholars whose research overlaps with and contributes to the research of the Centre's faculty.
The result of this structure is a group of people who address a common set of questions and issues through different disciplinary lenses. The researchers have found that it is only by examining co-operatives from these different angles that they can begin to fully understand them. Universities are increasingly adopting this approach to problem solving, and the Centre has played a valuable role in demonstrating how interdisciplinary work can be fruitfully undertaken.
The Centre does not offer a program of study in co-operatives at the undergraduate level. Research faculty from the Centre teach classes in their home departments on co-operatives and undergraduate students wishing to learn about co-operatives may take these courses as part of their larger program in colleges such as arts and science, agriculture, commerce, or education. However, students must be enrolled in one of the currently existing programs on campus to be able to take these courses in co-operatives.
At the graduate level (MSc and PhD), students interested in researching co-operatives have two options. The first is to enter one of the existing graduate programs on campus (e.g., history, agricultural economics, marketing, sociology) and then do a specialization in co-operatives as part of their research or thesis work. The other option is to enter a special case interdisciplinary MSc or PhD program. Experience with this second option is very limited. Students wishing to follow this option must have a clear research project in mind and must be willing to work independently. In either case, faculty from the Centre can be approached to provide teaching, supervision, or advice. Students need to consult with the faculty of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives before pursuing either option.

Undergraduate Courses with Cooperative Content:

Commerce 345.3: Business and Public Policy: Examines the government activities that influence the conduct and development of business in Canada and considers their impact on management decision making. Instructors: Lou Hammond Ketilson and Lynne Pearson; prerequisite: third-year standing in College of Commerce; offered every year, both terms.

Economics 231.3: Co-operatives: Examines the historical background, philosophy, and development of co-operatives, with special reference to the experience and problems of the prairie economy. Instructor: Murray Fulton; prerequisite: ECON 111; offered 2000, '01, '02, and '03 in term one.

Educational Foundations 436.3: Rationale, Theory, and Practice of Co-operative Learning: Examines current school practices and foundations of co-operative learning. Focusses on philosophical, historical, cultural, and sociological analysis of competition, individualism, and co-operation in schools and examines the societal implications of these notions, with particular reference to the workplace. Instructor: Sheryle Mills; prerequisite: EDFDT 335; offered during intersession or summer school as demand requires.

History 287.3: Origins and Development of Co-operatives in Europe: Examines the origins of co-operative movements in working-class, lower-middle-class, and farm communities in response to industrialization; the development of co-ops in Britain, Germany, other parts of Europe, the United States, Canada, and developing countries; the world co-operative movement; and the history of co-operative ideas. Instructor: Brett Fairbairn; prerequisite: 6 cu's of first-year history or social science; offered 2000 term one; and 2001, '02, and '03 in term one (to be confirmed)

History 288.3: Co-operatives in the World: The spread of co-operative enterprises outside Europe; the development of co-op movements in Canada, US, Japan, India, China, Africa, and Latin America; the world co-op movement; the challenges of co-ops and development; co-ops and new social movements. Instructor: Brett Fairbairn; prerequisite: 6 cu's of first-year history or social science; offered 2001 term two; and 2002 and '03 in term two (to be confirmed)

History 498.3: History of Co-ops in Canada and the US: Focuses on the origins of co-ops in labour and farm movements; their connection to regional, cultural, religious, and adult-education movements; their interaction with the state; their development into modern systems of enterprises; and contemporary challenges.

History 899.6: Rural Social History, Postcolonialism, and Postmodernism: Advanced class in social history, rural and ecohistory, postmodern methodologies, and development theory. Topics include issues of state power, modernity, and development as they affect rural areas in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas; peasant studies; co-operatives; resistance movements; cultural studies, ecology, and feminism.

Graduate Studies with Cooperative Content:
Detailed information interdisciplinary graduate studies with a cooperative focus, along with a list of courses, can be accessed at the following through the following links:
http://www.usaskstudies.coop/teaching/student/gradstudents.php
http://www.usaskstudies.coop/pdf-files/Co-opConcLOI.pdf

3) Schulich School of Business, York University – Nonprofit Management and Leadership Program
http://www.schulich.yorku.ca/nmlp

“For over thirty years, York's Schulich School of Business has been guided by a vision of developing effective leadership for nonprofit and public organizations as well as for private business. By 1983, York had established the Voluntary Sector Management Program. In 1993, a major investment by the Kahanoff Foundation enabled the Schulich School to expand the program and offer a specialized MBA program in Nonprofit Management and associated professional development courses. Recently, the Royal Bank Charitable Foundation established a professorship at Schulich in order to develop ongoing research activities in the area of nonprofit management.Today we have over 1500 graduates of our programs working in the nonprofit sector in Canada and internationally, and a large pool of university and adjunct faculty teaching and researching in the area. Students come to Schulich from across Canada and around the world to learn to deal effectively with the challenges posed by this rapidly expanding and very complex sector. Our goal is to continue to develop strong, creative, flexible and visionary leaders who are capable of enhancing the quality of community life in Canada, and building and fostering civil society around the world."

MBA Specializataion in Nonprofit Management and Leadership
http://www.schulich.yorku.ca/NMLP.nsf/docs/MBA%20Specialization?OpenDocument

Schulich offers Canada's only MBA in Nonprofit Management & Leadership that leads to careers in a rich variety of nonprofit organizations in healthcare, human services, education, culture, religion or the environment. In Canada, almost one in five paid jobs is in a nonprofit organization -- more than in manufacturing or retail, and almost three times as many as in the financial services industry.While working to improve the quality of life in Canada and around the world, Schulich graduates entering this sector will be able to build strong careers in general management, marketing, fundraising, human resources, or financial management. In addition, many Schulich students planning to build their careers in profit-seeking organizations take electives in nonprofit management in order to prepare themselves for positions as board members of important charitable organizations operating in their communities.The first year of the Schulich MBA develops strong general management skills and knowledge in accounting, economics, finance, management science, marketing, organizational behaviour and strategy. In the second year, students use elective courses to develop multiple specializations.In the field of nonprofit management and leadership, Schulich offers a range of specialization opportunities with increasing degrees of focus:Individual Electives in Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Civil Society: Nonprofit Organizations, Community and Democracy
Challenges of Management in Nonprofit Organizations
Change, Leadership and Complexity in the Nonprofit Sector
Not-for-Profit Marketing
Business and Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations

General Concentration in Nonprofit Management and Leadership
To graduate with a General Concentration in Nonprofit Management & Leadership, a Schulich MBA student (either full-time or part-time) must complete the following:Requirements
12.0 credit hours of required elective courses
With a letter of approval, up to 3.0 credit-hours of relevant graduate-level courses from other York Faculties such as Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, the Master of Social Work program in Atkinson College or Osgoode Hall Law School may be substituted for required NMLP credit-hours.

Required Courses

NMLP 6200 3.00: Civil Society: Nonprofit Organizations, Community and Democracy:
This course serves as a general introduction to management in the nonprofit sector. It explores the social, political and economic function of the nonprofit section in Canada and includes an examination of the role of civil society in democratic society and market economies. In addition, it examines both the legal and policy environment in which nonprofit organizations operate as well as the unique governance issues associated with nonprofit organizations.

NMLP 6300 3.00 - Challenges of Management in Nonprofit Organizations:
This course examines the core organizational elements involved in the leadership, development and measurement of organizational effectiveness in nonprofit organizations. There will be a focus on the study of nonprofit organizations as centers of innovation and re-invention and the course will identify those organizational behaviours most closely aligned with these changes.

NMLP 6500 3.00 - Change, Complexity and Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector:
In this course, students link theory and practice related to managing complex environments that have multiple stakeholders, present difficulties in quantifying outcomes, and are subject to radical change in financial and organizational structure. The course also examines the leadership of change at both the organizational and sectoral level.

MKTG 6480 3.00 – Not-for-Profit Marketing:
This course examines the relationship between nonprofit organizations and their external constituencies. The course includes a critical examination of the application of marketing theory and practice in a non-traditional setting (segmentation, target marketing, positioning, the marketing concept and the marketing mix), as well as specialized topics such as social marketing, volunteer marketing and fundraising. The course would be of interest to those specializing in nonprofit management, as well as marketing majors who wish to expand their knowledge of marketing principles and techniques.

ACTG 6800 3.00 - Accounting and Control of Nonprofit Organizations:
This course critically examines financial and management accounting and control systems of nonprofit and governmental organizations. A term project may be required.

Graduate Diploma in Nonprofit Management and Leadership
http://www.schulich.yorku.ca/NMLP.nsf/docs/Graduate+Diploma

The NMLP has recently announced the new Graduate Diploma in Nonprofit Management within the MBA program. The Diploma includes an intensive summer work placement program for those students without sufficient prior experience in the sector.The Diploma program provides students with the opportunity to develop a more focused and rigorous approach to their area of specialization within the MBA. Graduates of the program will receive a graduate diploma in Nonprofit Management in addition to an MBA degree. To graduate with a graduate Diploma in Nonprofit Management & Leadership, a Schulich MBA student (either part-time or full-time) must completed the following:Requirements
taken concurrently with a Schulich MBA
all requirements of the NMLP General Concentration must be satisfied
MGMT 6100.030 Strategy Field Study to be carried out on an approved nonprofit organization
3-4 Month work placement in a nonprofit organization (must be approved by Director)
Required Courses:
NMLP 6200 3.00 – Civil Society: Nonprofit Organizations, Community and Democracy
NMLP 6300 3.00 – Challenges of Management in Nonprofit Organizations
NMLP 6500 3.00- Change, Complexity and Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
MKTG 6480 3.00 – Not-for-Profit Marketing
ACTG 6800 3.00 – Accounting and Control of Nonprofit Organizations

4) University of Toronto – Ontario Institute for Studies in Education – Social Economy Centre
http://sec.oise.utoronto.ca/english/

The Social Economy Centre of the University of Toronto, Imagine Canada, and the Ontario Co-operative Association, have launched a research alliance that aims at enhancing capacity for ongoing research and development for the social economy of Southern Ontario. This project—a Community-University Research Alliance for Southern Ontario’s Social Economy—consists of a network of leading scholars from 11 universities in Southern Ontario, 22 partner organizations, and scholars from seven universities external to the node whose research will be beneficial to this initiative. This Alliance will generate synergy between researchers and practitioners currently working in isolation through the creation of five Research and Practice Clusters, and ultimately contribute to a broader movement. Our Alliance will also create synergy with similar networks in other regions and the social economy internationally.
The Alliance will also build a future generation of researchers, create a presence for the social economy in higher education institutions, and focus heavily on knowledge dissemination. Training of students is a key feature of this Alliance, and for each project graduate students will form part of the team.
Educational Tools:
The SEC sponsors a Speakers’ Series along with providing educational videos on the social economy, available at:
http://sec.oise.utoronto.ca/english/lecture_archive.php

5) University of Cape Breton – Community Economic Development (CED) Institute
http://www.cbu.ca/ced/

MBA in Community Economic Development
http://www.cbu.ca/cbu/_main/default_main.asp?topic=programs&id=mba_ced

The goal of Cape Breton University's Master of Business Administration in Community Economic Development (CED) is to create a learning environment for people working in the field, and to begin to educate a new generation of people who plan to find careers there.

The content of the MBA (CED) offers subjects in the disciplines of business and social sciences blended with the practice of community economic development.
The Program, premised on process learning, will graduate skilled and able community development practitioners. It is specifically designed for those who require advanced and sophisticated training in Community Economic Development:
In-career CED specialists
Governments, large corporations, and First Nations organizations
Students interested in entering the CED field

Courses Required to Completing the Degree:
Students must complete the required courses and earn 48 credits.
Requests from students to receive advanced standing for courses will be reviewed. Transcripts of the courses along with a detailed description of the content will be required. Requests from students who wish to challenge courses will be reviewed. The Committee will decide on the merit of the challenges and the criteria used to determine the success of the challenges. The maximum number of advanced standing credits is six. Each is subject to a Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) review due to the unique aspect of the community economic development framework of the MBA (CED) program.
Students will be required to maintain a 3.0 Grade Point Average (GPA) to remain in the program. Enrolment is limited to 20 students.

The Modular MBA (CED)
The MBA(CED) program includes three integrated core modules and a research essay or case study. All students take courses in modular format (residency required) in July with classes from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily for 20 days. From August to December, students do independent study, research projects and written papers. In late February or early March, the department sends students course outlines and reading materials for the July modules. Until July, students work on reading and skills preparation for the upcoming intensive month of study. Students have an opportunity to take a minimum of one course in the fall and one in the winter/spring session. Upon the completion of Module II, each student is linked with a mentor active in community economic development. Mentors provide encouragement and practical feedback to the student until the completion of the program. Upon completion of Module III, each student is assigned research advisors who continue to work with the student until the final research essay/case study is completed

Module I

MBAD 500: Business and Community Development I (3 Credits)
Provides the theoretical and philosophical foundations of community economic development, identifying business as a way of achieving an enhanced quality of community life. Students are introduced to the language and concept of "Third Sector" structures such as community development corporations, worker-owned ventures, and similar initiatives.

MBAD 502: Principles of Accounting with CED Applications (3 Credits)
A combination of financial and managerial accounting themes designed particularly for those working in a CED environment. We next focus on accounting from a "manager's" decision-making point of view; that is, as a person interpreting rather than preparing these statements. Issues relating to cash flow management, budgeting and relevant costs will be discussed.

MBAD 504: Principles of Finance with CED Applications (3 Credits)
Provides students with a comprehensive body of knowledge concerning management of the firm's financial affairs. The course covers financial analysis and planning, valuation of assets, long-term capital budgeting and capital structure decisions, short-term investment and financing decisions, and tax principles influencing the organization's finance and investment decisions.

MBAD 505: Organizational Behavior (3 Credits)
The course presents the history, theory, models, and research in several topics in organization behaviour and organization design, including strategic human resource planning. Class discussions, exercises, and cases will be used to reinforce concepts and improve skills required in managing and motivating people.

MBAD 612: Economic and Geography Development (3 Credits)
Introduces students to the analytic tools that economic geographers use to measure and compare spatial variations in economic growth. The course describes the dominant economic mechanisms and processes of uneven development that produce global cities, peripheral regions, and regional economies. Students will employ this background to study the attributes of a depleted community and to assess its potential for economic recovery.
Module II

MBAD 600: Community and Business Development II (Credits 3)
This practical course will explore the relationship of business with the community, and the challenges and issues surrounding community-based business institutions. This topic will be explored through the assigned readings, case studies and class discussion. The course will seek to draw from theories of CED and the social economy and compare them to examples of how community business and CED gets implemented.

MBAD 601: Principles of Finance with CED Applications (3Credits)
Provides students with a comprehensive body of knowledge concerning management of the firm's financial affairs. The course covers financial analysis and planning, valuation of assets, long-term capital budgeting and capital structure decisions, short-term investment and financing decisions, and tax principles influencing the organization's finance and investment decisions.

MBAD 603: Applied Research Methods (3Credits)
This survey course will provide students with an understanding of varying approaches to applied research, including qualitative, quantitative, and ethnographic methods. Learners will be required to analyze critically the strengths and weaknesses of the methods. Participants will be encouraged to prepare their proposal for their major research essay and identify research methods appropriate to their research project.

MBAD 624: International Business (3 Credits)
This course focuses on the issues raised by doing business internationally. It examines the economic and financial environment, institutions and markets, and interrelationships of principal trade centres. It also discusses trade issues and strategic international management issues. The course is integrated across business functional areas.

MBAD Elective (3 Credits)

Module III

MBAD 605: Community Organization and Leadership Training (3 Credits)
The course uses a combination of lectures, discussions, cases and presentations to focus on leadership training techniques. It covers major issues in leadership, and presents practical techniques for implementation. Learners will be able to analyze typical leadership problems and develop options for solutions, including means for conflict resolution and mediation. Emphasis is placed on cultural and political differences in the conduct of community organization and leadership training, and their effect on outcomes.

MBAD 608: Comparative Development (3 Credits)
This course employs a comparative approach in the assessment of alternative development philosophies in both the North and South, especially those which attempt to define a sustainable community. It examines the influence of natural resources and governance on development, it synthesizes concepts of development, and it examines strategies used to formulate action plans to achieve sustainability in communities. Learners will become skilled in thinking globally and acting locally, and on using qualitative and quantitative indicators of sustainability.

MBAD 618: Principles of Venture Analysis (3 Credits)
The course provides students with opportunities to apply knowledge acquired in prior experience and other business courses, in planning and developing a business venture. Students who complete this course will have a sound understanding of the process of developing a business plan, and will be able to evaluate business plans. The course will also attempt to explore the differences between traditional business practice and community economic development.

MBAD 630: Strategic Management (3 Credits)
Introduces students to the basic concepts and methodologies used in crafting and executing business strategy. The course provides the student with the opportunity to apply knowledge garnered in previous courses and to integrate it. Will use the case method extensively and will focus on strategic decision making in the CED context.

MBAD Elective (3 Credits)

6) Saint Mary’s University – Sobey School of Business
http://www.stmarys.ca/academic/sobey/programs/mmccu/welcome.html

Master of Management – Co-operatives and Credit Unions
The Master of Management - Co-operatives and Credit Unions is an innovative web-based program that brings together, in cyber space, co-op and credit union professionals from around the world to learn how to combine the principles of co-operation with active, aggressive management practices.

The MMCCU is designed to provide graduates with the management learning and skills needed to run a successful co-operative business. Throughout the curriculum, each management issue and function is explored within the context of the unique co-operative business environment created by the values and principles of co-operation. The program is based on the premise that co-operation among co-operatives is not only "nice" but is essential to ensuring that globalization does not leave co-operative businesses on the periphery of the economy. Candidates will examine how co-operative values and financial success are not mutually exclusive goals but complementary and interdependent elements of co-operative business success.

"The co-operative and credit union values and principles are not a sea anchor dragging behind the ship and impeding progress, but rather are the mainsail that should provide its power and ensure its business success."

An international program, the MMCCU draws its candidates, faculty, and research from around the globe. You may study with managers from different types of credit unions and co-operatives located in different countries (or different continents) linked by information technology and face-to-face learning encounters.
Courses

The program consists of 12 courses in addition to a thesis requirement. Courses are designed to be taken in sequence by the entire cohort. It is expected that it will take candidates almost three years to complete the course work, and then begin their thesis work. Detailed course descriptions are available at:
http://www.stmarys.ca/academic/sobey/programs/mmccu/courses.html#1

The specific course requirements of the degree are:

First Year Courses
MMCC 5500.1(.2): Philosophical Origins and Historical Evolution of Co-operative Governance and Business Practice.
MMCC 5510.1(.2): The Emerging Global Economy and Society from a Co-operative Perspective I.
MMCC 5520.1(.2): Comparative Co-operative Practice I: Variety and Range of Co-operative Business.
MMCC 5530.1(.2): Co-operative Financial Analysis and Management I.

Second Year Courses
MMCC 5540.1(.2): The Emerging Global Economy and Society from a Co-operative Perspective II.
MMCC 5550.1(.2): Field Research: Study Visits to Exemplars of Excellent Co-operative Business Practice
MMCC 6600.1(.2): Comparative Co-operative Practice II: Co-operative Innovations and Best Practice.
MMCC 6610.1(.2): Technology, Communication and Co-operation.

Third Year Courses
MMCC 6620.1(.2): Marketing the Co-operative Advantage: Co-operative Education, Member Relations and Marketing.
MMCC 6630.1(.2): Co-operative Financial Analysis and Management II.
MMCC 6640.1(.2): The Co-operative Management Approach I: Governance, Planning and Strategic Analysis.
MMCC 6650.1(.2): The Co-operative Management Approach II: Leadership, Personnel and Management Style.
MMCC 6670.0: Thesis: Co-operative Management Audit.
MMCC 5500.1(.2): Philosophical Origins and Historical Evolution of Co-operative Governance and Business Practice.

United States

1) University of Wisconsin – Center for Cooperatives
http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/

Established in 1962, the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (UWCC) strives to study, promote and research cooperative action as a means of meeting the economic and social needs of people.
As a member of the Cooperative Education Alliance, a partnership between the Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives, the Minnesota Association of Cooperatives and UW Extension, the Center organizes various extension/outreach programs directed at all aspects of cooperative business principles, organizing cooperatives, cooperative financing, cooperative structure, cooperative management, leadership and governance, and related topics for both agricultural and consumer cooperatives. The Center also conducts applied and theoretical research on a variety of cooperative issues. As a result, UWCC faculty and staff are involved in numerous multi- state and multi-disciplinary research projects.
One of the oldest cooperative centers in the country, the Center is an inter-disciplinary unit combining the resources of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension. Center activities are conducted through partnerships with UW-Extension agents, UW faculty, state cooperative councils and others.

Director Leadership Workshops:
In partnership with the Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives and the Minnesota Association of Cooperatives, the UWCC provides focused programs that enable our cooperatives to thrive in a dynamic and competitive business environment. The Director Leadership workshops are a series of workshops for directors and managers covering core skills. You will network with other co-op leaders, discover new ideas to solving problems and gain the valuable skills that you need to make effective decisions.

Cooperative Distance Education:
Through the University of Wisconsin-Extension Independent Learning, the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives offers course #C108- A40 ($65 U.S. in 2001). This correspondence course offers the history, principles, management and financing of cooperatives. Credit and non-credit courses on cooperatives are offered through UW Extension Independent Learning.
For more information please write or call:
UW Learning Innovations, 505 S. Rosa Road, Madison WI 53719-1257 USA Telephone: 800-442-6460 / Fax: 608-262-4096

2) UC Berkeley – Social and Cultural Studies

Course offered in 1998:
Cooperatives and Community Development Education for Ownership: Course explores the critical role of education in creating member-owned, democratically-controlled organizations. The course will survey cooperative development strategies which strengthen communities, create economic opportunity and provide needed services.
Syllabus available at: http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/dggray.html

3) University of Kansas – Arthur Capper Cooperative Center
http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/accc/internscholar/accc_intern.htm

The Arthur Capper Cooperative Center (ACCC) in the K-State Department of Agricultural Economics was established on June 11, 1984 by an agreement between Kansas State University and the Kansas Cooperative Council. Our mission is to serve as a premier center of excellence in cooperative education. We focus on cooperative research, cooperative business development, cooperative finance, cooperative leadership, cooperative strategic management and cooperative marketing.
Our primary objective is to increase understanding of the cooperative form of business. We conduct teaching, research and educational extension programs to help students and cooperatives understand and improve decision making in cooperatives, cooperative performance, customer service to patrons of cooperatives, cooperative industry standards and the ability of cooperatives to compete with other businesses in the marketplace.

We have added or expanded cooperative topics in courses, including presentations by cooperative leaders, and developed an in-depth case study of a local cooperative to teach cooperative principles, economics, and management to aid in cooperative education. We have also developed a comprehensive software program which helps cooperatives determine results of alternative strategies. We have presented educational programs and information to various state, regional and national audiences including an Annual CEO Round Table, seminars on cooperative finance, cooperative marketing, and cooperative organization and assisted with the Kansas Cooperative Council's Director Development Program. We have also established a cooperative library containing over 7,000 documents, books and videos and created the Arthur Capper Cooperative Research Collection in the K-State library.

Internships:
The objectives of the ACCC Cooperative Summer Intern Program are:

1. To provide students with a valuable learning experience about cooperatives, be a source of summer employment and a contact and work experience valuable in choosing permanent employment following graduation.

2. To provide cooperatives the opportunity to educate college students about cooperatives, to attract the student to your business or type of business, to obtain seasonal summer help and to get an evaluation of a specific business operation or opportunity.

The student must be enrolled at Kansas State University and be a Junior or Senior by next Fall Semester. The student also has the option of receiving academic credit of up to 3 hours. The student must register for AGEC 445, Agribusiness Internship, for Fall Semester to receive academic credit. Grades will be given on a credit/no credit basis. Students in other departments, such as Agronomy and Animal Science, are welcome to participate and may choose to enroll in an intern course within their department

4) Cornell University – Cooperative Enterprise Program
http://cooperatives.aem.cornell.edu/

The Cooperative Enterprise Program (CEP) operates within the Department of Applied Economics and Management in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University.
The mission of the program is to enhance the performance of existing cooperative businesses and facilitate the development of emerging cooperative enterprise through teaching, research, and outreach. Program initiatives are aimed primarily at senior management and boards of directors of cooperatives with an emphasis on finance, management, strategic planning, and marketing.
The CEP has grown out of a long-standing outreach effort at Cornell to agricultural cooperative businesses since the turn of the century. The program supports training and research for cooperative business enterprises, and assists new, emerging cooperatives as well as groups of businesses forming networks in rural communities.
The Cooperative Enterprise Program, in collaboration with the Cornell Cooperative Enterprise Program's and Cornell Cooperative Extension, explores ways to enhance rural economic development through cooperative businesses, intergovernmental cooperation, and manufacturing networks.
The CEP has established a good working relation with the Northeast Cooperative Council (NECC). NECC is a regional, non-profit membership organization serving cooperatives in New York State and New England. Council members represent a variety of cooperative businesses, including rural utility, insurance, credit, service, supply, and marketing.
4) University of California, Davis. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics – Rural Cooperatives Center
http://cooperatives.ucdavis.edu/about/index.htm

Mission: The center’s mission is to provide research, education, extension and outreach to California’s rural cooperative community.

Organization: We are an Outreach Resource Center providing public information, cooperative education, and research and development. The Rural Cooperatives Center, within the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, supports the development of new rural cooperatives in California, as well as addressing issues related to established rural cooperatives. Our research and outreach programs are directed at various aspects of rural cooperatives, including economic issues, cooperative business principles, cooperative financing, cooperative management, leadership and governance. It is directed by Dr. Shermain Hardesty, and supported by a half-time program assistant and graduate research assistants.

Undergraduate Courses in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics:
ARE 132 Cooperative Business Enterprises. (3) I: Study of cooperative business enterprise in the United States and elsewhere; economic theories of behavior, principles of operation, finance, decision-making, and taxation.

5) Southern New Hampshire University – The School of Community Economic Development
http://www.snhu.edu/388.asp

The School of CED is internationally recognized as a center of excellence and a leader in education, public policy, research and institution-building. It is the only community economic development school in the country to offer both graduate and doctoral programs. Our faculty members combine excellence in teaching and have extremely diverse backgrounds, research interests and areas of expertise. You can study on campus, at night, on weekends and through our international satellite and nonresidential programs. Community economic development gives people control over their economic futures by developing leadership in the poorest communities and eliminating the apathy that can result from generations of poverty and neglect.

Programs:

Nonprofit Management of Community Development: The M.A.s are not socializing or entry-level programs in the field. They are advanced practitioner programs that require a strong background in professional practice.
The M.A. in nonprofit management of community development is designed to address the needs of senior professionals for advanced training in management, a focus on community-based organizations and non-governmental organization, and a shorter study period than that offered at the doctoral level. The focus is on analytical and practical skills for advanced or senior managers. M.A.npm applicants fit closely the “advanced practitioner” label; many have master's degrees and a track record of progressively responsible practice, often at an executive or senior management level. Many M.A.npm courses are taken in the doctoral core management curriculum, and involve both management theory and advanced practice. The rest of the curriculum consists of management courses in the national or international programs. A supervised management paper or CED field project act as a thesis.
Candidates for the M.A. in nonprofit management must complete 36 credit hours of course work that includes required doctoral-level courses, and any combination of management courses offered in the graduate programs. The course work may be completed over 20 months in residential or weekend formats. The residential format allows students to do the required course work at an accelerated pace. Depending on the courses students take each semester, their schedule will follow either the master's weekend format (four three-day meetings per semester) or the doctoral extended weekend format (five five-day meetings per semester).
Courses:

CED 708 - Fundamentals of Coops and Credit Unions
A cooperative is a flexible model for creating community-owned institutions. This course covers the start-up of a cooperative, membership issues, legal issues, tax and security issues, cooperative management systems and the educational components of cooperative development. Students review various types of cooperatives, including worker, consumer, credit and housing cooperatives.

CED865 Advanced Nonprofit Management

Full Course List Available at: http://www.snhu.edu/563.asp

6) Arizona State University – Center for Non-Profit Leadership and Management
http://www.asu.edu/copp/nonprofit/index.htm

The ASU Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Management exists to advance nonprofit leadership practice so that organizations can better achieve their mission. Whether the mission is housing, youth development, recreation, or neighborhood revitalization, effective nonprofit organizations improve individual lives and enhance our entire community.

Academic Certificates and Degrees offered through Centre:
The Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Management offers professional development through NMI and supports nonprofit leadership academic education for undergraduate and graduate students as part of the School of Community Resources and Development at ASU.
Undergraduate Program: The Bachelor of Science degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management provides theoretical and practical understanding of the nonprofit sector's role as an integral part of the social, political, economic, and philanthropic fabric of American society. Students will graduate ready for professional nonprofit careers as program directors, fund development directors, field executives, and volunteer coordinators. By completing the undergraduate program, you may also earn national certification from American Humanics, Inc. which will prepare you to lead and strengthen nonprofit organizations. The American Humanics Certificate program is a 30 credit hour national certification program awarded through American Humanics Inc., and prepares you to lead and strengthen nonprofit organizations.
Graduate Program: The Masters of Nonprofit Studies (MNpS) is intended for professionals who work in or desire to work in the nonprofit sector, addressing the unique character of nonprofit organizations and the social sector. The program consists of 33 credit hours of coursework culminating with a capstone course taken at the end of the program. A Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management is available as a stand-alone program for graduate-level, non-degree seeking students as well as a concentration for students pursuing graduate degrees in Social Work, Public Administration, Business Administration, Education, and other fields of endeavor.

7) Case Western Reserve University – Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.case.edu/mandelcenter/

The Mandel Center supports the mission of nonprofits through a blend of services and programs that nurture the development and prosperity of nonprofit organizations and their leadership.

Graduate Education at the Centre:
Graduate education programs provide you with the management skills and knowledge to address a range of issues confronting nonprofits today. The Mandel Center offers a graduate degree or certificate in nonprofit management, one of the only programs in the world that offers this specialized degree. We also offer an Executive Option master's for established professionals and a dual degree or certificate with Case's Mandel School of Applied Social Science, the Weatherhead School of Management, and the School of Law.

Master’s Programs:
http://www.case.edu/mandelcenter/grad/mno/

Master of Nonprofit Organizations
The Master of Nonprofit Organizations degree consists of 60 credit hours of academic work taken over two years of full-time study, or approximately 48 months of part-time study. Part-time students may accelerate their progress depending upon the number of courses they take in any given semester. The MNO is based on a multidisciplinary curriculum consisting of four thematic areas: Nonprofit Purposes, Traditions, and Contexts; Analytic Thinking for Nonprofit Leaders; Generating and Managing Resources for Nonprofit Organizations; and Leading Nonprofit Organizations. Students take 33 hours of required courses, and 27 hours of elective courses (see below). This structure allows the student broad latitude to customize his or her program of study to meet professional interests and needs.

Master of Nonprofit Organization – Executive Option
The MNO - Executive Option is a professional degree option designed for nonprofit managers and practitioners with at least 10 years of professional experience and 5 years or more of management or supervisory experience. The MNO - Executive Option is based upon the Master of Nonprofit Organizations curriculum. The MNO - Executive Option consists of 45 credit hours typically taken over 18 months of full-time study or approximately three years of part-time study. MNO - Executive Option students typically take 30 hours of required courses and 15 hours of elective courses. Students who have taken prior coursework in the required areas may, with faculty approval, replace specific required courses with other elective courses.

Certificate Program:
http://www.case.edu/mandelcenter/grad/cnm/

Certificate in Nonprofit Management
The Certificate in Nonprofit Management is a non-degree professional certificate consisting of 15 credit hours of graduate-level coursework: one required course, Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector (MAND 401), and four courses drawn from the Mandel Center course list (see below). Classes are offered in the late afternoon, evenings, and on weekends to accommodate working professionals. The typical student takes one year to complete the program. CNM courses may be chosen from the Center's multidisciplinary curriculum, which encompasses four thematic areas: Nonprofit Purposes, Traditions, and Contexts; Analytic Thinking for Nonprofit Leaders; Generating and Managing Resources for Nonprofit Organizations; and Leading Nonprofit Organizations. A CNM student may select courses from any of the curricular themes and may customize a program of study to meet professional interests and needs.

Executive Programs:
http://www.case.edu/mandelcenter/grad/edm/

Executive Doctor of Management Degree
The Mandel Center, in partnership with the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, offers the nation's first practice-oriented, cross-sector, doctoral-level program for nonprofit leaders.
The Executive Doctor of Management Degree, offered by the Weatherhead School of Management, is the first doctoral program in the world to integrate concept and practice within the context of today's emerging and pressing global issues. The EDM is available to a small, select group of experienced executives who possess a master's degree and are committed to pursuing formal, rigorous study as practitioner-scholars. By addressing practicing executives' specialized needs for advanced knowledge and skills, the EDM program enables dedicated professionals to explore new horizons of executive leadership within their organizations and beyond.

Dual Degree Programs:
http://www.case.edu/mandelcenter/grad/dual/

The Mandel Center currently offers dual degree programs to enable students to combine the Master of Nonprofit Organizations degree (MNO) with a degree from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (MNO/MSSA), the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University (MNO/JD), or the Department of Music in the School of Graduate Studies (MNO/MA).
All dual degree students:
*must be admitted to each degree program separately, and
*must receive both degrees simultaneously to be granted credit for specific courses taken
in the other program.

Course Offerings:
http://www.case.edu/mandelcenter/grad/courses/

8) City University of New York – Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
http://www.philanthropy.org/

An integral part of The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (CPCS) focuses on giving, volunteerism, and nonprofit entrepreneurship by individual donors, foundations, and corporations in the United States and around the world. Since its inception, CPCS has worked to highlight the philanthropic activities of different institutions and groups, with a particular emphasis on multiculturalism - the patterns of giving and voluntarism by different religious, ethnic, racial, gender, and economic groups. As reflected in its partnership in the Coalition for New Philanthropy, CPCS is committed to linking academic approaches with practitioner needs.

International Fellows Program:
http://www.philanthropy.org/programs/intnl_fellows_program.html

The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society’s Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program provides leadership training through applied research and professional mentorships for young scholar-practitioners in the nonprofit sector. The program is open to scholars and practitioners interested in building Third-Sector capacity in the United States and overseas. This year’s Fellows will be selected from abroad and also from communities of color under-represented in the U.S. grant-making sector. Fellows are based at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, where they design and pursue an individualized research project and participate in a seminar with Third-Sector leaders. Specific topical areas are chosen each year.

9) Cleveland State University – Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs: Center for Nonprofit Policy and Practice
http://urban.csuohio.edu/nonprofit/

The Center for Nonprofit Policy & Practice (CNP&P) arose from the College's involvement with community and neighborhood organizations in Cleveland dating back to the 1970s. The CNP&P was founded to support and foster the health of the nonprofit sector in our region through:
*training and technical assistance that support the role of nonprofits in civil society;
*scholarly and applied research; and
*undergraduate and graduate education in the leadership and management of nonprofit organizations.

Undergraduate Degree Program:
http://urban.csuohio.edu/academics/ba_urban_services.shtml

Degree in Urban Services Administration (BA)
The Urban Services Administration major is designed for students aspiring to enter the field of human services and nonprofit management and for those currently employed in positions in these areas. It provides management skills and training directed toward mobilizing community assets and capacity building.
Degree Requirements:
A minimum of 128 credit hours of academic work in which 36 credit hours must be upper division (300 and 400 level) courses.
Achievement of a grade point average of 2.00 or above
Completion of foreign language requirement, if necessary to remedy a high school deficiency
Completion of ASC 101, Introduction to University Life (incoming freshmen only)
Completion of the university, college and major-field requirements.

Undergraduate Course Information
http://urban.csuohio.edu/academics/course_information.shtml

Graduate Degree Programs:
http://urban.csuohio.edu/academics/mpa.shtml

Master of Public Administration (MPA) – Nonprofit Management
The Program’s curriculum is designed to accommodate part-time, mid-career students, as well as full-time students. Courses are offered primarily during the evenings and a few on weekends. The MPA program is a multidisciplinary program. Courses are offered by the Levin College, the Department of Political Science, the College of Business and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. The Program is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). In addition the Levin College has been designated a “Center of Excellence” in Public Administration by the University and the Ohio Board of Regents.

Course Information
http://urban.csuohio.edu/academics/course_information.shtml

10) DePaul University – Public Services Graduate Program
http://www.publicservice.depaul.edu/

The MPS Graduate Program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). In addition, we are members of the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC). These specialized affiliations ensure excellence in education and training for institutions in the public service sector.

Graduate Degree Programs:

Master of Science in Public Services Management
http://www.publicservice.depaul.edu/curr_degrees_mspubserv.asp
Successful completion of a minimum of 52 quarter hours of graduate credit. Each course carries four quarter hours unless otherwise specified.

Master of Science in International Public Services
http://www.publicservice.depaul.edu/curr_degrees_msint.asp
This Program requires successful completion of 52 hours of graduate credit, participation in one MPS study abroad course, and the completion of a integrated seminar or thesis. This program also requires successful completion of an intercultural internship either in the U.S. or overseas for a period of one term for students without substantial overseas experience.

J.D./M.S. in Public Services Management
http://www.publicservice.depaul.edu/curr_degrees_jdms.asp
The Joint degree with the College of Law affords the opportunity to complete both the Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and Master of Science (M.S.) in Public Service Management in three full years of study. Program options in MPS, which have proven to be appropriate to the practice of law, include Health Care Administration, Public Administration, Public Policy, and Metropolitan Planning and Urban Affairs.

Course Descriptions
http://www.publicservice.depaul.edu/courses_descriptions.asp

11) Duke University – Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Volunteerism – Terry Stanford Institute of Public Policy
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/centers/philvol/index.html

Whether they are grouped together as a “sector” of the economy, classified as a mode of behavior or studied as an orientation towards life, philanthropy and voluntary organizations are important phenomena worth serious attention. The Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism was created in 1986 to conduct scholarly research and expand the dialogue about these pursuits. The Center is part of Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. The Institute offers a professional master’s degree in public policy analysis and management as well as an undergraduate major in public policy. The Center’s major objectives are:
To support scholarly research on issues related to philanthropy and voluntarism
To stimulate the exchange of ideas and research findings among scholars and practitioners
To encourage the development of university courses in the area of philanthropy

Teaching
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/centers/philvol/teaching.html
Teaching is one of the central functions of a university, and so it is for the Center. Because the Center is located in an academic unit that offers courses to both undergraduate and graduate students, it has been natural to extend Duke's teaching into areas touching philanthropy and voluntarism. None of the courses sponsored by the Center is designed to be narrowly professional, nor do they constitute a separate degree program for work in the nonprofit sector, although a number of Duke's public policy masters students have gone to work for nonprofit organizations following their study at Duke. Rather, the courses in philanthropy and voluntarism are conceived of as augmenting Duke's current degree programs -- liberal arts courses for undergraduates and applied courses for graduate students.
The following courses have been offered under the Center's auspices in recent years:
· “Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Not-For-Profit Management,” a combined graduate and upper level undergraduate seminar taught by Joel Fleishman, Professor of Law and Public Policy Studies.
· “Tax Exempt Organizations and Public Policy,” a graduate seminar offered jointly in the law school and public policy institute by Charles Clotfelter, Professor of Public Policy Studies, Economics and Law, and Richard Schmalbeck, Professor of Law.
· “The Nonprofit Sector,” a combined graduate and undergraduate seminar taught by Charles Clotfelter, Professor of Public Policy Studies, Economics and Law.
Outlines of these and other courses are available from the Center.

The Center also provides support for Master’s students who take internships with nonprofit organizations or international non-governmental organizations.

12) George Mason University – Public and International Affairs
http://pia.gmu.edu/

Undergraduate and graduate students receive unparalleled educational opportunities via George Mason's close proximity to the nation's capital.
We are home to nationally-recognized political science and public administration programs and world-renowned faculty, some of whom are experts working in Washington, D.C. Students' internship and post-graduate experiences include placement in offices of the federal government, international organizations, embassies, political campaigns, and lobbying or nonprofit organizations.

Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management
http://pia.gmu.edu/grad/mpa/nonprofit/index.html#certificate
The Department of Public and International Affairs offers a 15-credit certificate in nonprofit management. Admission requirements are the same as those of the MPA Program, and students who wish to continue their studies may apply certificate credits toward the MPA degree, pending admission to the MPA program and subject to university policies. This certificate can be completed online. )

Course Offerings
http://pia.gmu.edu/courses/index.php

13) University of Georgetown - Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership
http://cpnl.georgetown.edu/

The Center for Public & Nonprofit Leadership at Georgetown University is a leading education, research and training center dedicated to the development of public, nonprofit and philanthropic leadership. Established in 1997 as the Center for the Study of Voluntary Organizations and Service, the Center has been recognized for pioneering research and academic programs in the field of nonprofit studies. The Center changed its name in 2003 to reflect the expanded scope of its work. Our programs for graduate students, practitioners and policymakers enhance their capacity to work across organizations, communities and sectors to address public needs, tackle public problems and, above all, promote the public good.

Graduate Study and Teaching
Housed in the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, the Center offers courses in the Nonprofit Policy and Leadership Track. Sample courses and faculty include:
Governance and Management of a Nonprofit Organization (Char Mollison, Vice President, Constituency Services, Council on Foundations)
NGOs and Civil Society in Various Nations (Virginia Hodgkinson, Ph.D., Research Professor of Public Policy, GPPI)
The Nonprofit Sector (Alan Abramson, Ph.D., Director, Nonprofit Sector & Philanthropy Program, The Aspen Institute)
Philanthropy and Public Policy (James Allen Smith, Ph.D., Waldemar A. Nielsen Visiting Professor of Philanthropy, CPNL/GPPI)
Public Leadership: Principles, Practices and Realities (Kathy Postel Kretman, Ph.D., Director, CPNL and Research Professor of Public Policy, GPPI)
Public Policy, Advocacy and Social Change (Gary Bass, Executive Director, OMBWatch)

Graduate Nonprofit Management Certificate
http://cpnl.georgetown.edu/pages/nonprofit_management_cer.cfm
The Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program is a graduate-level course of study designed for mid-to-senior level staff, board members, government and foundation grant makers, and others who work with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. In addition to our core Georgetown faculty, we bring in leading experts to discuss current issues and trends affecting the nonprofit sector. Certificate topics include:
Overview of the Nonprofit Sector
Governance
Strategic Planning and Evaluation
Financial Management
Resource and Fund Development
Social Entrepreneurship and Cross-Sector Partnerships
Managing Organizational Change
Human Resources and Volunteer Management
Advocacy in the Public Interest
Marketing and Communications
Capstone Seminar

14) Georgia State University – Andrew Young School of Policy Studies: Nonprofit Studies Program
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/nonprofit/index.htm

The AYSPS includes some 50 full-time faculty members in the departments of Economics and Public Administration and Urban Studies. Most of the faculty teach and do research in policy areas with applications to the nonprofit sector, including health, welfare, education, tax and environmental policy, as well as human resources issues, and some specialize in nonprofit sector analysis. In addition, distinguished nonprofit practitioners in the community are involved both as guest lecturers, and as instructors.

Graduate Programs

Master of Public Administration (MPA) – Career Track: Nonprofit Management
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/mastersbulletin/MPA.htm#nonprofit
Nonprofit organizations employ one of every 15 workers in the nation and generate more than $500 billion in revenues each year. This career track prepares students to meet the challenges of a rapidly expanding field. Its twin goals are to help nonprofit managers already working in the field to advance their careers and to assist those just beginning to gain the skills needed to become effective professionals.

Master of Science in Urban Policy Studies – Specialization: Nonprofit and Civic Leadership
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/degrees/MSUS.htm
The Master of Science in Urban Policy Studies (M.S.-UPS) offers an ideal vehicle for studying the important public policy issues facing our urban areas. Graduates of the M.S.-UPS move on to all manner of positions – in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors – focused on urban policy questions.

Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/mastersbulletin/gradcert_nonprofit.htm
The certificate program in Nonprofit Management has two focuses. First, it will cover the skills in management, economic decision making, marketing, fundraising, and financial management that graduates can use (but which they are unlikely to get on the job) in any part of the nonprofit sector: social service provision, education, health, the arts, the environment, international relief, or religion. Second, while most nonprofit management certificates have an exclusively practitioner focus, the Georgia State program will prepare students interested in pursuing nonprofit studies within graduate programs in Public Administration, Policy Analysis, or Economics.
This certificate will serve two main groups of professionals: those currently in the nonprofit sector who want to acquire new skills or need a credential to advance professionally, and those outside the sector wishing to enter.

Course Syllabi

PAUS 8201 – International NGOs
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/courses/syllabi.htm

PAUS 8203 – Nonprofit Advocacy, Law and Policy
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/courses/syllabi.htm

PAUS 8210 – Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/courses/syllabi/paus8210_spring05_rushton.htm

PAUS 8211 – Nonprofit Management
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/courses/syllabi/paus8211_spring03_rushton.pdf

PAUS 8221 – Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/courses/syllabi/paus8221_spring04_okane.pdf

PAUS 8231 – Nonprofit Leadership and Management
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/courses/syllabi/paus8231_fall06_Twombly.pdf

PAUS 8233 – Power, Faith and Civic Leadership
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/courses/syllabi.htm

PAUS 8241 – Marketing in the Nonprofit Sector
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/courses/syllabi.htm

PAUS 8261 – Nonprofit Financial Management
http://www.aysps.gsu.edu/academics/courses/syllabi/PAUS8261_Sp06eger.pdf

15) Grand Valley State University – School of Public and Nonprofit Administration
http://www.gvsu.edu/spna/

The mission of the School of Public and Nonprofit Administration is to educate students for lives of active citizenship as contributing members of their local, regional, national, and global communities, and for professional careers in public and nonprofit organizations. We are committed to developing in undergraduate and graduate students the capacities for ethical judgment, critical thinking, and the core competencies necessary to fulfill multiple roles as effective managers and public servants.

Undergraduate Degree Programs

Baccalaureate Program
http://www.gvsu.edu/spna/ba.html
The baccalaureate program provides professional orientation and career specialization along with a sound liberal arts foundation. It is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary for success in public, private, and nonprofit organizations. The curriculum emphasizes general public administration knowledge but also allows students to concentrate in selected specialties. Both freshmen and transfer students who are admitted to Grand Valley are eligible for admission to the program. Students interested in public administration should seek the advice of faculty in the program, especially when choosing courses to fit various needs and interests. The public and nonprofit administration major consists of 36 credit hours, which includes three credit hours of required internship (PA 490).

Graduate Degree Programs

Master in Public Administration (MPA) Program – Concentration: Nonprofit Management and Leadership
http://www.gvsu.edu/spna/mpa.html
The GVSU Nonprofit Management and Leadership concentration is unique in Michigan and distinctive in a national context. The program provides substantial concentration in the field of not-for-profit management, while it is fully integrated with the School of Public Administration programs and mission to prepare people for public service. The concentration has a special concern for the philosophical questions raised in the study of "philanthropy", broadly conceived.
The management of not-for-profit organizations has special requirements both in function and in structure. From the relationship between executives and boards to the legal structure and the ways in which income is generated and monies accounted for, not-for-profits are different from both government and business. Moreover, there is a different set of expectations about what constitutes appropriate purposes and behavior for these organizations, which if violated can cause significant problems.

Therefore, managers of not-for-profit organizations must have the knowledge base and skills of administrators, but they must also have additional, distinctive skills and understandings to lead and manage nonprofit organizations effectively. These subjects are dealt with in the curriculum. Given the growing restraints on governments capacities to address critical social problems and human needs, our society has turned more and more to not-for-profit organizations for services and solutions.

Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership
http://www.gvsu.edu/spna/certificate.html

The Graduate Certificate Program in Nonprofit Leadership provides a unique opportunity to pursue a theoretically based and practically oriented education in leadership for nonprofit professional throughout West Michigan. The program offers local nonprofit managers the current professional skills and perspectives required to do their work more effectively in the rapidly changing nonprofit sector of society.

The Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership is specifically designed for the seasoned nonprofit manager who has an advanced degree or an undergraduate degree and a number of years of professional experience. It is intended for those holding or seeking executive positions who wish to further their education but may not want or be able to pursue a complete graduate degree at this time. However, courses taken in the certificate program may be applied toward the Master of Public Administration degree at a later date.

16) Harvard University – The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.ksghauser.harvard.edu/

The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations is a university-wide research center at Harvard University. Established in 1997 with a generous grant from Rita and Gus Hauser, the Center pursues dispassionate research and education, promoting critical thinking about the importance, roles and performance of civic organizations. While our name speaks specifically of nonprofits, our research has expanded over the years to include other organizations of civil society as well. The Hauser Center is comprised of a community of Harvard researchers, faculty, staff, students, and practitioners linked to similar individuals in the US and around the world. Our work is disseminated through publications, conferences, seminars, lectures, courses and scholarly testimony before public bodies at the international, national and local levels. In order to produce the highest quality research, we consider it vital that our community represent a broad range of disciplines, intellectual approaches and interests. This approach best reflects the breadth of the field, and allows us to draw from and build upon a fuller range of experiences, perspectives and frameworks.

Programs
http://www.ksghauser.harvard.edu/programs/

The Social Entrepreneurship Collaboratory (SE Lab)
http://www.ksghauser.harvard.edu/programs/SELab/index.htm
A laboratory workshop where student teams create/develop plans for U.S. and international social entrepreneurship (SE) initiatives. Proposed initiatives may be new entities, or innovative projects, partnerships, and/or other arrangements with existing organizations. The SE Lab combines academic theory; frameworks; and traditional research in organizations, management, and public policy with fieldwork; action research; peer support and learning; and participation of domain experts and social entrepreneurship practitioners. It provides students with an opportunity to collaborate in teams to develop their ideas and social change theory, to draft SE business plans to launch or develop their initiatives, and, if desired, to compete for awards and recognition in the marketplace of ideas. Students enrolling in the SE Lab will attend seminar meetings presenting case and lecture material designed to help them define characteristics of high-performing entrepreneurial projects and will make presentations of their projects to receive feedback, guidance, and suggestions from peers, faculty, and invited guests. Prerequisites: STM-143/HBS-1620, or permission of the instructor, and the instructor’s approval of a two-to-three-page project concept design.
Syllabus:
http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/degreeprog/Syllabus.nsf/0/03722B19BA0ADC1C85257284005C9AE8/$FILE/selab2007-syllabusfeb15.pdf

Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative
The Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative (CSR) at the Kennedy School of Government is a multi-disciplinary program that undertakes research, education and outreach activities to study and enhance the public role of private enterprise. It focuses on exploring the intersection between corporate responsibility, corporate governance and strategy, public policy, and the media. The CSR Initiative is a cooperative effort between the Center for Business and Government, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Center for Public Leadership and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. The initiative is supported by a group of founding sponsors: ChevronTexaco, The Coca-Cola Company, General Motors, and Walter H. Shorenstein.

17) Harvard Business School – Social Enterprise Initiative http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/whatis.html

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS generates and shares knowledge that helps individuals and organizations create social value in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors. Social Enterprise plays a critical role in supporting the School's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world by integrating social enterprise-related research, teaching, and activities into the daily life of HBS.
One vitally important way our graduates make a difference in the world is through their leadership in social enterprise as managers and board members of nonprofits and as corporate leaders engaging their businesses in social purpose activities.
Social Enterprise's strategic objectives range from building the world's best faculty dedicated to social enterprise research and teaching to providing learning experiences that not only increase the effectiveness of social-sector executives, but also tap into the potential for social value creation among our entire community of students and alumni.

Graduate Degree Programs

MBA
http://www.hbs.edu/mba/
The Social Enterprise Initiative was created to prepare these students for leadership roles in nonprofit organizations and other social enterprises. Within the MBA Program, students may:
Pursue specific social enterprise interest through curriculum options.
Take an active part in student activities that are major vehicles for student interest in social enterprise.
Benefit from career development assistance and a public-service loan assistance program that aims to lower the financial barriers to employment for graduates who want to join the nonprofit sector.
By the time our students graduate, they are prepared to address society's most pressing challenges and are on their way to becoming outstanding business leaders who will contribute to the well-being of society. Over 80 percent of our alumni are involved with nonprofits, with 57 percent serving on nonprofit boards of directors.

18) Indiana University – The Center on Philanthropy
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/

The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University is a leading academic center dedicated to increasing the understanding of philanthropy and improving its practice through research, teaching, public service and public affairs. Founded in 1987, the Center is a part of the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The Center was founded as the result of the convergence of two ideas. First, some people recognized the need to professionalize fundraising and to create a permanent, university-based home for The Fund Raising School. Others were interested in building knowledge about the philanthropy field through an inter-disciplinary approach grounded in the liberal arts. These ideas, and the goal of bringing scholars and practitioners together to learn from each other, are the founding principles that remain the bedrock of our mission.

Undergraduate Degree Programs
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/Education/undergrad.aspx
One may choose from among the following programs:
American Humanics Certificate , 18 credits and internship
Museum Studies Certificate , 24 credits
Nonprofit Management Certificate , 15 credits and internship
Philanthropic Studies minor , 15 credits
Public and Nonprofit Management major , 30 credits
Summer Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service , 6 credits and in-depth internship

Graduate Degree Programs

Master of Arts in Philanthropic Studies
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/Education/ma.aspx
The Master of Arts in Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University is the first masters degree program in the United States to focus on the history, culture, and values of philanthropy. While other programs focus on the "how" of nonprofit management, this program focuses on the "why" - the social, cultural, political, and economic roles played by philanthropy and nonprofit organizations in both contemporary and historical settings.
Our program enables you to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue further graduate study in relevant fields or to enter the field as a nonprofit professional. Investigate the broader theoretical issues of philanthropy and your area of specialization from a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Curriculum
The M.A. in Philanthropic Studies is a 36-credit-hour graduate program that includes 24 hours of course work central to the study of philanthropy, 6 hours of elective courses and six hours of thesis work or courses in lieu of thesis. The Philanthropic Studies Program is part of the IUPUI School of Liberal Arts.

Courses
Required core courses (18 credits) The 18 credits of core courses will normally include those listed below:
The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector PHST P521 3 credits OR The Philanthropic Tradition I PHST P501, 3 credits
Civil Society and Philanthropy PHST P523, 3 credits
History of Philanthropy in the West HIST H509, 3 credits OR History of American Philanthropy HIST H511, 3 credits
Human and Financial Resources for Philanthropy PHST P512, 3 credits
Ethics and Values of Philanthropy PHIL P542, 3 credits
Internship in Philanthropic Studies PHST P590, 3 credits
Comparative course - take one (3 credits)
Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Philanthropy ANTH A509, 3 credits
Civil Society in Comparative Perspective SPEA V524, 3 credits
Religion and Philanthropy REL R590,3 credits
Policy course - take one (3 credits)
The Nonprofit Economy and Public Policy ECON E514, 3 credits
Law of Nonprofit Organizations PHST P535, 3 credits
Electives (6 credits)
Thesis (6 credits)

Executive Master of Arts in Philanthropic Studies
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/Education/exma.aspx
The Executive Master of Arts degree enables practitioners with three to five years of work experience in the nonprofit sector to complete the M.A. in Philanthropic Studies. Students can finish the requirements for the degree in three years of residential and directed off-site study. The program explores the social, cultural, political, and economic roles played by philanthropy and nonprofit organizations in contemporary and historical settings.
The Executive M.A. in Philanthropic Studies is a 36-credit-hour graduate program that includes 6 core courses central to the study of philanthropy (summer residential study), one video history course, one internship, two electives, and a thesis or courses in lieu of thesis.
The Master of Arts in Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University is one of the first master's degree programs in the United States to focus on the history, culture and values of philanthropy. Other programs focus on the "how" of nonprofit management. In contrast, this program explores the "why" - the social, cultural, political, and economic roles played by philanthropy and nonprofit organizations in contemporary and historical settings. Although management practice is not neglected, the program focuses the discussion on the distinctive values underlying the varieties of philanthropic experience.

Courses – Detailed List Available at:
http://www.spea.iupui.edu/PDF/MPA.pdf

Masters of Public Affairs in Nonprofit Management Degree
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/Education/mpa.aspx
The Master of Public Affairs in Nonprofit Management (MPA) degree is offered through the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA). If you are working for a nonprofit agency or want to enter the field, this professional management degree program is intended for you. Become a social entrepreneur by studying the art and craft of developing, managing and distributing resources for the common good. At a time when the social and economic role of government is changing, this program prepares you to address new challenges and opportunities in philanthropy, voluntarism, civil society and civic investment.
(See “Indiana University – School of Public and Environmental Affairs: Nonprofit Management Certificate” for a detailed description and course list.)

Curriculum
The M.P.A. in Nonprofit Management program consists of 21 credit hours of core courses in public affairs and management, as well as 18 credit hours of concentration courses exploring various aspects of the nonprofit sector. An additional nine credit hours of electives or mid-career credits complete this 48-hour program of study. This degree is available on both the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses of Indiana University.

Doctor of Philosophy in Philanthropic Studies
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/Education/phd.aspx
The primary goal of the Doctor of Philosophy of Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University is the preparation of researchers and scholars who will provide leadership in the profession of philanthropy, higher education, and nonprofit organizations.

Dual Degree Programs
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/Education/dual.aspx
M.A./M.P.A. - Dual Master of Arts in Philanthropic Studies and Master of Public Affairs in Nonprofit Management
Master of Arts in Philanthropic Studies and Master of Library Science
Master of Arts in Economics and Philanthropic Studies
Master of Arts in History and Philanthropic Studies
Master of Arts in Philanthropic Studies and Master of Science in Nursing, Nursing Administration
Indiana University's dual degree programs allow you to receive two master's degrees in related areas of interest in fewer credit hours than if you obtained each degree separately. It provides a richer education experience than you would receive through an individual degree. Upon graduation, you are more marketable because you will have a deeper awareness and knowledge of the types of organizations in which you may work.

19) Indiana University – School of Public and Environmental Affairs
http://www.spea.iupui.edu/Online_Intensive/nonProfitCourses.asp

Nonprofit Management Certificate
http://www.spea.iupui.edu/Online_Intensive/nonProfitManagement.asp
The Nonprofit Management Certificate (NMC) Online is a collaboration among Indiana University's three leaders in philanthropy and nonprofit management - the School of Liberal Arts’ Center on Philanthropy and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs' Bloomington (SPEA-IUB) and Indianapolis (SPEA-IUPUI) programs.
The program is web-based and asynchronous, which means busy professionals are not tied to specific meeting times and have the flexibility to learn according to their schedules. The NMC Online allows students the flexibility to extend learning beyond geographic boundaries and have access to quality nonprofit management education anywhere with an Internet connection. Using the Internet, students have access to resources at one of America's leading educational institutions.

Courses

Required Courses (9 Credit Hours)
SPEA V525 Management in the Nonprofit Sector (3 cr.)The course provides a survey of topics important for nonprofit management. Internal dynamics, environmental relationships, and public policy are considered. Topics include the legal environment, governance, strategic planning, staff and volunteers, marketing, ethics, evaluation, and change.

SPEA V522 Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)Effective resource management is vital for the long-term success of nonprofit organizations. This course provides an overview of human resource management strategies and practices necessary for the productive functioning of nonprofit organizations. Theories of motivation applicable to the management of staff and volunteers, and personnel topics of recruitment, selection, board-staff relations, compensation, training, and development are covered.

SPEA V526 Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)This course emphasizes a thorough understanding of the language and key concepts of nonprofit financial management. The course covers applications of budgeting, and financial and managerial accounting principles and procedures to nonprofit organizations. The emphasis throughout the course is on the practical application of the fundamental requirements of accounting and financial decision making in the nonprofit organization.

Electives (6 credit hours)
SPEA V521 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (3 cr.)The theory, size, scope, and functions of the nonprofit and voluntary sector are covered from multiple disciplinary perspectives including historical, political, economic, and social.

SPEA V558 Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)Important aspects of the fund raising process in nonprofit organizations are covered, including techniques and strategies for assessing potential sources of support; effective use of human resources; process management; theory to underlay practice; analysis of current practice; practice standards; and discussion of ethical problems.

SPEA V557 Proposal Development and Grant Administration (3 cr.)This course provides the opportunity for each student to develop a complete proposal through participation in the entire grant application process. The integration of case studies, visual media, printed materials, and class discussions provides students with practical knowledge for writing successful proposals.

SPEA V562 Public Program Evaluation (3 cr.)Examination of how the programs of public agencies are proposed, established, operated, and evaluated. Discussion of the role and conduct of research in the program evaluation process. In addition, techniques of effective evaluation and analysis are discussed.

SPEA V598 Governing and Leading in a Global Society (3 cr.)This gateway course will increase student appreciation of the role of public affairs professionals in governance across multiple sectors of society within the global context. Students will learn norms associated with effective practice in public affairs and frame a professional development plan to acquire leadership skills to support these norms.

20) Johns Hopkins University – Institute for Policy Studies – Center for Civil Society
http://www.jhu.edu/~ccss/

The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies seeks to improve understanding and the effective functioning of not-for-profit, philanthropic, or “civil society” organizations in the United States and throughout the world in order to enhance the contribution these organizations can make to democracy and the quality of human life. The Center is part of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies and carries out its work through a combination of research, training, and information-sharing both domestically and internationally.

International Fellows in Philanthropy
http://www.jhu.edu/~philfellow/
The International Fellows in Philanthropy Program promotes advanced study, research, and training at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, Center for Civil Society Studies, for a semester (four months) or a full academic year (nine months), for up to eight persons each year. Program participants are involved in studying or managing private, nonprofit, or philanthropic organizations outside the United States, or serve as government or corporate liaisons to the nonprofit sector. Positions in the program are available at Senior and Junior levels of appointment. The Program also sponsors a Fellows' conference each year in a host country overseas to encourage continuing interchange among Fellows and to assist in broadening understanding of this sector at the international level.

21) Louisiana State University – Shreveport – Institute for Human Services and Public Policy
http://www.lsus.edu/ihspp/index.asp

The Institute for Human Services and Public Policy is an academic unit of Louisiana State University in Shreveport housed in the College of Liberal Arts. The mission of the Institute is to conduct research and disseminate knowledge about nonprofit organizations and health care.
The academic programs of the Institute include the American Humanics Certificate Program, which is offered through the Division of Continuing Education and Public Service. The Master of Science in Human Services Administration offers advanced knowledge base and training necessary for the administration of human service organizations, particularly nonprofit organizations.
The non-academic programs of the Institute include The Red River Summit for Social Entrepreneurship, The Nonprofit Connection: A Renaissance Experience for National Nonprofit CEOs, the Research and Analysis Project, and the Small Nonprofit Conference.

Graduate Degree Programs

Master of Science in Human Services Administration (MSHSA)
http://www.lsus.edu/ihspp/academics_details.asp?ID=1
The Master of Science in Human Services Administration at Louisiana State University in Shreveport requires that students complete a series of courses consisting of 33 credit hours. Of these requirements, 30 hours are traditional classroom-based experiences and 3 hours are directed final project. The course work and co-curricular activities of the program are designed to help you become a nonprofit professional in middle and upper level administrative positions.

Certification Programs

Certificate in Nonprofit Administration
http://www.lsus.edu/ihspp/certifications_details.asp?ID=3
Louisiana State University in Shreveport offers a Certificate in Nonprofit Administration for currently employed nonprofit professionals and other persons who wish to enhance basic administrative skills. This program is a direct response to rapid expansion of the human service field which began in the last decade and is only expected to accelerate. In part, this expansion is fueled by the movement toward devolution, which is the transference of social programs from the federal to state and local levels. Another important factor impacting the need for more nonprofit education opportunities is the realization that nonprofits account for ten percent of the gross national product and employ more persons than the construction trades. The sheer momentum generated by the sector is enormous.

United Kingdom

1) The Cooperative College – Manchester, UK
http://www.co-op.ac.uk/default.htm

The College provides learning, education, training, consultancy and research for the co-operative mutual and social enterprise sectors in the UK and internationally. We offer tailored workshops and qualifications for members, directors, staff and managers in co-operatives, social enterprises and mutual organisations. The College also works with schools, young people and public bodies, raising the awareness of the difference co-operatives and co-operative values can make to individuals and their communities.

Learning Programmes:
http://www.co-op.ac.uk/courseindex.htm

The Co-operative College aims to provide adult and lifelong learning programmes that emphasize co-operative values and principles and be a centre of excellence in training, learning, consultancy and research for the co-operative and mutual sector in the UK and internationally. The College is committed to the Co-operative Principles, lifelong learning and the development of co-operative education. The College offers a range of training programmes designed to meet the needs of members, directors and staff of co-operatives, mutual and social enterprises regionally, nationally and internationally.

Ethical Trading Training: the Ethical Trading Initiative and the Co-operative College have formed a partnership to develop and deliver a five module ETI Training Programme aims to share the knowledge and the learning of the ETI with the widest possible audience initially across the United Kingdom and in 2006 internationally.

Social Enterprise – Training and Development: association with strategic partners, the College has developed a programme of short training courses that aim to improve the business skills of managers, staff, volunteers and board members of social enterprises in the Greater Manchester area.

Co-op Group On-line Learning: learner centred online learning modules that have been developed by the Co-operative College exclusively for members of the Co-operative Group.

E-Learning – A Different Kind of Business: Five short modules of co-operative learning which focus on co-operative identity, values and principles, the co-operative brand and their application to co-operative business today.

2) Open University at Milton Keynes – Cooperatives Research Unit
http://technology.open.ac.uk/cru/

The Co-operatives Research Unit (CRU) is based at the Open University at Milton Keynes in the UK. The Open University is one of the best known distance learning institutions in the world. CRU has nearly 30 years of experience in research, training, consultancy and publications related to co-operatives, social enterprise and other organisations in the social economy. It has three main aims: to encourage and develop thinking and research on issues of importance to the social economy sector; to support the development of co-operatives and other organisations trading for social or ethical purposes; and to work with practitioners, policy makers and researchers at European, national and local levels to develop comparative analyses of issues for improving policy, development and management.

Education and Training:
The Open University is probably the best known distance learning organisation in the world. Work of the research unit has been used in various Open University course material including a course for the unemployed. We have also been involved in producing distance learning material for co-operatives and organisations in the social economy. These include three packs - “Co-operative Working 1, 2, and 3” - to help people set up their own co-operative and improve its business and social performance; The Meetings Pack is intended to help organisations in the social economy improve the way they run meetings.

We also undertake face to face training on a contract basis, including:
Strategic management for technology co-operatives.
Management training for Third World co-operatives.
Strategic Management in the Social Economy.
Developing Buyouts and Turnarounds.

For further information on Training contact:
Angela Walters, CRU SecretaryTel: (01908) 653054Fax: (01908) 652175

3) UCE Birmingham Business School – Social Economy Evaluation Bureau
http://www.business.uce.ac.uk/Research_and_Consultancy/Social_Economy_Evaluation_Bureau.aspx

Management and Enterprise Development Centre (MEDC) has undertaken a large number of evaluations of the impact of initiatives within the UK aimed at enhancing social responsibility and social enterprise. As a direct result of a major ESF/ERDF project, Winning Investment in Social Enterprise, the Centre has established a research and advice service upon social economy evaluation. SEEB maintains a social economy resource centre providing social economy organisations with information, research services and sector expertise.
Please contact Phil Rose for further information.
Email: philip.rose@uce.ac.uk

4) Leeds Metropolitan University – Faculty of Business and Law: Advancing Community Partnerships
http://www.lmu.ac.uk/lbs/erbedu/publicat/adv_com_part.htm

Summary: ERBEDU and CCRS (The University of Hull) have recently produced a major report, Advancing Community Partnerships, for Yorkshire Futures, the regional intelligence network.
This is a time of unprecedented possibilities for boosting community economic development activities in the region, as various funding sources now favour developing social economy initiatives. How these funds are used, and the successes which are achieved, are likely to have a major influence on how future funding programmes are drawn up. If in five years time it can be shown that community economic development has been effective in the many different ways in which it can be measured, then it will be more difficult for future governments to divert funds into alternative forms of economic development. This is a particularly important moment in regeneration history, therefore, not least given the long gap since a community-based approach was last given such a high profile, back in the early 1970s.
It was against this backdrop that Yorkshire Forward commissioned this research work in February 2001. The report is now being used by them to help inform their future work in this area. One direct result of this work is the setting up of a regional social economy taskforce to co-ordinate and support the social economy.
Published: February 2002
Report: http://www.lmu.ac.uk/lbs/erbedu/pdf/adv_com_part.pdf

5) Wales Institute for Research into Cooperatives - University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
www.uwic.ac.uk/ubs/research/wirc/

The research centre was established in April 2000 as the first Welsh centre providing basic, strategic and applied research covering all aspects of the social economy. It is based at the Business School of the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.
The social economy itself is broadly defined as the area covering the relationships between political, social and economic objectives and policy formulation and implementation.
Specific examples of such matters include: employee ownership, community enterprise, co-operative production, co-operative retailing, community provision of services and credit unions.
WIRC members provide academic analyses to raise the profile of the social economy and especially the co-operative sector within the academic community, while keeping a strong policy focus and sharing their academic skills to support co-operative enterprises in Wales.

International

1) University of College Cork, Ireland – Centre for Co-operative Studies
http://www.ucc.ie/acad/foodecon/CCS/Programmes/c_prog_b.html

The Centre for Co-operative Studies is a university research centre that promotes education and training and independent research and consultancy in all aspects of co-operative organisation.

Programmes

MBS in Cooperative and Social Enterprise:
http://www.ucc.ie/acad/foodecon/CCS/Programmes/c_mbs_b.html

The programme aims to:
equip participants with the skills to participate meaningfully and effectively at leadership level in co-operatives and social enterprises
develop the capacity of senior practitioners in co-operative and social enterprises to respond creatively to the needs and problems of the wider community and society
provide adults, combining family responsibilities and full time jobs, with access to postgraduate and personal development opportunities

COURSE CONTENT

The course may be taken over one or two calendar years.
The course is delivered entirely online and is divided into two distinct parts:

Part I: Period I:
FE5701 Reinterpreting Co-operative and Social Enterprise (10 Credits)
MG5000 Entrepreneurial Skills and Development (5 Credits)
FE5702 Social and Co-operative Entrepreneurship (5 Credits)
FE5703 Co-operative and Social Enterprise Governance (5 Credits)
FE5704 Education and Marketing for Co-operatives and Social Enterprises (5 Credits)

Part I: Period 2
30 Credits are chosen from the following
FE5705 Innovation and Enterprise in Financial Co-operatives and Mutuals (10 Credits)
FE5706 Community Co-operatives and Social Enterprises (10 Credits)
FE5707 Worker Co-operative Strategies(10 Credits)
FE5708 Co-operative Food Processing and Supply(10 Credits)
FE5709 Social Enterprises and the Developing World(10 Credits)
Faculty of Commerce Option (10 Credits)

Part II
FE5710 Minor Thesis (30 Credits)
Students will be required to submit a 15,000-30,000 word minor thesis

Post-graduate Diploma in Cooperative Organization, Food Marketing and Rural Development (Department of Food Business and Development)
http://www.ucc.ie/acad/foodecon/FoodBusiness/Postgrad/hdcfr_g.html
The Postgraduate Diploma in Co-operative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development is a postgraduate full-time course, and extends over one year. The Diploma course was successfully launched for the first time in October, 1990 with an intake of 30 students.
Subjects in the Programme include:
Co-operative principles and structural characteristics
Economic and financial aspects of co-operatives
Decision-making and management in co-operatives
Food marketing skills and techniques
Theories and techniques of rural development.
The course is open to graduates from a wide range of disciplines including Food Business, Food Science, Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Geography, Law, Commerce and Agricultural Science. Applications are also welcome from mature graduates currently employed in co-operatives or other development organisations who can arrange a one year leave of absence to attend the Diploma Course.
Since its inception in 1990, the Course has attracted students from France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Malaysia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Nigeria, United Kingdom and the United States in addition to Irish Students.

MSc in Cooperative Organization, Food Marketing and Rural Development (Department of Food Business and Development)
http://www.ucc.ie/acad/foodecon/FoodBusiness/Postgrad/msccfr_g.html
Graduates who have obtained at least second class honours in the examination for the Higher Diploma in Co-operative Organisation Food Marketing and Rural Development will be eligible to transfer to the MSc in Co-operative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development year two. The Diploma year will be deemed to have constituted year one of the MSc course. There is no direct entry to this MSc Programme(1).
A candidate who wishes to proceed to the MSc must pursue an internal postgraduate course for at least three terms and submit a research dissertation based upon the work done during such a course on an approved topic within the fields of Co-operative organisation, Food marketing and Rural Development.
The MSc course thus enables students to specialise in a particular area. Dissertation attachment arrangements will be made with individual firms/agencies/organisations as appropriate. Opportunities are available for some students to undertake a fully funded work experience assignment in an appropriate project in a developing country.

2) Universidad de Deusto, Spain – Institute of Cooperative Studies
http://www.coop.deusto.es/servlet/Satellite/Page/1120221745941/_cast/#1120221745941/c0/UniversidadDeusto/Page/HomeCentrosTemplate?localizadorCentros=%231102609955168%231102609955265%231102933083776

3) Italian Institute for Cooperative Studies
http://www.luzzatti.it/

4) CERISIS - Interdisciplinary Research Center for Solidarity and Social Innovation
http://www.uclouvain.be/cerisis

CERISIS was founded in 1995 in Hainaut. Its ‘third sector and social policy’ team deals with socioeconomic logics of not for profit organisations (cooperatives, voluntary organisations, social enterprises, charities). It examines the articulations of these organisations with public policies, the market and the community. We investigate the role of these kinds of organisations in comparison with business and public bodies in several fields such as socio-professional integration, social services or social entrepreneurship.

5) Queensland University of Technology, Australia – Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies
http://www.bus.qut.edu.au/research/cpns/

The Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies consists of academics and research students who have an interest in researching philanthropy and nonprofit organisations. CPNS is located within the School of Accountancy in the Faculty of Business at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. While CPNS is located in the Faculty of Business, it welcomes academics from all disciplines and areas of the University.
Apart from the research activities of its members, staff associated with CPNS also teach programs tailored for students interested in pursuing careers in the management of philanthropic and nonprofit organisations or in public administration associated with nonprofit organisations

Graduate Certificate in Business (Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies)

If you work with or for a philanthropic or nonprofit organisation, or if you have an interest in working in this growing and important sector of the economy, this course is your entry point to a specialist education that you can tailor to your particular interests.
The Graduate Certificate is available part-time at the Gardens Point Campus of QUT, and is available in flexible delivery mode for students outside Brisbane.
Units/Courses:
GSN481: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Frameworks of Governance
GSN482: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Economics
GSN483: Ethics for Philanthropic and Nonprofit Organisations
GSN484: Management for Philanthropic and Nonprofit Organisations
GSN485: Legal Issues for Philanthropic and Nonprofit Organisations.
GSN486: Accounting Issues for Philanthropic and Nonprofit Organisations
GSN487: Marketing for the Nonprofit Sector
GSN488: Fundraising Development Principles
GSN489: Fundraising Development Techniques

Master of Business (Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies
The Master of Business builds on coursework to provide students with the opportunity to carry out research and projects in philanthropy and nonprofit studies.

Detailed information available at: http://www.bus.qut.edu.au/research/cpns/documents/MastersBS16.pdf

6) Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration - Institute of Interdisciplinary Nonprofit Research
http://www.npo.or.at/

7) University of Liège, Belgium – Centre for Social Economy
http://www.ces.ulg.ac.be/

Founded in the early 1990s by Prof. Jacques Defourny, the Centre for Social Economy gathers more or less ten full time researchers (in addition to doctoral students and visiting fellows).
It pursues three major goals:
to develop research in the social economy, from the points of view of economic analysis, management and law;
to support, through its work, teaching in the area of the social economy at the University of Liège and elsewhere;
to offer third sector organizations (especially federations bodies and the community at large) services based on its expertise.

Major Education Initiatives

Social Economy Seminar
The goal of this course is to make the realities of the third sector of the social economy better known and to make their specificities better understood, both in developed and developing countries. The third sector mainly brings together enterprises of the co-operative movements, mutual organisations and activities with an economic relevance carried out by non-profit organisations (in the Belgian context, "ASBL" and de facto associations). In order to apprehend these realities, whose importance is generally strongly undervalued, five main analytical frameworks are exploited in a complementary way:

1) those based on the notion of "non-profit organization" (NPO), about which many theoretical and empirical works have been published since the second half of the 1970s;2) those based on the concept of "social economy";3) the French approach of the “solidarity based economy”;4) he concept of “non market activities”, widely used in Belgium;5) he recent theoretical and empirical work about the emerging concept of social concept (EMES European Research Network)

Entrepreneurship and Management in the Social Economy
The course of Entrepreneuriat et management en économie sociale (Entrepreneurship and management in the social economy) is ensured by the Cera Chair.
It aims:
to improve the knowledge of the social economy (organisations: NGOs, associations, co-operatives, companies with a social purpose; and activities: alternative finance, fair trade, development co-operation, social action, social and occupational integration, recycling and waste management, community health, leisure, culture, etc.);
to highlight the specificities of management in social economy enterprises; and
to offer tools adapted to entrepreneurship and management in this sector.

PhD Seminar
Advanced theories of the economy and non-profit organisations:
Since the end of the 1970s, economists have been interested in the “raisons d'être” of socio-economic organisations whose logics differ from those of for-profit private enterprises and public organisations. Various trends can be distinguished around this question: the US-based literature which focuses on “non-profit organisations”; the more European literature whose works mainly focus on the social and solidarity-based economy; and finally analytical frameworks which are more directly rooted in the study of grass-roots organisations in developing countries around concepts such as the informal sector, the popular economy, NGOs, etc. The goal of this seminar is to analyse a set of contributions in each of these main schools in order to better grasp their respective contributions to the socio-economic analysis of this type of organisations.

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