Loyola World Vol 17, No. The Graduate School will offer a certificate program in Philanthropy and the non-profit sector, beginning in Fall 1998. The program will be taught by visiting lecturer Luis Delgado, a community organizer and former program officer of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The first course examines non-profit organizations' management, governance and institutional development, with special emphasis on the improvement of conditions in poor and disenfranchised areas. In the next course, students examine the role that philanthropic organizations have played in supporting grassroots, community-based initiatives designed to reform and enhance public policy.
Material includes case studies and research examining pertinent policies and practices.
Finally, the internship provides students with work experience in foundation grant- making activities, within a setting that lets them apply skills and theoretical knowledge. Students work 10 hours per week in a Chicago-area private foundation and attend biweekly class sessions. The class was well-recieved by participants, including Carol G. Harding, PhD., professor of curriculum, instruction and educational psychology. The sections of the interdisciplinary program already offered have attracted a good mix of different types of students, who collectively find a new way of looking at institutions. Delgado's current internship group includes Loyola graduate students from counseling psychology, social work and sociology.