The New Face of the Nonprofit: An Analysis of the Math Learning Center
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Authors
Enneking, Brian
Issue Date
1994
Type
Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
This research paper focuses on the operation and regulation of The
Math Learning Center (MLC), a private nonprofit corporation based in
Oregon.
Part 1 will first assess nonprofits themselves as an entity, look
at the structure and history of the MLC, and break it down into its
individual components. It will then analyze the MLC's behavior as a
nonprofit, look at the involvement of the government into the
nonprofit sector, and characterize the MLC's components as profit-making
sub-divisions. Finally, it will describe and analyze the MLC's
high rate of growth over the last several years.
Part 2 is a description of my work with the MLC. While studying
the firm, I translated samples of their mathematics materials into
Spanish. The materials ranged from Visual Mathematics textbooks
aimed at the middle school level in the United States, to Box it or
Bag it materials aimed at the Kindergarten level in Costa Rica.
Part 3 details the value of this research project to me, how it
improved my ability as a student, and how it helped to prepare me
for Graduate School.
The goal of this paper is to distinguish between the structural and
innate differences of nonprofit and for-profit firms, and to see how
altruistic behavior affects the operation of a firm.
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iii, 36 p.
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