The analytical problems faced by gross interstate comparisons of higher education funding are reviewed, the overall usefulness to decision-makers of interstate comparisons, and other approaches to comparative analysis are considered. It is claimed that the usefulness of gross interstate comparisons is limited, since both technical and structural…

Drawing on information provided by the American Association of Community College's database, the National Center for Education Statistics, and the U. S. Bureaus of the Census, Labor Statistics, and Economic Analysis, this publication provides a broad statistical overview of all the public and independent two-year colleges in the United States…

This document focuses on spending for national research and development. Data were compiled from information on research and development (R&D) activities collected through individual sector surveys conducted as part of a comprehensive program to measure and analyze the nation's resources for research and development. Data are reported about…

This collection of tables contains information about educational trends in the member cities of the Council of the Great City Schools. The enrollment of the Great City Schools (GCS) increased from 5.8 million students in 1987-1988 to 6.6 million in 1997-1998, an increase of 13.4%. The GCS enrolled 14.3% of U.S. public school students in 1997-1998.…

Expenditures on further education (FE) in England were examined as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), which was a zero-based budgeting exercise performed by the Labour government for a 3-year period covering 1999-2002. The CSR increased total FE funding by 7% in 1999-2000. When the anticipated 5% increase in FE enrollments and…