Pessimism over finances pervades the outlook for education in 1976, as shown in a preview of this year's top education issues in each state. (Author/MLF)

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) has developed a plan for a massive rearrangement of financial responsibilities among Federal, State, and local governments. (Author)

Some institutions are spending more to service their indebtedness than to pay faculty salaries. (Author)

State education policymakers, polled about potential school finance problems for the 1980s, ranked changes in state general aid formulas and changes in the tax structure for education at the top of seven subject areas. (Author/MLF)

Current information about state scholarship programs that have been helping more and more students meet the rising costs of going to college. (Author/MLF)

Even in times of economic hardship, education need not suffer unduly if the twin goals of quality and productivity are kept in view. (Author/DN)

The financial crisis in New York this year may be a harbinger of things to come in other cities and states across the nation. (Author/MLF)

Kansas and the Federal Government are debating whether or not federal impact aid for a school district should be deducted in some way from the formula that determines how much State aid that district properly should receive. (Author/DN)

Good college managers can learn from good corporate management. (Author)

A member of the President's Commission on School Finance presents an interpretation of that Committee's report. (JF)

In the future, emphasis in the allocation of resources will shift from higher education to preschool and immediate post high school education. (Author)