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Cohn, John M. – Library Journal, 1979
Discusses the meaning of stimulation and substitution in the context of federal aid to libraries and suggests how these uses are likely to affect library funding in the immediate future. (Author/JVP)
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Library Administration, Library Expenditures
Levin, H. M.; Tsang, Mun C. – 1982
The impact of and justification for using federal grants to carry out national policies in education is explored in this document. The paper opens by noting that the locally-made decisions typical of our federal system of government do not always take into account such national interests as those in increasing equality of opportunity, providing…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedTsang, Mun; Levin, Henry M. – Review of Educational Research, 1983
Based on a review of the general features and findings of 40 published works, some estimates of the impact on educational spending of categorical grants, matching grants, block grants, and general revenue sharing grants are provided. Some conceptual and statistical issues are discussed. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textBurnes, Donald W. – 1983
Patterns of spending federal aid have shifted since Chapter 2 of the 1981 Education Consolidation and Improvement Act combined 29 existing programs into one block grant and placed the responsibility for allocating the funds with the states and local districts. Since 1982-83 Chapter 2 appropriations were 14.4 percent below funding for the…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Bulletins, Categorical Aid, Elementary Secondary Education
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1993
This report presents survey data from the Survey of Federal Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions for Fiscal Year 1991. This is a survey of the 15 Federal agencies that provide virtually all of the Federal funding for science and engineering research and development (R & D) at universities and colleges. Amounts for tuition…
Descriptors: Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1994
This report presents survey data from the Survey of Federal Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions for Fiscal Year 1992. This is a survey of the 15 federal agencies that provide virtually all of the federal funding for science and engineering research and development (R & D) at universities and colleges. Data tables list…
Descriptors: Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities
Tsang, Mun C.; Levin, Henry M. – 1982
Empirical literature on the effects of intergovernmental grants on educational spending is reviewed in this document, which examines 40 published works covering the last two decades. Intergovernmental grants include both state grants to local governments and federal grants to state and local governments. The review's first section summarizes…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
