The preface of this report on state appropriations for higher education discusses the financial problems faced by many of the state institutions because of the failure of state appropriations to keep up with rising costs, expenditures, enrollments, demands and expectations. The report presents a table of appropriations of state tax funds for…

The purpose of this inquiry was to identify the current business policies and procedures of high school newspapers in the United States and to determine whether such an appraisal could be used to achieve higher standards in both education and journalism. Most of the data was gathered in early 1968 by questionnaires sent to 548 public and 68…

In an opening address, the Assistant Director-General for Education surveys the problems that new trends in adult education have presented to UNESCO--to integrate more closely adult education activities, to work towards more systematic co-ordination at the international level, and to establish a world-wide documentation network and improved…

When is a student emancipated from his parents in considering financial aid applications? Indeed, independence from parental support will surely be the subject of litigation and legal settlement in the near future as students and parents test the ramifications of the 18-year-old vote and the age of majority. The author prefers to request financial…

This document analyzes the South's most successful version of a Gilded Age reading favorite, the "Sunny South" story magazine, published by John Henry Seals and edited by Mary Edwards Bryan, in terms of its economic growth and development, article and short story content, and editorial policy. The history of the magazine is traced over a…

There are major disparities in spending and taxation among California school districts. Available resources per pupil bear little relationship to the willingness of local communities to support education or the educational task to be performed. In addition, the State school finance system forces districts to rely on local property tax bases for…

This report discloses that, since the passage of Public Law 874 in 1950, about 2,000 districts or 20 percent of all districts receiving entitlement under the law in 1952-64 experienced some federal installation phaseouts. The study indicates that only in a small percentage of these districts were the effects of the phaseout sufficient to cause…

The committee hearings in this report concern proposed Department of Agriculture regulations. These regulations deal with the method of apportioning the $153.2 million Section 32 funds available for the National School Lunch Program for fiscal 1972. Included are statements from school superintendents, food service representatives, State department…

In the early 1950's, economist Beardsley Ruml recommended that colleges and universities bring faculty salaries into comparable categories with other professionals by increasing the student-faculty ratio to twenty to one. Such a suggestion was greeted with enthusiasm from trustees and many administrators, but faculty were totally against the…

This pamphlet is based on data from individual program reports, unpublished materials and correspondence, personal communications, site visits, a 1968 survey of programs for pregnant school-age girls, and a 1970 study of group infant care programs associated with programs for pregnant students. Since very few communities know the dollar cost of…

A short-term training institute at Idaho State University for student financial aid administrators and other student assistance personnel was reviewed. The objectives of the lectures, seminars, and field trips were to measure and specify which attitudes and behaviors were appropriate to the role of financial aid officer and to measure attitudinal…

This study relates to price trends affecting research and development (R&D) activities at academic institutions. Part I of this report provides the overall results of the study with limited discussion of measurement concepts, methodology and limitations. Part II deals with price indexes and deflation-general concepts and methodology. Part III…

Tardy disbursal of HEW funds allocated for education of adult Vietnamese refugees has terminated a pilot project in which carefully selected, highly trained paraprofessionals would help an instructor conduct a rapid-fire drill following daily English instruction for refugees. The procedures are described and the concept recommended for future…

A review of the historical background and funding of the Detroit Institute of Arts is followed by a discussion of some of the many legal problems encountered including those involving gifts, funding, control, regulation of artwork reproductions, protection against general liability, and the acquisition of other nations' artifacts. (JMD)

It is argued that the present limitations of federal funding for the arts are attributable to attitudes of professionals in arts organizations rather than to faults in the framework of public assistance. When private patronage has been inadequate federal funds have been provided, but always as supplements to the private sector. (JMD)