Focuses on the financing of a legal education and the impact of that financing on urban centers and lower socioeconomic individuals. Concludes with discussion of role of Federal government and the university and on the need for continued access for minority students to legal training. (Author/AM)

This digest examines the problem of upgrading rural school facilities, focusing on specific rural issues, conditions that interfere with teaching and learning, and new funding approaches. Almost half of U.S. public schools are in rural areas and small towns. Close rural school-community relationships may make it easier to make decisions,…

Noting that a coherent financing system is critical to ensuring that investments in early care and education are effectively cultivated and allocated, and that there are a number of parallels between early care and education and higher education, this project examined the financial support strategies in higher education and their potential use in…

This report from the New York State Comptroller's Office details problems with the State's approach to school facilities in recent years, describes why serious physical deficiencies remain unaddressed despite greatly increased spending, and makes recommendations for improvement. The report concludes that state policy for school facilities has…

Reports the results of a survey conducted among 120 black colleges regarding their loss of capable, qualified professors to white colleges, or governmental service, or business and industry. (Author/JM)

Compares and contrasts the financial situations of public and private black colleges with each other and with those of public and private predominately white colleges and universities. (JM)

This study investigated college plans of a sample of students who transferred or voluntarily withdrew from college in order to ascertain if they differed on selected demographic and attitudinal variables. (IR)

This essay discussing the purchasing power of the university library's acquisitions budget insists that intelligent cooperation and coordination between institutions will ensure that libraries continue to be repositories of creative thought and wisdom, though conceding that special collections may have to be pooled and branch services curtailed.…

A summary of the 1982 Sonoma State University case of dismissal of 24 tenured faculty members for financial reasons provides background regarding financial exigency, faculty participation in decisions leading to the layoff, provision for individual hearings, notice, efforts to reinstate and relocate, and teaching service areas. (MSE)

Focuses on the forces shaping the future of American higher education, including inflation, demographic changes, work trends, technological innovations, and financial constraints. Urges community colleges to take direct action to resolve the problems created by a comprehensive mission, growing demand, and regressing dollars. (DMM)

Financial setbacks do not necessarily impair educational quality at first because of the flexibility and ingeniousness of administrators and faculty, but institutions are now at the tipping point. The most serious degradation of quality will occur when faculty, denied professional support, burn out. (MSE)

Using data from Rhode Island, this study investigated the extent to which teacher unions have won control gains, but not economic gains, at the bargaining table. (Author/PN)

Eight years of school finance under New Jersey governor Brendan Byrne is analyzed. The author suggests the new governor will face the same problems Byrne faced eight years ago: a legal challenge to the state's system of funding schools, and a large hole in the state budget. (KC)

Discusses four reasons for the climate of change currently seen in library education: (1) new technology, (2) worsening financial conditions in higher education, (3) new library career options in industry, and (4) the desire of some to free themselves from the negative sterotype associated with the name librarian. (LLS)

Lists factors contributing to the need for increased fund raising in community colleges. Discusses advantages of a foundation as a means of obtaining private funds. Delineates specifics of establishing, organizing, and implementing the Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation. (DMM)