The administrative problems of public sector research programs in developing nations include lack of major public policies and too many minor ones, inadequate or haphazard planning, budgetary constraints, inadequate evaluation and monitoring, inadequate or obsolete equipment and facilities, trained manpower shortages, and limited motivation. (MSE)

Because of world-wide economic problems, less developed countries have less money to spend for education and are more interested in the correlation between greater education and development goals. Research on the relationships between education and productivity in the agricultural, modern, and urban sectors and education and income distribution…

Ensuring that children enter school ready to learn is now a well-established national goal. Dramatic changes over the past three decades in U.S. families and the economy, as well as emerging research on the importance of early brain development, have increased the demand for public investments in early childhood supports and services, especially…

This volume is a companion to "The Funding of Vocational Education and Training for Students with Disabilities: Volume 1" [ED495186], which examines how the vocational education and training system currently allocates funds to support students with a disability, and suggests other funding models to promote their participation. The…

This document presents the first results of a series of studies on within-district spending patterns. It provides an overview of some early analysis of variations in spending among schools within three unnamed school districts. The study was conducted with the hope of motivating district leaders and school activists to investigate their own…

Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC) is a publicly supported comprehensive college serving the Iowa counties of Cherokee, Crawford, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, and Woodbury, which have a combined population of about 170,000. This fact book presents statistics, such as the following: (1) 7,113 WITCC students earned over 89,311 credit hours during…

This plan for San Antonio College (SAC) (Texas), a college of the Alamo Community College District (ACCD), offers vision and mission statements for both ACCD and SAC. In addition, it details the Institutional Effectiveness process and philosophy for SAC. The document also includes SAC strategic goals and initiatives, and unit strategic objectives,…

This audit report discusses the operation of the Enterprise Fund by Cerritos Community College District in California. In addition, the Cerritos College Foundation's conflict of interest policies, its relationship with the district, and its award of contracts for services was reviewed. It was found that the district needed improvement in its…

This report by the California State Auditor reports that six of 10 California community college districts audited are incorrectly reporting their levels of spending on teacher salaries. State law requires that districts spend 50% of their current educational expenses on instructor salaries each year. By mandating this spending level, the…

This paper offers a model for determining the economic impact of a community college on its locality. The paper argues that strict adherence to the Caffrey and Isaacs (1971) model revealed three significant problems. First, several of the Caffrey and Isaacs economic estimates are either inappropriate or less appropriate for use by community…

This annual report provides a comparative financial status of the the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) at fiscal year end June 30, 2005 versus fiscal year end June 30, 2004. AASCU continues to maintain its financial condition while providing programs and services desired by its members. Membership support remains…

This report provides the annual budget for Oakton (Illinois) Community College's fiscal year 1998. It opens with a letter from the president, followed by an addendum and a copy of a GFOA Certificate for Distinguished Budget Presentation, awarded in 1996. Four sections follow: (1) an introduction, which includes a chart of organization for Oakton…

This brief report addresses two issues. One is the stagnation in the rate at which young people are receiving 4-year college degrees, and the increasingly high financial barriers to attending college. The other is the large, and increasing, inequality in opportunity to achieve a college education. At the same time, economists have warned that our…

The South Australian State Department of Education, Training and Employment allocates funding to schools in much the way that the literature suggests is a generic basis for funding schools. This includes per school base funding, per student funding for all students, additional per student allocations based on year levels, and additional per…

This 2001-02 Progress and Achievements Report for San Antonio College, Texas, is divided into the following three sections: (1) College Strategic Objectives: Interpretations and Recommendations; (2) College Strategic Objectives: Anecdotal Responses; and (3) Unanticipated Activities. The fourth part contains appendices to the report. Some of the…