This document presents the findings of the Office of the State Comptroller of New York regarding the audit of the records and procedures used in administering the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) and Supplemental Tuition Assistance Program (STAP) at Erie Community College. TAP is an entitlement program designed to provide tuition aid to eligible…

Describes how a private 2-year liberal arts college in New Jersey contracts to deliver public community college services. (A related document is EA 504 175). (DN)

The Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSLP) has had many problems, including a high default rate, student bankruptcy, bad press, and lack of government money. (PG)

The art of pruning a budget of deadwood without endangering the basic health and vitality of the tree is a difficult one. But it must be mastered if private schools are to survive. (Author)

Since higher education is not a free good, the author argues that the price should be related to both the costs and the benefits. (Editor)

Presents a discussion with Charles R. DeCarlo, president of Sarah Lawrence College, who left IBM to seek more humanistic values, and became a cost-cutting educational administrator. (Author/PG)

An historical profile of the New York Public Library helps explain its budgeting problems. Extensive fund raising in 1972 enabled the five research libraries to remain open to the public, but sustained federal funding will soon be necessary. (DH)

Describes how a newly formed community college district proposes to contract with a private 4-year college to operate the community college program. If the plans are approved, the community college district stands to avoid the heavy capital expenditures involved in setting up the program and the financial future of the private college will be…

Discusses higher education's financial problems with state legislatures. (Author/PG)

Author describes the university as it exists today. This is followed by a description and discussion of the university of the future. Discussed are the student body, faculty, mission and philosophy, governance, etc. (LF)

A performing arts center projects the image of the theater itself as a stage set. (Author)

Three university presidents discuss the financial crisis in higher education and how it is blurring the differentiation between public and private institutions. (HS)

Concludes that government and industry together can improve the economic climate for lower middle income workers, who are faced with rising expenses and fairly constant incomes. (BH)