This institute was designed to develop in participants attitudes that are student-oriented and reflect a sensitivity to the social, educational, cultural and financial problems that are particularly acute for minority/poverty students. The program also attempted to provide participants with a working knowledge of funding sources, program…

This report outlines the current problems of financing education and illustrates how the establishment of a National Education Trust Fund (NETF) by the Federal Government would enable the nation to overcome these problems. NETF, according to the author, would operate on a revolving, self-liquidating basis; and it would finance a major portion of…

Can or should journals survive? The increased cost of journal publication and the rising number of journals has resulted in inflating the cost of circulating good articles. The cost factor is also present in the potential conflict between the entrepreneurial and the scholarly functions of journals. Apart from costs, the time from submission to…

Discusses what feminists have been trying to accomplish through the many womens programs that have sprouted, flourished, and sometimes faded in recent years and focuses on Women in Transition, Inc., a program that failed. (Author/AM)

Describes the private university library's role in a proposed national library program and reviews the contributions and resources that the library can bring to it, the financial problems entailed by participation, and sources of support. Options for funding the program are identified, and the role of MIDLNET is discussed. (Author/JD)

When the Carter Administration's budget figures first appeared in December, higher education suffered a billion-dollar cut in student aid funds. Although basic and supplemental grant allowances were later increased, other higher education programs--including college libraries, campus facilities, and nurses' training--were cut heavily. (JMD)

Instead of hiring outside consultants for each institution's problems, these colleges set up their own three-person permanent consulting team. Among its accomplishments are: averting a financial crisis, aiding a recovery from financial crisis, reorganizing for steady states, and launching statewide planning. (Author/LBH)

Describes money management as a creative planning process which requires that the college president have up to date information, expand the financial base of the college, emphasize both quality and flexibility in planning. (TP)

Discusses the need for institutional research in coping with reduced resources in community colleges. Outlines the experience of Northampton County Area Community College (Pennsylvania) in implementing a planning process and establishing goals. (MB)

Explains the major keys to better newspapers and to the economy of reproduction through honesty, integrity, accuracy, and the good editing of a copyreader. (MB)

Open Admissions procedures respond to the non-traditional philosophy that higher education should perform a triple function: communicate knowledge to students, expand the content of various disciplines, and interact in a direct relationship to society. This article describes the ideological and fiscal course of Open Admissions at City University…

Maintaining low tuition is advocated in this speech as the alternative course of action to be pursued if educators are really committed to equal educational opportunity as a national public policy. (LBH)

The 1970's have seen a significant slowing in the rate of growth of enrollment and a relative drop in the priority accorded to university education by provincial governments and to university research by the federal government. Institutional responses in Canada are described. (LBH)

Concerns the economic crisis which has led to farm foreclosures, closings of rural businesses, and decreased livelihood of some rural communities. Presents an empowerment strategy as a possible approach to rural revitalization. Examines programs that have used an empowerment process and suggests additional efforts based on empowerment principles.…

Thoroughly explains the Balanced Budget and Emergency Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) and its probable implications for federal elementary, secondary, and higher education programs. Cancelling any portion of the authorized budget will reduce education program funding by 4.3 percent--compounding a 16 percent reduction during 1981-1986.…