Public library financing has recently become an increasingly important concern with shrinking resources, substandard services, and urban problems. The situation has become so acute that the very survival of the institution is at issue. The quality and utilization of services are serious matters, and states and localities must recognize their…

The purpose of this paper is to examine the issues concerning school-by-school resource allocation processes today and their relation to concerns about equity, educational needs, and the development of more effective educational strategies for all pupils. A description of the special case of the District of Columbia follows a brief summary of…

The central concept of this report is that total institutional expenditures must be reduced by nearly $10 billion a year by 1980. It presents a factual and and statistical analysis of how universities can utilize all their resources to combat financial crises in a period of declining growth rate. (MJM)

This report presents the findings of the data collected from 29 day care centers (in the Chicago area and downstate Illinois) during the field test of the Day Care Cost Analysis Manual. The test had two aims: (1) to determine whether the manual's procedures are feasible for conducting a cost analysis, and (2) to collect data on the income and…

This document provides basic information on the Polish system of higher education. Following background information on the elementary-secondary system, various facets of the higher education are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the higher education system, expenditures, the Ministry of Higher Education, and the higher school. The higher school is…

This document presents the background and analysis of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) guide to auditing colleges and universities. Highlights include the approval of the market value option, the treatment of endowment gains, debt services as transfers, the decisions on pledges, the use of financial statements, the…

Small schools have been slow to respond to changing societal needs because (1) of their isolation, geographically and otherwise; (2) their smallness leaves little flexibility to innovate and explore; (3) staffing patterns are aimed at recruitment from within the community; and (4) information and communication is focused on the localite rather…

This report provides financial aid administrators and other interested researchers with an overview and the rationale of the College Investment Decision Study while also placing it in perspective in relation to the objectives and orientations of other recent major microeconomic surveys. A brief description is given of each of the six other…

This document explains the college operating budget-what it is, its constituent parts, the procedures involved in its construction and its terminology. Section one reviews the background and future of the financial crises. Section two indicates the kinds of budgets, anatomy of the budget, and the budgeting process. Long-range planning, planning…

This survey examines student budgets, distribution of student aid, and the relationship between budgets and aid awarded. Information was also obtained on student characteristics in terms of residence, family income, and marital status; and on reactions to the Nixon administration's financial aid proposals. The results were based on responses from…

This report summarizes the results of the National Science Foundation's 1970 survey of scientific activities of independent nonprofit institutions. Data on the employment of scientists, engineers, and technicians, on expenditures, and on the R&D performance in the entire independent nonprofit sector are presented in section 1. Sections 2 and 4…

A description of the building and its operation and use, and the library functions, collections, services, and staff is provided. Financial statements are included. (AB)

The first of a two-part study of the comprehensive 1962 public library survey, this report presents institutional data for public libraries serving 35,000 persons and above. In content and coverage it continues the 1960 public library survey which was released in three parts in 1961 and 1962 under the title, "Statistics of Public Library…

The series in which the Office of Education presents general management data on the libraries of individual institutions, is continued by this report. The report contains statistics for 1,841 college and university libraries and seven joint libraries in order to provide data of use to administrators, librarians, and others, particularly in…

This speech concentrates on a discussion of the increasing difficulty that school districts are experiencing in obtaining insurance coverage. The speaker offers school administrators some suggestions to assist them in securing the necessary coverage and suggests that when an insurance market is open and competitive, purchasing through bidding is…