This paper proposes a mathematical model that delineates a feasible system of bus transportation for this multiple-school district. The model is composed of six elementary school districts which are part of the overall middle school and high school district. This proposal attempts to show Laurel district busing as a representative sample of what…

This publication presents some of the highlights of financial information summarized from the national collections of vocational education and training (VET) data in Australia for 1998. The report includes detailed statistics for Australia, its eight states and territories, and the Australian National Training Authority. The financial information…

Survey findings on total revenues and expenditures from 531 2-year public colleges are summarized in text, tables, and graphs. Major findings include a 1 percent decline in both total revenues and expenditures, an increase of 102 percent in total revenues per student over the past 13 years, and an increase in full-time equivalent student to…

Employing data from the 1986 Inland Daily Newspaper Association Cost and Revenue study effects of scale on the costs of various factors in newspaper production were examined. Despite several limitations of the Inland Survey, the following tentative conclusions were reached: total expenses rise faster than circulation, and total revenues rise…

An attempt to clarify some of the meanings and implications of the new vocabulary as it now impinges upon not only our everyday lives but also upon the decisions we make and those which are made for us. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to examine the type and amount of expenditure made in New Mexico by full-time nonresident students attending New Mexico State University in the academic year 1967-68. A structured, nondisguised questionnaire was developed and administered to a sample of 108 students. The results indicated that an estimated $10,000,000…

Reviewed for parents of handicapped children are Internal Revenue Service regulations concerning deductions for medical and child care expenses. (CL)

Surveyed 81 couples to examine how the elderly allocate retirement dollars. Results showed most respondents had changed expenses after retirement. Some expenditures had increased in importance. Only food and transportation were ranked the same as the Bureau of Labor Statistics rankings by at least 30 percent of the couples. (BH)

The Unit Cost Study is an annual project involving the direct participation of all public community colleges in Illinois. Each college submits basic data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs to the Illinois Community College Board staff, who in turn check the data for consistency with credit hour claims and financial reports and then…

This document presents research and development (R&D) expenditures reported by state based on data from the year 1999 in the United States. Information includes R&D expenditures by state, sector distribution of R&D performance by state, ratio of R&D to gross state product, and federal support for R&D by state. (YDS)

Research reported in this paper tests the hypothesis that World Bank education projects for which the project appraisal documents are judged "good" have a higher probability of leading to successful outcomes than projects for which the appraisals are judged "poor." The research draws on project document evaluations carried out…

The department head and the whole staff are finding themselves involved in the difficult task of devising objectives, criteria, programs and alternatives, activities and alternatives, and methods for feed-back for evaluation. (19 references) (Author/MM)