A 1991 survey of 53 public libraries serving populations greater than 25,000 showed library circulation is increasing at a steady rate, whereas library expenditures for materials (measured in 1980 dollars) decreased in the past year. This survey showed the largest annual increase in circulation since the survey began in 1980 and the first decrease…

This table presents 50 major philanthropic foundations, ranked according to the dollar amount of grants made in 1990. Dollar amounts of 1990 foundation assets are also supplied. (MSE)

Addresses issues that concern the relationship between publishers and librarians, including differences between libraries and bookstores; necessary information for advertisements; out-of-stock designations and their effect on budgets; the role of distributors and vendors; direct mail for book promotions; unsolicited review copies; communications…

Reviews published research on the study of school size in Georgia. The main issues treated include the large school or the small school question, the cost of school operations, program quality, school achievement, and program scope. (13 references) (MLF)

Recent political action by the Higher Education Assistance Foundation, the largest student-loan guarantee agency, has highlighted the increase in contributions by administrators, faculty, owners of proprietary schools, and lobbyists to legislators' campaigns, and the growing sophistication of the process. Supporters call it prudent; opponents…

Based on a self-report survey conducted on a large American Indian reservation, an estimated $8.3 million is spent annually on drugs and alcohol by reservation adolescents nationwide. This includes an estimated $2.8 million for alcohol and $4.5 million for marijuana. Contains 15 references. (SV)

Children and teenagers now have more money at their disposal and influence family spending. Formal and informal consumer education is essential to enable them to function appropriately in the marketplace. (SK)

Different methods should be used to determine the costs of institutional versus enterprise-based vocational training. Training costs are influenced by such factors as technology, teachers, program length, and scale of operation. Vocational education is generally more costly than academic education, and preemployment training costs more than does…

This study estimated the economic consequences of autism in the United Kingdom based on published evidence and the reanalysis of data holdings at the Centre for the Economics of Mental Health. Annual societal cost was estimated to exceed 1 billion pounds. The individual lifetime cost exceeded 2.4 million pounds. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Ideally, school budgeting should be divided into distinct rational steps: educating staff about budgets, determining the building allocation, setting education goals for upcoming years, determining fixed costs and sharing this information, making requests public, building a cash reserve, and determining and publishing final allocations. (MLH)

The new reporting model propounded in Governmental Accounting Board Statement No. 34 dictates that consumption of capital assets be reported through a charge in the governmentwide statement of activities for depreciation expense. The present method of "rolling forward" capital asset amounts will not suffice. (MLH)

Used meta-analysis of 60 studies to investigate the direction and magnitude of the relationships between a variety of school inputs and student achievement. Analysis finds a broad range of resources to be positively related to academic achievement and further suggests that moderate increases in spending may be associated with significant increases…

Describes the process for outsourcing photocopying including developing a clear request for proposal, monitoring and responding to vendor performance, and ensuring quality controls in academic libraries. (Author/PEN)

Discusses problems that adolescents deal with and examines the prejudices and lack of services that adolescents encounter in public libraries, including a lack of specialized staff, no separate space, no outreach programs, and disproportionate budget allocations. Emphasizes the need that adolescents have for adult relationships that public…

Purpose: States are increasingly using the Medicaid 1915c waiver program to provide community-based long-term care. A substantially greater share of long-term-care dollars supports community-based care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, relative to older and working-age persons with primarily physical disabilities.…