Author predicts that the significance of the Supreme Court's decision in San Antonio v. Rodriquez signals an end to federal court support for school finance reform for the foreseeable future. (Editor/RK)

Cost benefit accounting is not being used in academic reference libraries today but administrators are beginning to require quantitative evaluation of services provided. Several systems are described and evaluated. (35 references) (DH)

More than one-third of the Nation's new jobs in recent years were generated by State and local government spending. (Editor)

Educators, legislators, and school chiefs register their reactions to the Rodriguez case and the Supreme Court's decision regarding it. (Author/JN)

Three case studies describe successful installations of three leading book security manufacturers. Reports on a 92 percent book loss cut at West Leyden High School, Northlake, Illinois; a substantial savings and a loss cut at the Charles Stewart Mott Library, Flint, Michigan; and a 75 percent loss cut at Chabot College, Hayward, California. (EA)

Discusses recent court decisions striking down State school finance systems as being in violation of the equal protection clause. Part one summarizes the relevant constitutional law as well as holdings and rationales of the cases. Part two considers alternative schemes that utilize the property tax as part of the system for funding public schools.…

Discusses possible future trends in educational finance following the California court decision in Serrano vs Priest. (JF)

Study intends to show, "what is saved public budgets by the existence of Catholic Schools. (Author)

This paper considers the structure of family income, examines some factors affecting family size, reviews alternative definitions of an adequate income for families with varying numbers, and presents data on actual consumption, according to family income and family size. A model depicting the causal relations among factors affecting consumption is…

Article describes a study based on Mager's ideas to determine the actual skills needed to turn an apprentice medical laboratory technician into a pro". Differences between real-life objectives and amorphous academic goals" are stressed. Curriculum changes and self-administered examinations, taken at student's discretion, would increase…

Successful furniture purchasing depends on knowing not only the institution's needs but also the effect of the market on purchasing. (Editor)