The purpose of this report was to inform the community of the effect of Chemeketa Community College on the local economy. Considered in this analysis of the college's economic relationship to its district were employee salaries, local capital and service expenditures of the college, and local expenditures by staff and students for housing rental…

Compares per-pupil educational costs for rural and urban Kansas counties, including costs resulting from rural-urban migration of educated young people, and analyzes the potential impact of various school tax reforms. (JG)

The latest data on public expenditures show that since 1973 world expenditures on education have exceeded military expenditures in developed nations, but that the opposite situation prevails in developing nations. Beginning with 1965, this article summarizes these expenditures for the world as a whole, including developed and developing nations.…

Dynamic changes have occurred in the nation's public elementary and secondary schools in the five-year period from 1971-72 to 1976-77. Discusses enrollment, teacher supply and pupil-teacher ratio, as well as school consolidation and total expenditures for public schools. (Author/RK)

A supplemental insurance program was developed to augment rather than duplicate the insurance held by parents of students. (MM)

Balance sheets comparing yearly income and expenses were developed for three disabled worker situations: no earned income, half-time minimum-wage job, and full-time minimum-wage job. Net disposable income was comparable for part-time and full-time disabled workers, since eligibility for Medicaid, Food Stamps, and Supplemental Security Income was…

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 changed the tax laws that affect how law schools raise revenue and how law faculty make expenditures. All law faculty should become familiar with the changes so as to minimize the potentially adverse consequences to themselves and their institutions. (MSE)

Statistics on book budgets, population served, and collection size of individual public libraries in New York State were correlated with their circulation data to examine efficiency of scale for mid-size libraries. Findings show that circulation increases erratically with increased book budgets and size of population, but consistently with…

The authors show that Canada's demographic situation in the future will differ substantially from what has been known in the past. Their analysis suggests that up to about 2010 population change will have less of an impact on the real level of aggregate government expenditures than on the size of the real gross national product. (Author/CT)

Presents and analyzes data on sources of research and development (R&D) funds; R&D spending by government agencies; how industry apportions its R&D outlays; spending by individual chemical companies; manpower in industrial R&D; sources/uses of academic R&D funds; largest spenders on R&D; and demographic trends. (JN)

The economics of Japan's University of the Air, which uses primarily television and radio for instruction, are outlined and compared with those of traditional universities with similar program structures and of nontraditional postsecondary education programs. (MSE)

The system for financing higher education in West Germany is outlined, including the principles, organization, and procedures for resource allocation, state and university responsibilities, institutional governance and the roles of individuals and groups at various levels of governance, and institutional procedures for budgeting and auditing. (MSE)

Improved planning, more efficient routing, and relocated sites for special education programs enabled the Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) Public School District to reduce its spending on transportation for special students by 24 percent while decreasing student travel time and ensuring controlled growth of programs in the future. (PGD)

A cost analysis of educating foreign students is discussed in the context of a need for improved policy regarding the flow of foreign students through American institutions. (MSE)

Presents a formula for relating teacher salaries to student achievement. Discusses the problems inherent in measuring student achievement and the importance of the principal's administrative training. Includes a chart and diagrams. (MD)