Traces developments in education in Saudi Arabia since the 1930s, including figures on expenditures. Efforts to implement educational technology and functions of an administrative unit concerned with educational technology are reviewed. Reasons why the Saudi government considers educational technology important and outcomes of its implementation…

Reports on an investigation of economic impact studies conducted at 26 California community college districts and the studies' use. Indicates that sizable reported economic impacts, including a median for income generation of $32 million. Impact studies were presented to the public in various venues by the district chancellor/president. (DMM)

Discussion of collection assessment focuses on academic library experiences. Topics addressed include library accountability; funding shortages; barriers to collection assessment; strategies to aid in assessment, including adequate training and performance incentives; and implications of collection assessment for library budgets, including…

Analyzes the problem of journal price escalation as one of equilibrium between two market segments--the library market and the market for individual subscriptions. Argues that high quality photocopying has encouraged individuals to rely on library subscriptions and proposes that the socially responsible solution is to increase photocopy costs and…

Describes the structure of the interlibrary loan system in the United Kingdom and suggests implications for American libraries. The British Library Document Supply Centre (DSC) is explained; costs to borrowers and lenders are discussed; and strategic planning involving changing technology, politics, and economics is considered. (24 references)…

The database of school district budget information developed by the Educational Research Service provides a consistent and reliable means for comparing local school budgets throughout the United States. Category names and definitions are shown along with national per-pupil expenditures and percent of budget data for 1992-93. (MLF)

The database of school district budget information developed by the Educational Research Service provides a consistent and reliable means for comparing local school budgets throughout the United States. Category names and definitions are shown along with national per-pupil expenditures and percent of budget data for 1993-94. (MLF)

This article argues that the information fund accounts provide about a college's financial health is too limited and that global accounting provides more complete and accessible records of institutional performance, including total income and spending. The experience of Williams College (Massachusetts) is used as an example. (MSE)

A survey of 300 college and university business officers investigated the extent of the institutions' financial difficulties. Results reveal administrators' perceptions of the reasons for and solutions to financial problems, factors in institutional stability or strength, plans to maintain or strengthen the institution's financial condition,…

Provides regression-based empirical evidence of the effects of variations in exchange rate risk on 1985 library prices of the top-ranked 99 journals in economics. The relationship between individual journal prices and library prices is shown, and other factors associated with increases and decreases in library journal prices are given. (Contains…

Analyzes public school funding patterns across the 50 states to help address continuing fiscal inequity problems. Findings support other investigations showing substantial variations in the distribution of public education revenues within states, even after years of ameliorative litigation and legislation. Equalization is costly and requires…

Estimates variations in expenditures per pupil among local education areas (LEAs) within the United States, based on U.S. Census data for the 1989-90 school year. States with the highest expenditure variations and widest range of per pupil expenditures include the unified LEAs of Alaska and New York; the elementary districts in Arizona, Illinois,…

This last in a series of articles on scholarly communications and serials prices presents three viewpoints on serials publishing contributed by Ronald Dow, Karen Hunter, and Gregory Lozier. Topics discussed include serials pricing and library budgets, overseas publishers, copyright issues, electronic journals, how to meet the needs of the scholar,…

Emphasis on school performance and lack of emphasis on societal harm suffered by U.S. children are misguided. Bush administration decries 9 year olds' eighth-place finish among 15 nations in the mean science score while disregarding the U.S.'s nineteenth-place world ranking in infant mortality. America 2000 is a quest for image; educational…

Examines distributional implications of a recent Supreme Court of Texas decision mandating a fiscally neutral school finance system. Comparing 1988-89 system's distribution with that of two forms of district power equalization, this article finds that the new alternatives would generate a more equal distribution of expenditures per unit of tax…