This document analyzes Nebraska data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) concerning trends and significant changes in head count enrollment, degrees awarded, institutional finance, full-time faculty at Nebraska's 13 public and 17 independent colleges and universities, and enrollment and degrees at the state's private…

Library board members are an integral part of public libraries. Because of the importance of their role, this handbook gives library trustees in Oklahoma a basic understanding of their responsibilities and power. It contains useful information about developing policy, the board/director relationship, funding, intellectual freedom, library laws,…

Using data received from California's 71 community college districts, this report provides fiscal information and attendance records by district for fiscal year (FY) 1995-96. Introductory comments indicate that there were 898,399 full-time equivalent students (FTES) in the colleges during 1995-96, compared to 882,575 the previous year, and that…

Educational issues across the different member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are compared in this report. The OECD is made up of 26 developed countries. The indicators used in this analysis cover the years 1985 to 1991, a 7-year time series to study trends in policy. The indicators in this report…

Unlike many other states, Michigan's school-finance reform was triggered not by a lawsuit but by legislative action that eliminated the property tax as a revenue source for public schools. Changes included an increase in the sales tax from 4 to 6 cents and a move to a foundation grant formula, which included a state foundation-allowance target for…

This publication comprises the seventh annual "Condition of Education" report for the state of Iowa. It contains descriptive data for the year 1996 that will assist in local decision making. The report contains data for the following areas of prekindergarten through grade 12 education: enrollment; school personnel; program; student…

Designed to answer the most frequently asked questions about Washington Community and Technical Colleges (WCTC's), this report provides information about students, courses, faculty, staff, expenditures, and facilities for the 1993-94 academic year and historical data from 1989-90 through 1993-94, where available. Following a brief history of WCTC…

This report marks the third consecutive year that the New York State Education Department has produced a single report displaying five years of data concerning: (1) revenues; (2) expenditures; (3) district characteristics; (4) staffing patterns; and (5) student outcomes. At present, public school enrollment is increasing, but state aid is…

This five-part report offers background information and 1993-94 data on the programs, finances, facilities, students, and personnel of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Section I presents a general orientation to the system, including information on the NCCCS's mission, history, programs, governance, funding, the NCCC…

The concept of fiscal neutrality seeks to guarantee that a penny of tax effort in any district in the state, no matter how poor, will yield the same number of dollars per student for education as in any other district. Every district, in effect, would draw on the wealth of the state as a whole, but each district can decide for itself how much to…

The 1991-1992 Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program is presented in this report for the South Carolina State Library. The document includes fiscal information and project descriptions for the following LSCA Title I projects: (1) General Administration; (2) Library Interpretation; (3) General Operations; (4) Strengthening the State…

Designed to answer the most frequently asked questions about the Washington Community Colleges (WCC), this report provides information about students, courses, faculty, staff, and facilities for the 1991-92 academic year and historical data from 1987-88 through 1991-92, where available. While the state's community and technical colleges were…

This five-part report offers background information and current data on the programs, finances, facilities, students, and personnel of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Section I presents an overview of the system, including general information on the NCCCS's mission, history, programs, governance, funding, the NCCC Foundation,…

This source book brings together research about improving the ways that learning, teaching, and schooling are organized, and how school and school district size may affect such efforts. Six scholars were commissioned to address the questions of how to define quality in education; how school and district size are related to educational costs and…

Each year, the Board of Trustees of Prince George's Community College (PGCC) in Largo, Maryland, must submit a report evaluating the effectiveness of PGCC's financial plan to the state's Higher Education Committee and General Assembly. This report, for fiscal year (FY) 1993, is divided into four sections. The first section reviews the cost…