The study reported on in this document had as its major objective to analyze the costs that the nation incurs in providing college education for its youth. The results of the "Cost of College" study are based on data obtained from 50 4-year colleges. The data include information on revenues and expenditures, faculty, classes, enrollments, average…

Summarizes the current fiscal setting of public libraries and discusses the effects of these financial support structures on service priorities, the central library system, and future funding. (CWM)

Comments on changes in the public library in the United Kingdom due to local government reorganization and recurring financial crises, and discusses the implications of networking and technological innovation. (CWM)

The complexities associated with Proposition 13 provide a lesson in the hazards of fiscal policy-making through direct voter participation. While the full effects of Proposition 13 are not yet known, it is clear that it has reshaped California local government finance overnight. (Author)

Questions from the Springfield, Oregon, school board prompted a survey of 93 elementary, junior, and senior high school classroom teachers to determine kinds, methods, and extent of media use. The results have helped the media coordinator make decisions on relative values of media equipment for the allocation of limited funds. (CMV)

Reports the opinions of publishers and editors of city magazines concerning the positioning of the magazines in the media marketplace, factors leading to success, audience composition, and problems facing the industry. (GW)

Student volunteers who experienced problems in impulsive overspending of money were randomly assigned to either a self-control treatment condition or to a placebo condition. Those in the self-control condition evidenced a significantly greater change (55 percent reduction in spending) than placebo control subjects, who showed a slight average…

With colleges and universities in a difficult transition period, planning must be more flexible. New outlooks and methods are reviewed. For journal availability see HE 509 330. (Author/LBH)

Examines issues regarding current farm finance situation from a public policy perspective: origins and causes of current situation, available policy options for dealing with the problems, and impacts of policy options. (NEC)

Investigated effect of negative information about aging on attitudes of 30 undergraduate students. Found negative financial information about aging had no effect on mildly negative attitudes toward older adults, but significantly lowered optimistic attitudes toward one's own future life as an older adult. An overview of aging following negative…

Provides statistics on the United States' national debt and the budget deficit and warns of the dangers to the next generation if excessive federal borrowing does not stop now. (IW)

Takes a strong stand against the Reagan Administration's conservative agenda aimed at promoting the interests of United States business while cutting back on domestic programs. Suggests that the administration is using the deficit "crisis" it helped create to justify cutting domestic programs and is relying on inadequate and misleading…

Finds no indication of bias in the coverage of the 1984 vice presidential candidate's finances, but does disclose some bias in the coverage of the political party conventions of that year. (FL)

The strategy of deep selective budget cuts for institutions is not always the soundest policy, since the choice between these and across-the-board cuts is an oversimplification. The literature on rescission shows no instance in which a university administration has cut the same percentage across-the-board. (MLW)

Noting that mass education is a product of the affluent society, this article details efforts in West Germany to maintain quality education in times of shrinking economic growth, decreasing entry-level enrollments, level-funding, and decreasing political priority. Provides facts and figures on population trends, educational funding, demographic…