Increased dialog is needed among educational film producers, distributors, and consumers in order to be sure that what is being produced meets educators' needs and also to help solve the financial problems of the film industry. (LS)

Paper presented at Symposium on the Application of Technology to Education, Washington, D.C., September 9-10, 1968.

Despite its rapid rise as leader of the religious broadcasting industry, Jim Bakker's "PTL Club" (People That Love) has experienced numerous financial problems. In 1979, three former PTL vice-presidents charged that the club was diverting thousands of dollars in donations for missionary projects to the club's general fund to pay bills.…

This paper addresses the causes of urban fiscal difficulty in American cities by outlining the dynamics of six distinct processes. These operate differentially in many American cities; together they converged to produce the acute difficulties in New York City. They are, nevertheless, distinct enough to consider separately both for analytical…

It has been proposed that much of the financial information provided by higher education institutions is often ill-suited to the needs of planning and management. Most decisionmakers, particularly those at the state and federal levels, have difficulty in relating the financial information provided them to the issues and problem areas they must…

This report examines the financial condition of men when they are released from state prisons. To what extent are they any better off than when they went in? With few exceptions, the author finds very little difference: they leave prison as they entered, still poor, with few employable skills and little work experience. The little money men do…

The purpose of this study was to investigate and clarify the present status and future direction of independent higher education in Florida, and to present recommendations that may help strengthen this sector of Florida higher education. The report examines: (1) student enrollment; (2) curriculum and degrees granted, the faculty, their degrees,…

In every advanced society the problems of higher education are problems associated with growth. Growth poses a variety of problems for the education systems that experience it and for the societies that support them. These problems arise in every part of higher education--in its finance, in its government and administration; in its recruitment and…

The financial condition of independent higher education in Pennsylvania is examined based on data provided by 62 independent colleges and universities. Results of the study indicate: (1) Although the absolute enrollment in the independent sector of higher education continued to increase during the 10-year period, 1963-72, the independent sector's…

This paper comments on the Carnegie Commission reports on higher education and discusses some of the issues higher education and the public have to face. Higher education is in a crisis and in desperate need of continuing financial support from the federal government. The Carnegie Commission can help the public understand some of the problems by…

Despite the turmoil of the last 6 years, there have been few educational changes on the campuses that were instituted on a corporate or conscious central basis. The reasons for this resistance to change stem in part from the cast of characters in the academic world: the administrators who often come from careers where they were little involved in…

Higher education is facing a financial crisis causing many institutions to cut back their budgets. These cutbacks can be attributed principally to improper pricing policies: higher education is "sold" at a great deal less than its cost of production. The two arguments for low-cost or free tuition -(1) the principle of equality of…

The addresses presented at the annual meeting of the Western College Association and included in this volume are: the welcome by Vernon I. Cheadle; "The Continuing and Changing Federal Interest in Higher Education," by Peter P. Muirhead; "Education for Genuine Community in America," by Samuel D. Proctor; and "Higher…