Though income from tuition has increased 40 percent since 1968, when George Washington University in Washington, D.C. was operating in the black, the University is now facing a financial crisis, because costs have risen even faster. Rapidly rising faculty salaries, a full spectrum of course offerings, and inflation have all contributed to the…

This document presents an overview of the financial aspects of postsecondary educational institutions in California and suggests some recommendations for the alleviation of financial problems. The study consisted of extensive research of the current literature on financing, gathering key data on the California system, reviewing the pertinent…

The Wayne State University Library system is faced with a declining budget for at least the next year and a half, and an increased work load per person because of staff attrition and because of increased enrollment. The two courses of action are: (1) Rely on the hope that 1973-74 will be a good year, and the Library will be able to increase the…

Presented in this paper is an outline of remarks concerning the trends in the U.S. economy to 1990, trends in higher education to 1990, and critical problems to be anticipated in higher education. The major thrust of the document can be summarized in four main points. For the next ten to fifteen years, (1) higher education enrollments are bound to…

The major financial difficulties that have beset higher education within recent years have heralded the end of "the golden years" for colleges and universities. Institutions seeking to meet the continuing academic needs of students in a time when there is no money for new staffing, programs and buildings, are facing hard choices. The decisions…

Cooperation between the public and the independent colleges and universities in the State of Indiana has become a tradition since 1945 when the Indiana Conference on Higher Education was formed. Now the independent institutions in the State, like independent institutions throughout the U.S., are facing a critical financial and enrollment…

A study completed in Winter 1971 report on the financial condition of institutions affiliated with the Commission for Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU). Its analysis showed a steady deterioration of financial operating results from a positive $10 million to a negative $1 million. The purpose of the present study was to: (1) measure the…

Outlines steps journalism departments may take to solve financial problems. (RB)

One school librarian from the rural west, "Roughing It from Alaska to Oklahoma," and another from the urban east, "Back to Basics in New York," share some of their experience-tested ideas for maintaining effective instructional media centers with very little money. (JPF)

Examined with 79 graduates of a public school for orthopedically handicapped children was the relationship of levels and types of education to employment and financial independence. (IM)

Although the economic picture is a serious one for large publishers, it is a question of survival for small independent firms, according to speakers at a recent Stanford University conference on publishing. 250 participants at the conference spoke on their beliefs on the future of book publishing. (Editor/RK)

Outlines techniques for eliminating risk exposures to help schools curtail extra financial expenses resulting from theft and vandalism losses through a well developed risk management policy. (MD)

The characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of two relatively new debt instruments (variable rate demand bonds and tax-exempt variable rate demand bonds) and one soon to be available (real rate bonds) for short-term institutional finance needs and for reducing financing expenses are examined. (MSE)

Fourteen options are presented for consideration when having to make budget cuts in educational programs. To spread the burden of budget cutting evenly across the programs, break the budget into percentages and then reduce each area by the same percentage. It is important, though, to cut the excess and not the core of the program. (MD)

Economic hardships suffered by Chicago teachers during the first four years of the Great Depression were exacerbated by a self-apppointed "Citizens' Committee" of tax-dodging businesspeople who dictated municipal fiscal policy to the corrupt city government. Teachers unions led public protests that prevented worse abuses but did not…