A national survey of 128 private rehabilitation agencies serving visually impaired persons suggested that the private sector provided a substantial resource for implementation of government programs, although federal funds were a relatively small portion of the total funding. Funding structure differed according to agency size. (CL)

Members of the general public rank aid to higher education near the top of a list of federal spending priorities, according to a survey sponsored by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, the College Board, and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. (MLW)

Describes: (1) various research studies of the mid-ocean ridges; (2) how money and facilities are made available for these studies; and (3) the prospect for future ocean floor studies. Indicates that a presidential proclamation (Exclusive Economic Zone) has extended United States boundaries 200 nautical miles seaward, adding new exploration sites.…

Presents a course in film planning (preproduction made up of the following units: (1) evaluating the concept; (2) preparing the script; (3) budgeting; and (4) financing. Includes readings for each unit. (PD)

Discusses the nature of family resource redistribution through the life cycle. Proposes an underlying linear redistribution principle and the availability of transaction capacities as a modifying principle. Capacities of different kinds are presumed to decline at different rates in the later stages of the life cycle. (JAC)

Guidelines are offered to administrators of community colleges concerning relations with members of state legislatures. (GW)

Barriers to research in library schools are identified; and some alternative means of eliminating or lessening the barriers are considered. (Author)

The article reports on a study of the opinions of leaders in public broadcasting on the question of whether public television stations should be able to conduct fundraising events without jeopardizing their tax support.

This description of the financing of higher education in the public sector raises critical questions of democratic control and financial accountability. Focus is on the Advanced Further Education Pool set up in England and Wales in 1958. (Editor/LBH)

The debate over low tuition is examined from various viewpoints. Student aid strategies alone, in the absence of strong institutional aid and support for low tuition, may actually be confusing the issue by encouraging political leaders, the media, and the general public to believe that opportunity is expanding at the very time it is in decline.…

Robert Schoeni and Karen Ross, in their chapter in "On the Frontier of Adulthood," examine several issues related to this material support: how much time and money youth receive from their parents between the ages of 18 and 34, the difference in support between high and low-income families, and the changing patterns of support over the last 30…

This publication contains a glossary of 152 school finance terms, some of which are specific to the state of California. Examples of the terms include: academic performance index, charter school, equalization aid, Gann Limit, opportunity to learn, school site council, Serrano Bands, voucher, and waiver. The glossary also includes definitions of…

There are natural connections between the afterschool community and the law enforcement/crime prevention community. According to a recent report from the organization Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, the hours between three and six PM are the "prime time for juvenile crime." Afterschool hours are when teenagers are most likely to commit crimes, be…

The focus of this report is on peer review as it is applied to the evaluation of proposals for federal funding of education research projects. The primary source of evidence used to set forth the report's conclusions and recommendations about this topic is a workshop convened in February 25-26, 2003 at the National Academies' Keck Center in…

This report is the result of a nine-month, national study of nontraditional funding and financing of facilities for charter and other public schools. The qualitative research in this report, based on fourteen study states and the District of Columbia, describes the growing range of private involvement in the acquisition, construction, and…