In December 1967, the College Scholarship Service launched an experimental program for need analysis of students who might be independent of support from their parents. In response to the announcement, 434 colleges and universities indicated their interest in using the data collection document, the Student's Confidential Statement (SCS), as well…

This article discusses alternative possibilities to financial problems within funding programs. Areas covered include faculty load, faculty compensation, course additions, and course scheduling. (MJM)

Discussed in this document are problems encountered primarily with the Federal bureaucracy when implementing innovative job training programs for the poor. With the focus on implementing and administering New Careers programs funded by Congress, the document offers a rationale for ensuring consistancy between legislative rhetoric and…

Higher education was perhaps the nation's largest growth industry during the period 1955-1970. Budgets for all higher education institutions rose more than seven-fold, from an estimated $4 billion in 1955 to an estimated total of $28 billion in 1970-71. Current fund income rose more than five-fold to $19 billion, an average annual increase of…

Programs in Michigan, North Carolina, and Oklahoma, under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act were reviewed by the General Accounting Office to determine the ability of the programs to meet the needs of all handicapped persons and their effectiveness in helping individual handicapped persons. Under the act, before vocational rehabilitation services…

A report identifying major institutions providing educational opportunities for adults and indicating financial implications of their annual provision is given. Part I includes objectives, methods, problems and recommendations. Part II contains descriptions of activities of each of the Ministries and organizations providing adult education in…

The source book is a compilation of statistical data from all of the mental retardation programs administered by the various agencies of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The first of three major sections, which concerns inpatient statistics from residential institutions, presents such data as number and characteristics of…

This document presents the procedures used, the results of, and recommendations concerning a study designed to determine the impact of the University of Pittsburgh on the local economy. Findings include the following expenditures by faculty, staff and students in the Pittsburgh area: (1) Colleges related local business volume--$177.3 million; (2)…

The Operating Grants Formula of the Provincially-Assisted Universities of Ontario has as its purpose to provide an objective mechanism for determining the share of the total Provincial operating grant to be allocated to each university. Use of the formula for such distribution presupposes that the amount available will be sufficient, together with…

This document presents reports from the individual universities of Ontario on policies of undergraduate student aid and accessibility to the universities during the academic year 1969-70. In addition, it presents recommendations from the universities as to how student aid policies might be improved to increase equality of access. (HS)

In this instance, the Joint Committee on Higher Education in Washington State was directed to review capital funding methods at the 4-year institutions of higher education in the state. The major finding of the study, which emerged after an intensive survey of bond practices, was that some means should be found to enhance management effectiveness…

Financial statistics for fiscal year 1970 are reported for 91 public radio stations which meet the requirements for CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) general support grants. The statistics are for the aggregate United States, classified by geographic regions and types of licensees. Total income for radio operations for the fiscal year…

The main purpose of this study was to examine how students and their families finance a year of postsecondary education. Included is a detailed accounting for the 1969-70 academic year of the resources and expenditures of unmarried full-time students, most of whom were college sophomores. Major emphasis was placed in the instutitional practice of…

Higher education everywhere is suffering from the need for expanded facilities at a time of financial stress. The Massachusetts State College System has instituted a Continuing Studies Program that offers an external degree following completion of the requirements. This document explores this program with reference to the economic needs of the…

This report examines the effectiveness and the desirability of the Regents Academic Chair Program in New York State. In 1964 at the outset of the program, 10 chairs, 5 in science and 5 in the humanities, were established and over the past 7 years the chairs have been occupied by some of the most eminent scholars in the world. Not only have these…