Reviewing the importance of state funding for vocational agriculture, this article outlines Oklahoma guidelines for vocational agriculture programs and provides 1979-80 vocational agriculture financial information for Oklahoma. In addition, a rationale for a vocational agriculture teacher's summer programs is presented. (LRA)

Describes the local financing of the vocational agriculture program at East Butler School in Nebraska. In addition, the article provides guidelines that must be followed when planning a local budget. (LRA)

In the current economy, available resources for staffing of counselor positions are unlikely to expand in real dollars. Educators and their clients who feel that counseling services should be expanded need to express their opinions in the public forum where allocations are decided. (Author/WD)

Girls' athletics have grown tremendously since passage of Title IX, but attitudinal and financial barriers still inhibit full female sports participation. Girls too should have access to the physical fitness, emotional, and social benefits and status rewards accorded to athletes in our society. (Part of a theme issue on women.) (SJL)

A potent education force recounts its growth and development amid fiscal and administrative uncertainty. Data identify funding sources for radio and television and illustrate the growth of radio and television broadcasting. The report indicates that 94 percent of all public television stations broadcast some instructional/educational programs.…

The author considers fundamental economic considerations which underlie decisions concerning individual education programs (IEPs) as mandated by P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) for handicapped students. (SB)

Discusses five regional roundtables convened to gather the views of legislators, state officials, and community college presidents on the Brookings Institution study on community college finance. Reviews participants' comments concerning the perceived economic future of the colleges and the compatibility of funding formulae with institutional…

Reports the results of a national opinion survey on the federal government's role in education in the areas of funding, management, educational programs, and private education. (WD)

Despite similar problems, Australia has instituted several educational practices that contrast sharply with those in the U.S. (WD)

A formula for funding building renewal, it is suggested, must be responsive to two different sets of factors: those relating to the buildings themselves, and those related to the political arena in which renewal funding takes place. A formula for an individual building involving simple mathematical calculations is provided. (MLW)

The annual phonathon held at Elmira College is described. Phonathon prospects are seen as coming from two categories: (1) alumni donors who have given $10 and up in the past and (2) all members of reunion classes, whether or not they have ever given. (MLW)

Those responsible for preparing proposals need to adopt principles of successful cultivation before beginning to write. Prewriting research and cultivation, source collectors and selectors, getting the foundation to invite an application, internal cultivation (knowledge of institution's goals, information sources, on-campus networks) and personal…

Some examples of successful gift clubs are described, including: Ohio State University's President's Club with over 4,400 members, Harvey Mudd College's back to school activities, Occidental College's direct mail system, Oakland University's target population the residents of Rochester, Minn., and the University of Iowa's use of volunteers. (MLW)

The Funding Associates plan at Dartmouth College, a special deferred giving project sponsored by the 55th reunion classes, is described. Components of the alumni giving program, setting policies, promoting the plan, and the program's success are discussed. (MLW)

From the perspective of the deaf, Public Law 94-142 is highly flawed. It creates practical hardship as the price of theoretical gains when it does not distinguish between handicaps and emphasizes mainstreaming. Available from Law Quarterly, School of Law, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130. (Author/IRT)