This Critical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet focuses on student financial funding and contains resources highlighting some of the newest options for students pursuing funding, especially loans. The sources listed should be helpful to financial aid administrators as well as to parents and students. Resources are grouped into: (1) Web resources;…

The hearing reported in this document focuses on the Sea Grant College Program and evaluates the President's fiscal year 2003 budget proposal for the transfer of the Sea Grant program to the National Science Foundation (NSF). The hearing includes opening statements by Representative Vernon J. Ehlers, Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment,…

The Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Learning and Skills Council have provided funding between 2000 and 2003 for 81 projects aimed at widening participation in higher education. This document provides an overview of the outcomes of this initiative and lists the funding received by institutions. It also provides some examples of…

This report on the status of higher education in Texas covers enrollment trends, quality and access, research, campus planning, funding, and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board activities. The first section, Participation and Success, looks at enrollment and participation trends and factors affecting participation in higher education. The…

Almost all the funds appropriated to state agencies and institutions of higher education in Texas for the 2002-2003 biennium are provided through Senate Bill 1, General Appropriations Act, 77th Legislature. This report summarizes the higher education portion of that act. The all funds appropriation for higher education for the biennium is $14.6…

This report reviews the requirements for infrastructure for teaching and learning in United Kingdom universities and colleges of higher education. It assesses the extent of remedial investment required, using data from many sources, and sets out the conditions needed to manage this infrastructure on a sustainable basis. The report is primarily…

This annual publication describes programs funded under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and gifted legislation and presents the Council for Exceptional Children's (CEC's) recommendations concerning funding levels for these programs in fiscal year 2003. The Council's major recommendation is for legislation that guarantees…

This CRitical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet contains selected citations for research related to graduate fellowships and a listing of some of the many tools available to aid students in identifying and applying for graduate fellowships. The citations are grouped into these categories: (1) History of Fellowships; (2) Research on Graduate…

Data from the Academic Research and Development (R&D) Survey and other surveys were used to analyze patterns of R&D activity in the United States. For the purpose of this analysis, the most recent data update from the report "National Patterns of R&D Resources" adjusts university and college R&D performance to net out R&D expenditures reported as…

The economic crisis and the resulting financial squeeze of the 1980s led to reduced public funding support to education. The changing political view that continuation of public subsidies will reduce growth potentials of economies favored a market-friendly approach to development of education. The rate-of-return analysis gave currency to an…

In May 2001, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) asked higher education institutions in England to submit full 3-year strategies and action plans for widening participation. This document provides an overview of those strategies and plans and shows the development that has taken place since 1999, when institutions submitted…

The first section of this report focuses on school finance in Maryland and briefly overviews the relative importance of federal, state and local funding. The next section summarizes state education aid, focusing on policy goals guiding state aid, the brief history of state education aid, and the various approaches Maryland uses to distribute…

This strategic planning document prepared by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning at Dalton State College (DSC) identifies significant demographic, economic, educational, political, social and technological trends, issues, and priorities impacting institutional planning for 2000-2003. The report describes institutional mission and…

The settlement between the states and the tobacco manufacturers reached in November 1998 is expected to infuse $206 billion in new revenues into state treasuries over the next 25 years. This study examined state decisions concerning the tobacco settlement revenues in order to highlight opportunities for using the funds to support children's…

This document, mandated by the University Research Center Act of 1988, presents financial balance sheets listing receipts and disbursements of research funds for research activities being conducted at the eight state-supported universities in Mississippi: Alcorn State University; Delta State University; Jackson State University; Mississippi State…