In order to keep institutions funded, the selection of the trustee development committee is seen as the first priority of the board. The role of trustee in development, selecting the development committee, leadership, organization, development policy, and the effort (communication, information, collaboration, imagination, and conservation) are…

Summarizes a National Science Foundation study of patterns in government research and development (R and D) funding for the fiscal years 1978-1980. Defense received a smaller percentage of the R and D funding while energy, biomedical research, and basic research received a larger percentage of said funding. (Author/DS)

Described is the relationship between corporations and universities involving funding and scientific research. Included is the National Science Foundations backing of collaboration in research, Exxon funds for combustion research, cooperation for automative research, and new sources of industry funding. (DS)

The faculty adviser for a community college newspaper reports on the newspaper's battles against censorship and financial pressures. (RL)

Relates the question of whether community colleges should provide continuing or community education to issues of educational finance. Contrasts the public's demand for continuing education with its unwillingness to provide financial support for these programs. Urges community colleges to act as a viable, responsive part of the community. (AYC)

Results of the Association of American Medical College 1978 survey of teaching hospitals regarding stipends, benefits, and funding sources for house staff are reported. Statistics include average stipends and variations due to geographic regions, and hospital affiliation, bed size, and ownership. Patient revenues and operating appropriations…

Creative responses of the poorer higher education institutions to the demands of production under restraints of minimal resource allocation are described. It is suggested that similar cooperative arrangements and group efforts could help other institutions facing financial restraints. Sources for additional information are cited. (Author/SF)

Advocates the development of public service programs through administrative teamwork rather than through a "grantsmanship" office. Outlines the types of administrative leadership necessary for an effective resource development effort and relates them to the process followed at Lakeland College, Illinois. (AYC)

Discusses fiscal support for special education personnel preparation programs in terms of factors which have altered and will alter service eligibility and service delivery patterns for the handicapped or developmentally disabled, current and future determinants of fiscal support for specialized personnel preparation programs, and ways in which…

Presents an overview of funding allocations for French language programs in Canada on the federal and provincial levels. (AM)

Briefly traces the history of community college foundations and outlines the steps involved in setting up a foundation. (MB)

A differentiated fee structure, which varies with the status of the student, and the purpose of taking courses is proposed as a solution to the fiscal dilemma facing public community colleges. Postulates priorities for services and costs. (MB)

If a non-profit institution wants to prepare for the future, there are certain things to examine that involve both facts and attitudes, real patterns in the world along with social patterns. The points discussed cover psychological behavior and economic facts. (LBH)

The next year or two will determine just how hard state park and recreation agencies have been hit by the troubled economy and whether or not they can maintain quality services while expanding where necessary to meet their share of society's leisure needs. (JD)

Article concludes that "...there is an audience in this country that is supportive of the arts...; new instruments have appeared at the national, state and community level, with which churches and individual church leaders and volunteers can work." (Author)