Provides references to books, journal articles, ERIC documents, and reports dealing with international education and the community college. (RC)

Computer technology and data banks are making manual storage systems outdated; yet it is difficult for libraries to obtain funding for automated retrieval equipment. Five suggestions to meet funding needs are offered. The effect on publishers of the projected decrease in book use is also noted. (SW)

Presented are problems related to replacement and purchasing complex laboratory instruments necessary in biological research. Increased costs of equipment and leveling of research support are acknowledged as contributors to the problem. (SA)

Discusses the interdistrict inequities that exist in financing community colleges in California, Illinois, New Jersey, and Mississippi--four states in which districts contribute substantial revenues to local institutions. Links the problems of equity and adequacy that are intensified by increasing costs, declining enrollments, and the increase of…

The meaning of foreign education assistance is considered from the viewpoint of the 25 least developed nations. Topics include constraints, relevance, guiding principles, obstacles, and suggestions. (ND)

Discusses the activities of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and the Development and Services Corporation from 1967 to the present. The former represented community residents who developed programs, while the latter represented members of the business and financial community who provided technical and financial resources. (Author/JR)

A grant system for educational funding, the Revised Code, was initiated in England in 1862. This article investigates one of its criticisms--that it tended to cut down resources--by examining what happened to the cash flow and why in the years following its inception. (Author/ND)

Increased government subsidy of the fine arts would raise the cultural taste of the people above its present level. (JD)

Four symposium papers present and discuss an evaluation of a state criminal justice council-funded halfway house, and how this agency sought to make maximum use of the evaluation to which it was subject. (Author/RW)

Recent judicial treatment of tax expenditures in both state action and establishment clause cases is analyzed and it is argued that tax expenditures and direct expenditures should be treated as constitutional equivalents. (LBH)

Allocation of a lump sum appropriation among seven colleges and universities in a single system can often be a source of wide dissention. Institutions in Oregon have achieved consensus on a budget allocation model that rests on recent advances in cost analysis. The model allocates funds on an equal basis for each major discipline and by level of…

Notes that the nature and the extent of research activities at some black institutions have the potential of generating economic benefits. (Author/AM)

The wide differences in payments for foster care from one state to another and the variety of payment systems point to the need for a systematic look at the true costs of foster care. (Author)

This article describes the use of a pre-marriage contract in working with teenage couples and their parents. The contract is an aid in focusing on the practical aspects of marriage preparation, allowing a more direct subsequent focus on the feelings of family members. (Author)

Data from 443 women combining work, family, and schooling showed that lower income increased their vulnerability to role conflict. Perceived intensity of student demands was the strongest predictor of role conflict, overload, and contagion (preoccupation with one role while performing another). Conflict and overload were eased somewhat by distance…