This report described the development and organization of the Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) in July 1966 which was designed to unite all research efforts and resources to support a continuing vocational education program in Tennessee. Financial support was provided by the Bureau of Research of the United States Office of Education, the…

This report on student aid in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts concerns itself with four basic questions: (1) How well are the student aid needs in Massachusetts being provided for? (2) How does the student aid program in Massachusetts compare with programs in other states? (3) What policy changes, if any, should Massachusetts make in its student…

The various forms of financial stress that academic institutions may face are examined. The Earl Cheit and Alice Rivlin concepts of financial stress are reviewed. The author then offers five conceptually different models of financial stress which are briefly discussed: (1) expanded academic aspiration; (2) time passing; (3) stabilization after…

This report contains a summary of the recommendations of the 4 Task Forces created to study 4 significant aspects of higher education in Connecticut. These areas were: (1) needs: socioeconomic, manpower, and regional; (2) function, scope and structure of Connecticut's higher education system; (3) financing; and (4) qualitative and quantitative…

The launching of Russia's sputnik in 1957 caused a reassessment of scientific manpower needs in the U.S. and drastic shortages of all types of highly trained specialists was predicted by 1970. This myth continued until the late 1960's when proposals were still being made to double federal aid for graduate students. Federal aid induced state…

This paper, the fourth article in a series of AAHE research reports, summarizes the findings of recent research on the problems and proposed remedies of college finances. Studies are discussed that examine: (1) the evidence of the financial plight of higher education; (2) the patterns of state support; (3) patterns of federal support; and (4)…

The nation's private black colleges face financial concerns similar to those that occupy the attention of administrators and trustees of the private white colleges. Although these are mutual concerns, the significant and unique role served by the black colleges historically and the needs of these institutions today merit special concern. This…

The private universities and colleges of New York State have incurred increasing financial deficits over the past 4 years and a number of them, including several of the largest universities, are confronted with formidable problems in maintaining and restoring fiscal solvency currently and in the future. This report covers the nature, extent and…

The study reported on in this document had as its major objective to analyze the costs that the nation incurs in providing college education for its youth. The results of the "Cost of College" study are based on data obtained from 50 4-year colleges. The data include information on revenues and expenditures, faculty, classes, enrollments, average…

Summarizes the current fiscal setting of public libraries and discusses the effects of these financial support structures on service priorities, the central library system, and future funding. (CWM)

Comments on changes in the public library in the United Kingdom due to local government reorganization and recurring financial crises, and discusses the implications of networking and technological innovation. (CWM)

The complexities associated with Proposition 13 provide a lesson in the hazards of fiscal policy-making through direct voter participation. While the full effects of Proposition 13 are not yet known, it is clear that it has reshaped California local government finance overnight. (Author)

Questions from the Springfield, Oregon, school board prompted a survey of 93 elementary, junior, and senior high school classroom teachers to determine kinds, methods, and extent of media use. The results have helped the media coordinator make decisions on relative values of media equipment for the allocation of limited funds. (CMV)

Reports the opinions of publishers and editors of city magazines concerning the positioning of the magazines in the media marketplace, factors leading to success, audience composition, and problems facing the industry. (GW)

Student volunteers who experienced problems in impulsive overspending of money were randomly assigned to either a self-control treatment condition or to a placebo condition. Those in the self-control condition evidenced a significantly greater change (55 percent reduction in spending) than placebo control subjects, who showed a slight average…