Professional investment management can ease the financial problems at colleges and universities. (Author/PG)

Experiences of New Orleans contractors studied for clues on developing minority entrepreneurs. (Editor)

Colleges and universities must regain public support if they are to survive. (HS)

If the research councils in Britain--those agencies primarily responsible for the funding of research at universities--are forced to close their doors, the expenditure on research through government will decline. (HS)

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) has developed a plan for a massive rearrangement of financial responsibilities among Federal, State, and local governments. (Author)

The president of the National Catholic Education Association says that the use of public funds for parochial schools should be determined not on church-state grounds, but on whether the schools make a contribution to society that is worth supporting. (Author)

A national policy of intensified training where the government contracts the economy to cool inflation may be the humane and efficient way to handle the two most vexing economic problems -- inflation and unemployment. The best evidence that the scheme can work is seen in Sweden. (Journal/EB)

The disastrous state of Ghanaian finances immediately before and after the coup against Nkrumah has had the effect of virtually eliminating community development and health services, particularly in non-urban areas of Ghana. It is hoped that new regional and district structure and improved staff morale can now bring about more effective programs.…

Provides update to 13-year analysis of finances of major database producer noting actions taken to improve finances (decrease expenses, increase efficiency, develop new products, market strategies and services, change pricing scheme, omit print products, increase prices) and consequences of actions (revenue increase, connect hour increase). Five…

Discussed are the problems faced by the arts in an era of inflation and the back to basics movement. (KC)

Presented in graph form is the annual MENC (Music Educators National Conference) audit report, which shows how MENC's financial condition has changed over the past 10 years when both institutions and individuals have been hard hit by inflation and taxes. (KC)