Transcript of recent conversation between Rod Paige, U.S. Secretary of Education, and Vincent Ferrandino, Executive Director, National Association of Elementary School Principals. Wide-ranging discussion includes potential impact of No Child Left Behind Act on elementary school principal roles and responsibilities. (PKP)

Identifies five fundamental indicators of good financial management for child care programs. Offers composites of child care program experiences to illustrate these fundamentals: enrollment at capacity with a waiting list, tuition based on full cost of care, family fees paid on time, program's bills and taxes paid on time, and a cash reserve in…

Discusses why college fund raisers are of more than one mind about whether this is a good time to promote gift annuities to donors. (EV)

Examined the production of crime and justice field experiments in the 1990s through data on criminological experiments funded by the National Institute of Justice from 1991 through 2000. Although funds increased in this period, the number of projects and amount of funds awarded to field experiments declines. Discusses reasons for this finding.…

Presents advice for writing proposals: following the guidelines of the funding source; writing concisely and clearly; attending to presentation, including spacing and layout; building on previous projects; becoming well-known in the field through publishing journal articles and conference presentations; and researching funding sources. (LRW)

Discusses the integration of research and teaching at undergraduate institutions and the overall effect that changing funding patterns have on large and small undergraduate institutions. (JRH)

Analysis of statistics since 1994 on the use of study leave as allowed by a 1974 Swedish law indicates that about 1% of the work force takes leave at any time. Women and manual workers benefit more than men and salaried workers. Leave application causes employees few problems with employers but financial assistance is a concern. (Contains 37…

Describes how U.S. universities and government agencies are preparing to help Iraq's higher education systems after the war. (EV)

Describes how, after years of mega-gifts and raised expectations, college fund raisers are struggling to keep campaigns going in a time of economic uncertainty and global tension. (EV)

Explains the current graduate medical education financing system and explores the impacts that various policy changes and legislation under consideration would have on residency programs and the health of already financially stressed teaching hospitals. (EV)

Provides a national profile of the status of arts education in U.S. public schools, including data on the availability of arts instruction, staffing, funding, supplemental programs and activities, and administrative support. Data are from surveys from the Fast Response Survey System. (SLD)

Examines the fungibility of lottery revenues for the support of public education using data from all 50 states. Finds that increases in lottery revenues are fungible, thus negatively impacting support for public education in all states regardless of wealth, population, debt, or tax burden. (Contains 15 references.) (PKP)

School psychologists and counselors are increasingly called upon to assist the growing population of grandparents who are rearing their grandchildren. This article addresses some of the key issues facing these grandparents: the emotional needs of grandchildren and grandparents, financial support, legal concerns and transitions. Suggestions for…

Asserts that the crisis in financing European higher education calls for the diversification of funding mechanisms. Suggests that the public authorities, which until now have born most of the burden of financing, must transfer a good portion of the burden to users, i.e., student and parents, and to the private sector. Explores methods for…

Reflects on a previous article on financing European higher education, concluding that funding has indeed become increasingly based on mixed sources with students required to pay a greater share. Also concludes that determination of actual costs and equitable cost sharing have become more refined and accurate, with funding increasingly taking into…