Among the many factors contributing to the crisis in big-city school finance are (1) the in-migration of the poor to the cities accompanied by the out-migration of the higher-income people; (2) higher teacher salaries; (3) the new mandates placed on schools such as cradle-to-grave accomodation in educational opportunities, manpower retraining,…

Trends and issues that will influence the development of the community college towards its highest potential as a social and economic force are explored. Chief among the efforts to define the community college role in California were those of the Regents of the University of California and the State Board of Education who offered guidelines for…

Results of a Government Accounting Office review of the administration of the National Direct Student Loan (NDSL) program by the Office of Education and participating universities is provided. Problems found concerned the need to: (1) provide program guidance at institutions so they can promptly and effectively implement established requirements…

The problem of managing collection efforts on defaulted student loans under the guaranteed student loan program is discussed. This review was made to assist the Office of Education in developing collection guidelines and procedures to cope more effectively with the rapidly increasing backlog of defaulted loans. It is shown that changes in policy…

Stresses faced by higher education as a result of both student and social criticism are examined and related to the specific role the physical plant department plays in the changing environment. The interface between the physical plant administrator and the chief executive officer is explored, and consideration is given to what each expects of the…

Strategies and problems facing the small private liberal arts colleges as a group are described. Many of these schools have weathered the financial emergencies of recent years by cutting expenditures to the point where the quality of education is threatened. New measures have been called for to reduce the tuition gap between private and public…

Ford Foundation support of international studies is assessed with the general trend displayed in tabular form. The figures show that slightly over 70 percent of the funds for support of international studies in the U. S. were supplied in this first two-thirds of the last decade. It is noted that it is normal for a foundation to enter heavily into…

Conducted by the University of Alabama Committee on Adult and Part-Time Students, the 1974-75 study is concerned with identifying characteristics of adult and part-time students at the University of Alabama and drawing inferences from these attributes. A random sample of 284 of 2,021 part-time students at the university was selected. Of the 179…

Independent schools that are of viable size, well managed, and strategically located to meet competition will survive and prosper past the current financial crisis. We live in a complex technological society with insatiable demands for knowledgeable people to keep it running. The future will be marked by the orderly selection of qualified people,…

Current school finance problems are discussed in three papers. The first presents an analysis of the Illinois school finance reform law, providing insights into the operation of the law and an evaluation method for examining finance laws in other states. In the second paper, the relationships between selected features of Michigan school districts…

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Middle States Association of Collegiate Registrars and Officers of Admission for 1973 are presented. Proceedings cover: confidentiality of records in admissions and registrars' offices, public relations and admissions partnership, innovative ideas and techniques for registrars, institutional research,…

This monograph gives an account of the progress achieved in and the problems and criticisms directed at foreign aid for developing countries in the field of education. It offers suggestions for increasing the effectiveness of the process of international assistance. The author begins with a description of international educational development in…

The activities of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) for the Fiscal Year 1973, which ended June 30, 1973, are reported. An open letter from the president of CTW summarizes the Workshop's previous successes, its goals, and its financial situation and difficulties. Following this, the major elements of CTW's research and development laboratory…

In this speech, the author analyzes what should be the proper role of the Federal Government in the financing of public elementary and secondary education. The paper begins with a brief discussion of the financial dilemma the schools face currently; statistics are cited relative to student enrollment, capital costs, teacher salaries, and other…

Recent court decisions have declared that those public school financing systems dependent substantially on local ad valorem (property) taxes violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The violation stems from the fact that local school district spending and educational quality are dependent on the values of real property in the…