The colleges of agriculture are confronting significant challenges to their future due to the changing role of farming in the United States and the corresponding changes in the interests of U.S. citizens in agriculture, i.e., the food, fiber, and natural resource complex. This publication is the first of two volumes by the Committee on the Future…

As part of a continuing review of Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS), the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) was asked to provide information on educating Department of Defense dependents overseas. The study: (1) reviewed legislation that establishes eligibility and authorizes funding for students to enroll in DODDS as…

This paper presents findings of a study that analyzed the trends that will shape the California budget over the next decade. The study assumed that current demographic and economic trends, tax policies, and mandated spending programs will continue through the next decade, and projects their implications for state general-fund revenues and spending…

Although New York State introduced its standards-based reform over a decade ago, it remains unclear as to how local education agencies (LEAs) have reconfigured their human resources in response to these initiatives. This paper demonstrates how state-collected personnel data can be used to generate longitudinal indicators of the kinds of…

This report presents the results of a 1993 study of the performance and management of college and university endowments, based on data collected from 437 member institutions of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). Part 1 offers highlights of the study results including that: 9 percent of institutions…

This paper explores efforts of Mexico and the United States to obtain a significant return on their investment in postsecondary education. The authors establish a context for comparison between Mexico and the United States and discuss the challenges and central policy dilemmas that each country faces in implementing the policy tools of evaluation…

This study examined the allocation of government research grants to universities in the United Kingdom in the context of the current funding system which distributes such grants based on universities' performance in the marketplace. Marketplace performance indicators include academic staff and postgraduate student counts, grants from Research…

This Kids Count status report profiles the status of child care and early childhood education in Michigan. The first part of the report examines the growing need for child care, and examines three main issues; availability, affordability, and quality. The second part of the report examines these issues as they pertain to the state of Michigan.…

This paper reports on the development and testing of a system dynamics model of the departmental deployment of instructional resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A model was developed using the Stella II computer software package. The model describes describes how departments keep student enrollments, number of course sections, and…

Title XI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 allows the Dallas (Texas) public schools to redirect up to 5% of each appropriation received through the Act for the purpose of providing a comprehensive approach to meeting the educational, health, social service, and other needs of…

This document describes the restructuring actions taken by the Lake Oswego School District in response to recent state legislation that significantly reduced resources for Oregon education. The first section presents the district's core beliefs, values, and areas of emphasis that define Lake Oswego's vision for 21st century education. Strategic…

This annual report of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Israeli Council for Higher Education reviews: (1) the status of the Planning and Budgeting Committee, its composition, its work, and its relationship with the Council for Higher Education; (2) Israel's higher education system and a statistical review of developments; (3) planning…

The stated purpose of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational, Technical, and Applied Technology Act is to make the United States more competitive in the world economy by developing more fully the academic and occupational skills of all segments of the population. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) proposes to achieve this purpose by…

By the late 1980s, 28 states in the United States had instituted lotteries as a supplemental means of financing public education. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the claim that state lotteries enhance spending for public education. Regression analysis, conducted on data for the year 1987, compared lottery and nonlottery…

This paper provides background on The National Library of Estonia (NLE), discusses a fellowship project for developing the National Library, and presents the impressions of the author, an Estonian American, who traveled to Estonia. The NLE looks to the West for automation, information, and institutional modeling. The NLE is Estonia's equivalent of…