Florida's current State Comprehensive Plan identifies seven goals of education that define the scope of the state's commitment to public education and set up priorities of effort. This report analyzes enrollments and expenditures for 1974-75 and those projected for 1980-81 and 1985-86 in terms of these seven goals. It shows that in 1974-75…

With the increasing cost of periodicals claiming an ever greater proportion of university library acquisitions budgets, a Wayne State University Education Library committee investigated the nature and value of newsletters. They considered two groups: commercial and noncommercial. The former are those which are published for profit and are intended…

The comprehensive data on state general expenditure that are presented in this report include not only current operation spending but also any applicable amounts for assistance and subsidies, capital outlay, and intergovernmental expenditure. The report also provides distributions of state expenditure in terms of the kinds of spending involved.…

The primary objective of the Economic Impact study was to provide specific information about the economic impact on various communities as a result of expenditures by the University and University-oriented persons. The particular communities involved in this study were Port Gibson, Vicksburg, Fayette, Natchez, and Jackson. This report describes,…

An assessment of vocational education service to the population in principal United States cities, this report was based on data received from U.S. cities having a population of over 250,000. Analyzed in regard to enrollment, teachers, expenditures, and program completions and placements, information from 45 of the 58 biggest cities is included.…

Following an explanation of cost-effective studies and the need for them in libraries, part one of this report provides step-by-step instructions, with examples, to enable librarians to conduct such studies in their own setting. Part two provides an example of the use of the model, presenting the results of the cost analysis of monographic…

The statistics presented in this report were compiled from annual statistical forms submitted to the State Library Commission by public libraries in North Dakota. Data on population served, resources, operating expenditures, and circulation are included for individual libraries and for regions. (Author/DS)

The Association of New York Libraries for Technical Services (ANYLTS) is established to develop and run a centralized book processing facility for the public library systems in New York State. ANYLTS plans to receive book orders from the 22 library systems, transmit orders to publishers, receive the volumes from the publishers, print and attach…

This report, along with the separate report by Drake Sheahan/Stewart Dougall Consultants entitled: "Book Processing Facility Design" available as LI 001 919, should clear up two unfounded assumptions that (1) the actual processing of 2,500,000 volumes cannot be done at one location and (2) the printing times required are too unrealistic…

This essay reports on several major features of black academic libraries: collections, operating expenditures, staff, and salaries. Eighty-five black, four-year, degree-conferring institutions were queried, and fifty-one questionnaires were returned. The results are categorized in terms of type of support of the institutions. In the fifty-one…

The document contains the recommendations of the Ohio Board of Regents for state support of current operations of state-assisted institutions of higher education, and support of a new program of instructional grants to Ohio students enrolled in the state's accredited colleges and universities. The expenditure requirements cover the period from…

The report contains data for the libraries or library systems of 2,157 separate institutions of higher education, and for five joint libraries which each serve two or more institutions. Statistics are arranged by state within six separate listings: (1) operating expenditures; (2) college and university enrollment, library staff, hourly assistance,…

To provide baseline cost data for facilitation of future decisions on resource allocation and to develop a model for compiling and reporting direct expenditures, the Indiana State University conducted a study of expenditures supporting the activities of the School of Education during the fiscal year 1972-73. A computer program was prepared to…

This document presents an analysis of the total costs for operation of degree programs during 1972-73. The direct instructional costs for all courses provided by the Basic Science departments and the Schools of Allied Health, Medicine, and Dentistry are determined through standard-format budget review, faculty interview, workload study, and effort…

This is the first of four volumes of a study designed to seek and describe formal child care arrangements of good quality and to investigate the cost of reproducing these centers and home care arrangements. The twenty centers and systems described include centers all around the country: on Indian reservations, in the inner city, in hospitals,…