This report follows closely on the footsteps of the previous 7 editions published by American Legislative Exchange Council in presenting the basic facts about public elementary and secondary education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report contains more than 90 tables and 25 figures that display, in various ways, more than 100…

This compendium presents data on various aspects of the Ontario University System, Canada. It is a companion to the Financial Report of Ontario Universities, the annual series of volumes prepared under the auspices of the Council of Financial Officers-Universities of Ontario (COFO-UO). This compendium contains supplementary information that helps…

All institutions participating in the Federal Student Financial Assistance Programs must have an annual financial aid compliance audit performed by an independent auditor. This guide is effective for fiscal years ending December 31, 1999, and thereafter, for institutions preparing for their yearly audit. The purpose of the document is to assist…

The problem of allocating increasingly limited funds appropriately in higher education is discussed in an introductory manner. The article describes the development of an allocation process that was developed and used in a college of education in making allocations of library/media funds to departments and program.

This report presents information regarding the staff, students, degrees conferred, income, expenditures, endowment, and physical plant facilities of the land-grant colleges and universities, for the academic year 1950-51. The facts are presented both for the individual institutions, and for the Nation as a whole. The present report, required by…

In August 1887, William Duncan, an independent missionary working among the Tsimpsean Indians of British Columbia, brought to Annette Islands, in the southeastern part of Alaska, a colony of between 800 and 1,000 of Indians from the old town of Metlakatla in British Columbia. Under the leadership of Mr. Duncan, this colony made rapid progress. In…

The primary issues this study addressed were special education costs and equity of special education per-pupil revenues among Louisiana's sixty-six school districts. Actual data from 1980 to 1992 were examined and four special education finance models were developed which addressed these issues. Average annual rates of increase in mean per-pupil…

Author suggested methods for advancing the educational opportunities and improving the quality of education for black Americans. (RK)

Assesses the predictability of educational fiscal performance on the local level by analyzing three dimensions of fiscal performance: locally generated revenue, total expenditures and the levels of aid received by the local unit. (Author/JM)

Discusses the present use and future development of technological tools in engineering education, namely, television, Electrowriter or Blackboard by wire,'' telephone lecture, compressed speech, satellite, and Picturephone. (CC)

This research was undertaken to discover which variables are related to the fiscal policy of an urban nonpublic Catholic school system and to identify the underlying structure of the data related to expenditures of that school system. (Author/JM)

Offers figures on what public elementary and secondary schools are spending for attendance services, health services, student body activities, pupil transportation, insurance, and data processing. Nationwide total and per student expenditures for each category and total expenditures by State for each category are presented. (DN)

Discusses the relationship of dollar inputs to educational quality. Argues that money does not educate children but that teachers and other educational workers do. Suggests that spending money on education will not in itself guarantee that children will be educated, but that it is certain that children cannot be educated without it. (Author/JF)

First annual food service index. Should be helpful in guiding administrators in the management of their individual food service operation. Especially designed to be of assistance in planning and evaluating food service facilities and in pinpointing areas of opportunity for food marketing managers. (Author/EA)

Discusses research on the relationship between school inputs -- teachers, facilities, programs -- and student achievement. (JF)