A detailed financial and administrative services cost analysis indicates trends at John Tyler Community College (JTCC) as well as offering a comparison between JTCC expenditures and the Virginia Community College System Average. Rising costs per FTE are attributed to enrollment declines coupled with a decline in credit hours taken per student.…

This book discusses the use of skills analysis in the overall preparation of training programs, the setting up and staffing of an effective training function, and the part which management must play in ensuring that the training is given successfully. It shows line managers and top management how a properly organized training program reduces the…

The purpose of this publication is to bring up to date the statistical analysis of illiteracy in the world, to study some general patterns and trends, to record new developments in methods and techniques, and to show correlations between national programs and the Experimental World Literacy Programme. No attempt has been made to give detailed…

This document presents statistical data concerning Maryland higher education. Emphasis is placed on enrollment data by major field of study and by geographic origin of students; numbers of degrees by major field of study; number of employees in higher education institutions; average salary of faculty members in Maryland institutions; salaries of…

Seven small college libraries in the state of Utah were surveyed to determine collection size, fiscal status, orientation of clientele and services, organization and staffing, cooperative activities, and automation and planning. The survey used statistical data collected by the National Center for Educational Statistics and questionnaires sent to…

The school finance reform movement of the 1970's got a fast start in August 1971 when the California Supreme Court announced its decision in Serrano v. Priest. In the 20 months following the Serrano decision, scores of school finance suits were filed throughout the country. The momentum initiated by the California Supreme Court was clearly on the…

The concentration of disadvantaged people in the major cities of the United States requires new programs of the urban library. Libraries must actively intervene to provide information and referral services on the problems of daily living and should serve as cultural institutions, reflecting the various ethnic orientations to be found in the city.…

The ESY Analysis Aids are a collection of materials and procedures related to and organized for use in making decisions concerning year-round school program alternatives. They are restricted largely to procedures dealing with the budgetary impact of school calendar manipulation, but can be used as a guide in monitoring progress in an ESY…

The data collected for this report can be divided into three segments: a 14-year collection, 1950-51 through 1963-64, on which analyses were performed and the original predictions generated; a six-year follow-up stage, beginning in 1964-65; a twenty-year collection, 1950-51 through 1969-70, from which new predictions were generated; and a…

This report provides tabular information on expenditures for teachers' salaries and retirement, school dinners and milk, colleges of education, universities, primary and secondary schools, and adult education. Statistics on awards include the number of awards granted, the names of institutions attended by students holding awards, the kinds of…

In a speech given at the annual convention of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, the Commissioner of Education discusses the need to establish educational technology as a resource to be used to effect significant and revolutionary improvement in existing forms of education. With television and other media, teachers can utilize…

Some of the situations which exist in the university libraries and are in need of change are discussed in this paper, including: (1) university libraries are tied to the universities' administrative structure; (2) university libraries have a responsibility over which they have little control to alter because of the traditional library…

This volume of a two-volume report presents a study of how existing State school finance formulas operate. Volume I contains five chapters. The first chapter discusses the beginnings of modern systems of school support in the United States. Chapter two explains in some detail the five basic distribution models used in the apportionment of State…

Enrollment projections for nursery, elementary, and secondary schools through 1981 are provided. Statistics are arranged according to school enrollment projections for 1975 and 1980; tentative enrollment projections in public and private schools; teacher supply and demand -- 1970, 1975, and 1980; current expenditure projections -- 1975-76 and…

This report discusses some of the financial problems facing Colorado public schools. Fiscal reform recommendations designed to improve educational quality and to provide educational equality are offered to citizens and elected leaders. Education finance problems are discussed within the context of (1) the professional staff, (2) the educational…