Explains how law-related education can be taught at the elementary level and how and why a law-related education program ought to be instituted; answers criticisms of law-related education. (JM)

Summarizes some ways Massachusetts schools have trimmed their budgets in response to Proposition 2 1/2 and offers suggestions concerning how other schools or districts could go about doing the same. (JM)

Data on levels of computer-related expenditures for two-year colleges are presented. The data show institutions whether their computer-related expenditures, as a percentage of total operating expenditures and in dollars per credit headcount student, are high, medium, or low relative to expenditures of other similarly sized institutions. (MLW)

School districts during 1980-81 again incurred maintenance and operations cost increases at a higher rate than inflation. Data from individual school districts are divided into 10 geographical regions for computation of regional averages. The districts are also divided into seven size categories that do not reflect regional influences. (Author/MLF)

Individual student data have been developed for both public education benefits (expenditures) and costs (taxes paid) for a sample of senior high school students. The results indicate a redistributive pattern that is propoor, pro-Black (for high income Blacks), and promale. Available from Executive Director, NTA-TIA, 21 East State Street, Columbus,…

Aspects of the economic impact of colleges and universities on the communities in which they are located are examined. These include revenue sources, cash flow, local expenditures, banking, municipal services, taxes, alteration of neighborhoods, enrollment patterns, employment patterns and needs, housing, lifestyles, and gains in human capital.…

Indicators of fund-raising costs and productivity are discussed and trends in fund raising are assessed. It is suggested that less of the educational and general expenditures are going to college and university advancement programs, but that gift-dollar costs remain constant. (Author/SF)

Fund-raisers in higher education are going to need more and better cost data to arrest the decline of gift revenue relative to institutional expenditures that has occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is suggested that differences in fund-raising effectiveness from institution to institution must also be understood. (SF)

For all three school district wealth groups examined, the results suggest that collective bargaining activity is exerting pressure on school administrators to expand the level of the total operating budgets by increasing district taxation. Collective bargaining is significantly related to higher expenditure within the teacher salary area.…

This article reports secondary school results from a national survey questioning art educators on supply expenditures per student by grade, supplementary financial arrangements, access to materials, actual and ideal financial support for art, and program quality. Elementary school survey results were reported in the October, 1978 issue of this…

Describes the history, rules and regulations, organizational chart, and accomplishments of Maryland's full state funding of school construction. Recommendations are made for other states. (MLF)

Factors that affect learning are concisely packaged in this article. It is then pointed out how the school principal as an educational leader can influence the improvement of learning. (Editor/RK)

Universal service discounts for libraries and schools were promised by the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, but actually obtaining the discounts may prove difficult. This article examines obstacles to library qualification: eligibility requirements, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rulings, the application process, and…

Examines data from 1980, 1985, and 1990 that measure how colleges in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) changed their patterns of resource allocation in response to reduced resources. Shows that VCCS colleges reduced staff, utilized more part-time faculty, increased student faculty ratios and reduced expenditures. Includes 10 data tables…

Examines the problem of book theft in libraries, including why people steal; titles and subjects most frequently stolen; budget impacts; collection redevelopment; and a list of 31 suggested prevention measures, including policy issues; security measures; facility design; automated system tracking capabilities; collection strategy; and…