The financial environment within library and information services is reviewed and a structure for financial management is presented based on funding source and level of commercial activity. Objectives for financial management of library and information services is developed and reviewed in light of future trends and stakeholder perspectives.…

A study in seven Quebec First Nations communities determined per-pupil expenditures on education, excess costs of special education, and unmet special needs; developed five funding formulas for special education; and estimated their potential impact on First Nations communities locally and across Canada. Total special education costs were high…

Places the financial pressures faced by students, their parents, and colleges and universities in paying higher education costs within the context of long-run, pendulumlike swings in society's interest in promoting access to higher education and enhancing its quality. Higher education is in a transitional period and moving toward improving…

The supreme courts of Montana, New Jersey, and Texas have overturned their respective educational finance systems. Provides analyses of the three cases and a discussion of the implications for other states. (MLF)

Education in the United States differs from that in other countries in the attitude of U.S. students and their lack of motivation. Americans must override the differing education values held by distinct social classes, races, and language groups and recreate the sense that education is valuable. (MLF)

Compares Zimbabwe's rapidly expanding educational system to those of Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States with regard to enrollment rates, government expenditures, per pupil costs, student teacher ratios, teacher salaries, internal efficiency, and cost per graduate. Contains 16…

Discusses the possible use of computer technology to enable collection development librarians to become active participants in an information network as librarians move from the concept of ownership of resources to access to information, and describes the functions and benefits of the implementation of a microcomputer-based selector's workstation.…

Examines evidence on the effects of school and school district size in light of the educational reform movement and increasingly sophisticated telecommunications. Discusses an emerging technology of individualization that could alter conceptions of optimal school size. Focuses on New York studies. Contains 35 references. (SV)

School district and teacher characteristics were identified that differentiate teachers who return to the districts they left from those who return to other public school districts in Michigan. Teachers were more likely to return if their original districts had higher beginning teacher salaries and higher per-pupil expenditures. (SLD)

Many colleges award more merit-based scholarship money to athletes than to all other undergraduates combined. Critics say this sends disturbing messages about institutional priorities. Others claim athletic scholarships derive from sports-related income. Awarding of athletic scholarships based on need would partially alleviate the problem. (MSE)

This paper offers a brief examination of the educational rights of students with disabilities, compares federal initiatives on the rights of gifted students and the rights of students with disabilities, and recommends that all teachers working with gifted learners receive specialized preparation in gifted education. (JDD)

Provides an overview of traditional allocation methods for academic library materials budgets and describes a study conducted at the University of Tennessee Libraries that analyzed the MARC records of highly circulated titles to discover patterns of commonality that could be used in future selection work. (Contains 10 references.) (LRW)

Presents issues from a debate about interlibrary loan (ILL) policies and the use of union lists on the OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) ILL subsystem. Highlights include library funding, costs of maintaining serials holdings on a utility, borrowing procedures, quality service, workload leveling, staffing, and problems with OCLC system…

Relationships among state identification rates for serious emotional disturbances and economic and demographic variables were explored. Variation in per pupil revenue explained about one-fourth of the variance in identification rates. States differed significantly based on region, elementary and secondary expenditure, per pupil revenue, and per…

Examination of data from a 25-year period at the University of California shows disproportionate growth in expenditures for administration relative to instruction. Factors accounting for administrative growth are discussed, as are the contradictory pressures on the university to adapt to environmental complexity and political economic demands…