Some of the results of the fourth Annual Survey of Corporate Contributions are presented in this report on corporate support of higher education for 1977. Usable questionnaires were returned by 816 companies. A discussion of national trends considers corporate support of higher education vs. college and university expenditures, increased student…

The federal role in vocational education from the Smith Hughes Act of 1917 (Public Law 68-35) through the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (Public Law 88-210), as amended in 1976, is discussed. Following a historical overview of related legislation, the vocational education activities authorized under the current act at the federal, state, and…

Among the financial problems facing urban schools are high expenditures per pupil required to provide educational services in urban schools enrolling a disproportionately high percentage of students with exceptional educational needs. Special programs are more costly than regular programs. City schools are frequently confronted with expenditures…

The first in a series on the relationship between the federal government and research universities, this report asserts that basic research is conducted in the public interest. Viewpoints of the government and the universities on accountability problems and issues are presented. Two types of accountability are considered: scientific, and financial…

IN RURAL INDIA, MOBILE LIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO LITERACY EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE TIN TRUNK LIBRARY, A COLLECTION OF 15 TO 50 BOOKS IN A BOX, IS FLEXIBLE AND ECONOMICAL. HOWEVER, IT IS USED PRIMARILY BY FRIENDS OF THE PERSON IN WHOSE HOUSE THE TRUNK IS PLACED. THE LIBRARIAN OF THE MARKET MOBILE LIBRARY BRINGS BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS…

THE AUTHOR SUBMITS THAT PROBLEMS OF FINANCE AND STUDENT CAPACITY NECESSITATE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS. A POSSIBLE SOLUTION IS PRESENTED--SCHEDULING THE SCHOOL YEAR ON A QUARTER SYSTEM (OR THE FLEXIBLE SYSTEM)--UNDER WHICH ONLY 75 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS WOULD BE IN SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME AND THE SCHOOL YEAR WOULD BE EXTENDED TO 11…

In order to assess the effects of changes in funding processes in Florida, this report describes and compares financing under: the Minimum Foundation Programs (MFP), which for 25 years served as the funding model for elementary, secondary, and community college education; the Community College Program Fund, a multi-level program cost formula,…

Until recently there had been no systematic effort to gather comparable data from public and private schools. However, for the years 1976-77 through 1978-79, with the cooperation of the National Catholic Education Association and the Council for American Private Education, the National Center for Education Statistics surveyed all known private…

The purpose of this study was to determine the cost relationships among the educational programs in Tennessee prior to the implementation of Tennessee's weighted pupil formula (1976-77) and to examine expenditure patterns for the first year of the actual operation of the formula (1977-78). All mandated programs were examined as well as additional…

A study was made of the expenditure of Federal funds in Missouri schools under the Adult Education Act of 1966, involvement by state public education agencies in adult basic education programs according to such selected factors as school size, assessed valuation, classification, and geographical location; and major characteristics of the adult…

This study determined curriculum costs in comprehensive junior colleges for one college-parallel, 28 technical, and 16 vocational curriculums. Differential costs were found for each of ten components identified for all curriculums. Aggregate curriculum costs were determined from the sum of the ten component costs. Differential costs were found…

This report consists of computer printouts of vocational education statistical data by state. It was compiled from state vocational education reports submitted to the U.S. Office of Education for fiscal year 1976. The series of state-by-state tables include nineteen relating to expenditures (e.g., by target group, by level, by functions), three…

This report describing how the Division of Library Development and Services performs its responsibilities by providing services to local public library and school systems focuses on the activities and accomplishments of the Office of Public Library Services, the Office of School Media Services, and the State Library Network. Tables listing…

Data collected from an extensive review of 300 publications dealing with library cost studies are presented in 63 graphs. This probably includes most of the published data on costs of library technical processes up to the early 1970's. All data shown in this report has been corrected for general inflationary trends by converting the source data…

An introductory overview of community college finance provides an outline of current funding patterns, sources of income, resource development efforts, current financial problems, and proposed solutions. The annotated bibliography that follows contains 27 references drawn from both published and unpublished sources including the journal…