The current system of financing postsecondary education in New Jersey and that proposed by the Booher Commission in its final report, "Financing in an Era of Uncertainty," are compared. The Booher Commission was a public, blue ribbon commission appointed by the New Jersey Board of Higher Education. Implementation of the recommendations…

A 1981 survey by the American Council on Education's Higher Education Panel of a stratified sample of colleges and universities looked at the condition of student housing. The survey provides a broad assessment of occupancy rates, extent of substandard housing, students' housing expenses, and off-campus rental housing conditions. The survey also…

Vermont's Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education was appointed in the summer of 1973 to consider major issues involving Vermont's postsecondary education programs. This report addresses the major problems in statewide coordination. Internally, fragmented planning and policy implementation are considered, and externally, multiple voices and…

New Mexico's 19 "very small" school districts (fewer than 300 average daily membership K-12 in 1981-82) were studied to identify major problems (including program deficiencies and actions being taken to alleviate those problems), to determine appropriate additional measures which might be helpful in resolving the problems, and to…

This report shows fiscal year (FY) 1983 actual achievements in relation to goals, objectives, and proposed utilization of funds, as contained in the "FY 1983 South Carolina State Plan for Vocational-Technical Education." An introduction is followed by an overview of vocational-technical education in South Carolina. Section III presents…

Structural and economic problems facing higher education and potential new markets opened by continuing education are discussed, based on a study of 24 public and private institutions. Programming areas in continuing education are distribution requirements, contract training for employees of business, and noncredit courses for the general public.…

This report describes the development, design, and evaluation of an online circulation system at the University of Guelph, Ontario. A 1976 study identified the specific problems or inadequacies of the existing circulation system and specified design requirements for a new online system. This 1978 report is divided into six parts: (1) historical…

Student achievement, cost, rural context, and qualitative differences relative to small/rural schools were analyzed in Alberta to address the choice between small elementary school construction and school consolidation with student busing. Studies in both the United States and Canada have found no consistant significant differences in student…

Selected current data on both small and large public schools in an 11-county area of southeast Minnesota are summarized to help school districts in decision making since proposed legislation would reduce the state's 438 school districts to 92. The survey instrument, included in the report, was sent to all public school superintendents in the…

Data are given and discussed for seven areas of administration of the SUNY system: (1) state appropriations; (2) cost per student and tuition rates; (3) enrollments; (4) degrees granted; (5) facilities; (6) specific state aid programs; and (7) trends and prospects. Comparisons are made between 1975-76 data and earlier years, usually for the five…

This 1978 report, prepared from data supplied by Educational Research Service, Inc., deals specifically with 1977-78 comparative data about salaries paid to principals and assistant principals in approximately 1,146 public school districts. Section 1 compares the lowest and highest 1977-78 salaries paid to principals and assistant principals,…

In a study to investigate and ensure the effective use of the Ontario university system resources, the Committee on the Future Role of Universities in Ontario: (1) reviewed the development of the university system; (2) set forth current objectives in operational terms; (3) discussed the degree to which objectives were being met; (4) outlined the…

The 26th annual survey of public elementary and secondary education conducted in fall 1979 by the National Center for Education Statistics yielded data on school districts, enrollment, administrative and teaching staffs, pupil-teacher ratios, high school completions (graduations and equivalency certificates), revenue sources, and expenditures,…

The costs involved in providing testing and placement for handicapped children, as required by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, do not seem to have been taken into sufficient consideration by the legislators enacting the legislation. A study of the direct costs for providing minimal testing and placement services for the 58…

The degree of success of the computerized Child-Based Information System (CBIS) was analyzed in two areas--presenting, delivering, and managing a developmental curriculum; and recording, filing, and monitoring child tracking data, including requirements for Individualized Education Plans (IEP's). Preschool handicapped and high-risk children and…