This report discloses that, since the passage of Public Law 874 in 1950, about 2,000 districts or 20 percent of all districts receiving entitlement under the law in 1952-64 experienced some federal installation phaseouts. The study indicates that only in a small percentage of these districts were the effects of the phaseout sufficient to cause…

The Nebraska State College Libraries share a mutual concern over the need for proper development of quantitative standards and library budget formulas. Their concern is categorized into matters relating to: (1) acquisitions, (2) expense and (3) personnel. Considerable institutional research has been developed in recent years to formulate standards…

The University of Bradford was designated as the target for research directed toward identifying potential economies in the teaching of students under alternative sets of assumptions, in order that action may be taken to secure a more economic use of resources in the higher education sector. Part one looks generally at the nature of university…

Courses offered in 15 of the 16 member college districts of the League for Innovation in the Community College were surveyed in an effort to find "highly productive" courses; courses that reduce educational costs and maximize learning effectiveness. A comparison was made between highly productive conventional and nonconventional courses. The…

This packet is designed to provide the basic tools for lawyers who may wish to bring suit in Federal court to compel the expenditure of Title I funds in a lawful manner. It covers (1) some general information on Title I purposes and procedures, (2) the requirements for information gathering and analysis, (3) a sample complaint, (4) a memorandum on…

The result of a national audiovisual survey, this supplemental edition of a report presents detailed information on audiovisual expenditures in schools, universities, community agencies, medicine and public health, religion, commercial rental film libraries, and educational film libraries. Among expenditures detailed are those for materials…

This speech discusses means by which local control could be presented under a system of State financing of education. The author points out some of the weaknesses of local control and then discusses its strength. For example, the author argues that under local control too much energy goes into financial rather than into educational concerns. He…

Financial data are presented here for Ontario's twenty universities: Brock, Carleton, Guelph, Lakehead, Laurentian, Algoma, Nipissing, Hearst, McMaster, Oise, Ottawa, Queen's, Ryerson, Toronto, Trent, Waterloo, Western, Wilfrid Laurier, Windsor, and York. Contents include summary tables operating expenses by object of expense and by functional…

This second annual statistical summary presents 1975-1976 data on the library collections, interlibrary loans, expenditures, and personnel of the 105 university and nonuniversity members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Separate tables present figures on university enrollment, expenditures, Ph.D. degrees, and microform holdings by…

Recounts experiences in Kansas in resolving the school finance crisis. (Author/MLF)

Despite the trend toward consolidation of schools, many small schools continue to exist. The challenge is to identify and implement the changes that will improve these schools. (Available from Canadian Administrator Business Manager, Department of Educational Administration, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G5; $0.50…

Describes a study in Nebraska to ascertain the relationship between school enrollment and educational quality. Four measures of educational quality were examined: percentage of course offerings taught by certified teachers, teacher/pupil ratio, per pupil expenditure, and dropout rate. (AV)

For years, U.S. classrooms have been trouble. Is a turnabout imminent? This article examines the subject in an eight-page, special report. (Editor)

Although the Serrano decision is not binding on Michigan, the state has adopted the fourth alternative listed by the California court--school district power equalizing. (Author/MLF)