This report offers a baseline description of California Community College (CCC) financing in an effort to assess how well the system can meet the challenges of the future. It focuses on three questions regarding the financing of California's community colleges. They are: (1) How does financing for California community colleges compare to financing…

As the responsibility for allocating resources for technology shifts from federal administrators to state and local education agencies, state and local policymakers face greater accountability for making fiscally and educationally sound decisions. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), the research and development arm of Learning…

This guide explains the principles that underpin the allocation of funding by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and explains the components of an institution's grant. Each March the HEFCE announces the grant for the following academic year to each university and college it funds. Formulas are used to determine how most of…

This study used an expected utility framework with a mean-lower partial moment specification for investor utility to determine the asset allocation and the allowable contribution limits for qualified state-sponsored tuition savings plans. Given the assumptions about state policymakers' perceptions of investor utility, the study determined the…

Researchers have questioned whether additional resources impact student achievement--essentially, whether money matters. This policy brief examines the connections between student achievement and resource allocation with the aim of providing policymakers with guidance in this area. Key points are that targeted resource allocation especially…

Provides a concise report on the financial position and operations of Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) in Wisconsin for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999. Contains the following items: the 1999 Financial Activity and Condition Taxpayer Summary report; a message from WCTC Board Members; a list of the WCTC Board Members; the President's…

School finance issues are of paramount concern to all levels of the education system of the Southwestern Region of the United States. As expectations rise for students and teachers to perform at higher levels and for schools to guarantee the success of all students, the question of how best to support this reform through fiscal measures becomes…

Article deals with a method developed for generating or computing cost-benefits and cost-effectiveness data. (Author)

Focusing upon state financing of education, several examples of no-wealth discrimination criteria are examined, suggesting that only two directions of true reform are available to states: to equalize expenditures per unit of need among a state's school districts or to equalize economic capacities per unit of need among districts. (Author/JM)

Describes the contribution of economics to the process of educational policy formation and to the educational policymakers. (Author/DN)

The extent to which resources for goal attainment in Papago communities are consistent with certain abstract goals of community development is evaluated. (NQ)

Discusses the use of the PPBS, a resource allocations management system, at the University of California. (HS)

A view contrary to the implication that resource levels are to be largely taken as givens. Aruges that the level of resources made available may be increased by the insightful administrator. (Author)

Common sense and operational research can lead to significant savings in the use of capital resources. (HS)