Farm and ranch operators in North Dakota (n=933) and Texas (n=1,020) were randomly surveyed in 1985 to determine the relationship of financial conditions to levels of off-farm employment by farm operators and spouses. The overall response rate was 75%. Off-farm employment was measured by number of days the farmer or spouse was employed off of the…

This case study was conducted to analyze the cost-effectiveness of nurse practitioners (NPs), physicians' assistants (PAs), and certified nurse midwives (CNMs) by examining (1) the contributions of each group in meeting health-care needs; (2) the effect of changing the method of payment for their services on the health-care delivery system; and…

A national survey revealed that 13 states have created legislation to assist financially distressed schools. Focusing on two states, Indiana and Pennsylvania, the report outlines different methods they have developed to deal with financially distressed schools. In Pennsylvania a distressed school district is taken over by the state, whereas in…

Within the context of a discussion of the development of adult education programs in community colleges, this paper focuses on the noncredit programming in the San Francisco Community College District (SFCCD) and the threats to those activities posed by recent funding reductions. First, the paper reviews the long history of adult education,…

The premise that institutions pass through a grief process in adjusting to declining resources and radical changes, is proposed. In addition, strategies that administrators can use to respond to institutional grief are suggested. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's paradigm of five grief stages/reactions to serious loss are described: denial, anger,…

The financial viability of private colleges was assessed by examining the relationship of expenditures to endowment to voluntary support (nongovernment gifts and grants). A sample of 284 private coeducational colleges was drawn from the Council for Financial Aid to Education's (CFAE) annual survey of voluntary support (1976-1977 to 1980-1981). The…

Some local governments in nonmetro areas--especially those in the rural West and in very rural areas--experienced high levels of fiscal stress in the mid-seventies that were associated with high and rising local taxes. These local governments may be forced to cut back their rural development activities in the eighties. Fiscal pressures on local…

A discussion is presented of the process of resource allocation and the use of performance indicators in public sector higher education in Britain. First, background is presented on the method of providing resources to institutions of advanced further education (AFE) and non-advanced further education (NAFE) on the basis of pooled recurrent…

From all existing evidence, there is no inevitability about the relationship between centralized fiscal responsibility and decentralized decisionmaking. He who pays the piper does not necessarily call the tune. (Author)

Author pointed out a few facts describing the financial conditions and problems under which the state's community colleges are operating. (Author/RK)

This report on the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) identifies several problems concerning the act and its administration. It has been found that some program funds have been used for general educational rather than desegregation assistance because the administration allowed funding of school districts with planned desegregation efforts which were…

Research data elicited among subjects aged 14-40, on their attitudes toward the elderly (age 65 and over) indicates that older persons are viewed neutrally on many traits, better than average on some, and stereotypically on others. While they are viewed as weaker, poorer, and less powerful, they are also seen as having greater humanity,…

The Sunseed Repertory Collective, a touring theatre company, was formed to deal seriously with contemporary--often controversial--social and political issues. The group uses unconventional production techniques, plays in a variety of settings to a wide range of audiences, charges no admission (relying on donations after performances), and prefers…

The era of educational expansion is now past. Educators must cut back their programs, but at the same time not ignore severely pressing educational issues. (PB)

The article briefly enumerates the major trends in higher education, specifically in adult education. The author discusses the insufficient research in university extension, the innovative aspects of university extension, financial problems of universities, and the need for the coordination of teaching staff and for the systematic analysis of…