This speech reviews the literature on school closings in the context of declining economic support. Declining school enrollment, coupled with declining funds (fiscal retrenchment), makes school district reform necessary. A school district in Seattle, Washington took approximately a decade to resolve these problems. A district planning commission's…

In fall 1988, a study was conducted to determine the major issues and problems facing the presidents and chancellors of Texas community/junior colleges, to identify solutions being implemented to address these problems/issues, to identify new curricula and administrative programs, and to assess research activities and needs. Questionnaires were…

Financial patterns at American University, Catholic University, George Washington University, and Georgetown University were investigated. Specific areas of concern include: revenue sources and expenditures, balance sheet formats, financial health, the effect of external factors such as enrollment and inflation, financial performance, ability to…

A recent study (Mathews, Lira, and Neis, 1984) indicated that the reason that respiratory therapists leave or intend to leave their profession is the desire for jobs which offer more job satisfaction, better salary, opportunity for advancement, more status or recognition, better work schedules, and better benefits. Although the lack of these…

This report provides a budgetary perspective on public education in New York City. It presents facts and figures on the following five areas: (1) understanding the 1975-1976 cuts in the education budget, (2) pupil-staff characteristics of the New York City Public Schools, (3) pupil-teacher ratio and class size, (4) understanding the impact of the…

This paper outlines aspects of teaching-assistant programs that make them beneficial to graduate students and to the undergraduates they teach; it then examines faults of the teaching-assistant concept and discusses the original assumptions on which the concept was based. The paper predicts the demise of the teaching-assistant concept in the next…

Although off-campus or community service courses have historically been sparsely funded, these types of programs have grown more rapidly than the on-campus traditional ones, especially in response to the demands of part-time adult students. Three patterns have commonly been used to finance community services and each has shortcomings. These are…

Perspectives on corporate support of higher education are considered by three business executives. Introductory comments are presented by Raymond C. Johnson, of the Council for Financial Aid to Education, an organization that encourages increased voluntary support of higher education, especially by business, through advertising campaigns,…

This document, one in a series developed to provide technical assistance to 22 Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers, is designed to be a financial resource guide. Current major funding sources are detailed, followed by an examination of the issues and problems associated with current financing systems. Programmatic issues associated with Medicare…

The concept of municipal overburden refers to the relationship between municipalities' educational funding and the fiscal stress generated by their heavy expenditures on both educational and noneducational services. The authors examine three aspects of the problem of municlpal overburden. First, in a literature review, they discuss the measurement…

This manual is designed to assist in developing meaningful workshops for retirees and pre-retirees to aid them in making effective use of their retirement incomes. Divided into five sessions, topics include the need for financial planning, major factors in such planning, and specific methods of helping retirees in their own financial planning;…

The aim of this research was to examine the response of large public organizations to financial resource reduction not accompanied by decline in the demand for services. The focus was 94 New York City public high schools that received substantial budget cuts in 1975-76 and 1976-77. Effects on mix of services and class structures were studied. All…

The theme of this seminar was the exploration of techniques and strategies for improving the funding of elementary and secondary education. The proceedings of the seminar included welcoming remarks by Michael Heron followed by the presentation "Problems and Prospects in Education Finance: Who Is Getting All the Money?" by Dr. Wilfred…

To examine Philadelphia's 1977 school budget crisis, a chronology of events--from receipt of the proposed budget to final court approval--is listed. Many parties were involved within the school district and in the community. Frequently, one or more parties blamed other parties for creating the problem. Directors of each of the five service…