Compares and contrasts the financial situations of public and private black colleges with each other and with those of public and private predominately white colleges and universities. (JM)

Who should pay for higher education: the state, the parent or the student? (Editor)

Suggests that corporations and foundations must re-examine the real needs of black colleges. (IR)

Cites purposes and aims of the Miller-Unruh Reading Act of 1965 and explains the roles of teachers and other school personnel in implementing suitable reading programs during the first year of its operation. (MD)

Discusses State actions relevant to aiding private higher education, including types of State aid and the role of coordinating agencies. (MK)

Reorganization of Agricultural Research Service is under way, triggered by charges that research hasn't kept pace with resource depletion and high cost of farming. A fight is predicted over the 1887 Hatch Act funds ($221 million appropriated by Congress in 1981). Comments on the situation by various individuals are included. (Author/JN)

Draws on two studies of the impaired elderly (N=332) to address the potential impact of public payments to persons providing in-home care for the impaired elderly. Findings suggest family members are heavily involved in support for the elderly and institutionalization is most often the result of nonfinancial factors. (Author/JAC)

Proposes a method for estimating expenditures per student needed to provide educational adequacy in each state. Illustrates the method using U.S., Arkansas, New York, Texas, and Washington State data, covering instruction, special needs, operations and maintenance, administration, and other costs. Estimates ratios of "adequate" to actual…

The disproportionate flow of federal money to white institutions has added to inequities of state funding, and reduced federal appropriations now threaten further desegregation efforts. Past interaction between college desegregation and federal aid can provide clues to future legislative and judicial strategies for maximizing educational choice.…

Utilizes an economic model of state and local financing of public education to estimate the impact of alternative reforms on the effects of existing federal and state programs, using school finance data from the 48 contiguous mainland states for 1965-77. Briefly discusses the policy implications of the findings. (PGD)

Discusses the use of district inhabitants' income, rather than property values, to measure school district wealth when allocating state aid. Examines data collection and other methodological problems, derives three formulas combining income and property measures for aid allocation, and tests each formula's effects using data from New York State.…

Eight years of school finance under New Jersey governor Brendan Byrne is analyzed. The author suggests the new governor will face the same problems Byrne faced eight years ago: a legal challenge to the state's system of funding schools, and a large hole in the state budget. (KC)

Describes a lawsuit filed in January 1982 by New Hampshire students, parents, and school districts charging that the state's elementary and secondary education system's heavy reliance on local property taxes violates the state constitution by creating substantial inequities in the funds available per pupil in each district. (Author/RW)