Maintains that many music education associations sponsor chorus or band festivals at the middle and high school levels, but meeting the needs of prekindergarten and primary students is a more challenging task. Describes a one-day music festival for early elementary children. (CFR)

Explores the idea that the Reagan and Bush administrations, through their policies on the funding of higher education in particular, have had a negative impact on gains in the comparative rate of entry into professional occupations of African-American women. Such effects are the result of attempts to reestablish monopoly capitalism. (SLD)

A new set of dynamics in the financing of higher education is reviewed, beginning in the 1970s with development of federal policy supporting high tuition and increased student financial aid. Implications of this policy for the future are examined from the perspective of the resource dependency theory. (MSE)

A study of 50 land grant universities found increasing involvement in economic development activities. Historically black colleges appeared to be comparatively less involved, and institutions with larger budgets appeared more committed to economic development. University location (region) was not a significant factor. (MSE)

Efforts to promote cooperation between higher education and industry in the European Community during the 1980s took these forms: encouragement through legislation; development of specific programs; changes in internal structures of higher education; and financial support of projects. Most of the impetus has come from education, not industry. (MSE)

Provides guidelines for school librarians and educators seeking funds for information technology from service groups, corporations, and foundations. Step-by-step advice is given for researching sources, building a team, clarifying objectives and procedures to enhance proposal writing, and keeping the funding source informed and involved. (EA)

Discussion of performance indicators' use in government-institutional relationships and funding decisions for higher education institutions draws on experiences of five countries (Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom). Roles of political culture, educational funding system, and quality assessment procedures used for resource…

America's economic difficulties, and therefore higher education's fiscal problems, will not respond quickly to change. Institutions must look for additional revenue sources, including tuition, philanthropy, and increased enrollment. Colleges need to acknowledge the reality of the situation, define missions carefully, make hard choices, address…

Classic problems between college fund raising and public relations professionals include misunderstanding of roles, unrealistic expectations, differing goals and perspectives, and inequity of administrative support. Cooperation can be fostered through communication about goals, shared objectives, reduced isolation, teamwork, open communication,…

Uses human capital theory to support the role of community colleges in economic development, indicating that improving job skills and preparing students for employment are economic development activities and within the college mission. Firm-specific training should not be college subsidized unless part of an economic development strategy. (DMM)

Three California court decisions suggest that school districts should work with their cities and counties to put policies and guidelines in their general plan requiring public infrastructures, including schools, to keep pace with development. (MLF)

A computerized search was conducted of U.S. newspaper coverage of gifted education, and results were analyzed in terms of geographic location, major topic areas, and topic categories crossed with geographic location. The 62 articles were classified as addressing schools, enrollment/minorities, screening, funding, attitudes, curriculum content,…

A study on sex equity by the National Collegiate Athletic Association found men's college athletic teams receive 70 percent of athletic scholarship money, 77 percent of operating money, and 83 percent of recruiting money spent by colleges playing big-time sports, despite virtually equal enrollment of men and women. Interpretations of the data…

A discussion of the financing of health professions education looks at a variety of influences, including enrollment change over the last few decades, federal involvement, growth in higher education, drops in federal and state support and the impact on costs borne by students. Possible directions are examined. (MSE)

Describes a pilot study examining how Australian academics are using the Australian Academic and Research Network. Ten tables provide details on network services used in relation to academic role, importance of services used and relationship to academic work, and specific applications for e-mail, remote login, news groups and FTP (file transfer…