Shows that, although black colleges continue to suffer severe strains on their financial resources, dozens of white colleges and universities are raising far more money in a single year than the entire combined endowments of all 41 black colleges. Fund-raising handicaps are discussed, as well as how the Supreme Court threatens the future of black…

Attempts to identify the trends, the issues, and the political nature of the debate over for-profit libraries, and discusses the precedents and practical aspects of user charges in an effort to offer some guidance to librarians faced with the decision of whether to charge for new information services. (Author/PF)

A brief history of Stoke Newington and South Hornsey (North London), their literary figures, early volunteer libraries, and the evolution of the Stoke Newington Public Library. (LS)

This publication resulted from a forum entitled "Support for Environmental Education: Where Do We Go From Here?" which was sponsored by the Conservation Foundation as a part of its continuing series of environment forums initiated in 1970 to provide leaders of diverse citizen and professional organizations the opportunity to obtain…

Information on financing independent films is provided in this article. Four general hints to the independent filmmaker are provided: to make as many personal contacts as possible, to assess the contact's function in his organization, to scale the proposal to the resources controlled by the contact, and to develop a presentation which sells both…

This report examines funding and activities of the National Institute of Education (NIE) to demonstrate how educational inquiry is doing in obtaining federal financial support. An overview of specific areas NIE plans to investigate if adequate funds are allocated is presented. (EB)

Explores the administrative dilemmas of the imbalance between mental health needs of the elderly and funding for mental health programs to serve them. Discusses possible approaches to the problem. (Author/BH)

Presents an overview of Tazwood Center, the different fee systems attempted, and a description and evaluaton of the direct service model. Impending financial cutbacks motivated this center to implement a direct service model of operation in 1980. Results showed dramatic increases in client fee income in less than two years. (BH)

Although contributions to AAMD (American Association on Mental Deficiency) journals remain high, the number of new contributors has diminished in the last 20 years. Results of a questionnaire show that most contributors to AAMD journals hold advanced degrees and that training is related to scholarly productivity. (Author/CL)

There is surprisingly limited information on how much individuals know about the policy rules that could affect them, either in general or in evaluations of new programs. In this article we examine the level of knowledge that participants in a Wisconsin child support and welfare demonstration had about child support policy rules. We find very low…

One of the objectives of the Strategic Planning Commission at Virginia Wesleyan College was to enhance alumni loyalty. To that end, a survey was developed to study alumni loyalty, beginning with developing a definition of a loyal alumnus/a as one who acknowledged the unique contributions of the college in his or her personal and professional…

To acquire additional funding, San Francisco's Department of Recreation and Parks has organized the Friends of Recreation and Parks'' to obtain wide backing from individuals, organizations and businesses, and to coordinate the community's interests. (JA)

Congress has declared construction and operation of libraries priority expenditures'' for local governments receiving funds during the next five years under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972. (Author)