Formulas for the fiscal support of library networks are discussed against the perspective of present patterns of library funding. Provisions for financing current cooperative library programs are illustrative of the problems which might be encountered in networks. Several proposals for network development have been concerned with and provide some…

The financial crisis that higher education is facing is largely an outgrowth of the unprecedented expansion that has occurred within the system during most of the past decade and a half. Budgets have increased more than sixfold since 1955 and enrollment has nearly tripled. This expansion, which was fostered in part by a marked increase in federal…

This paper sets forth a critique of the effective income concept currently (1969) in use by the College Scholarship Service in its needs analysis system, and proposes certain changes in the allowance structure. Basically, the proposed changes are: (1) that provision be made for including state income and sales taxes as an allowance in computing…

This paper presents the results of a survey conducted to discover what programs are being offered to independent colleges and universities and their students by the supporting states. The states included in the survey are Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts,…

This report is the third in a series of annual reports to the President and Congress on current patterns of Federal funding of research, development, and other science-related activities at universities, colleges, and other nonprofit institutions. The various categories covered in the report are: (1) trends in Federal support to universities and…

This document presents a digest of the various programs in the Education Amendments of 1972 (Higher Education Omnibus Bill, S659). In addition to extension of a number of existing programs, the Bill provides emergency assistance for institutions of higher education, a new basic opportunity grants program, a matching state incentive scholarship…

This document presents data on Federal grants awarded to institutions of higher education during fiscal year 1972. Grant information are broken down into monies awarded for laboratory and other special equipment, materials and related minor remodeling; closed-circuit television equipment, materials and minor remodeling for direct instruction;…

This study has brought together 60 colleges interested in joining with each other in making analyses of their own financial data and in tabulating the data in such form that meaningful comparisons can be made. The report on this study contains all the detailed and summary information needed to determine where the 60 participating colleged obtained…

This paper presents a plan for federal financing of higher education that would also promote positive incentives for the sectors involved in postsecondary education. The underlying rationale of this financing plan is to give the greatest help to institutions that enroll students from those states that are making the largest efforts in support of…

New York State's public and private colleges and universities have been confronted in recent years with increasing problems of financing the growth of the educational system as required by expanding enrollments. Even without enrollment growth and the need for new facilities and larger operating budgets, increasing costs and slower growth of income…

Three related bills to provide for improved financing for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting were introduced in Congress. The bills would increase funding for the years 1972-77. Hearings on these bills before the Subcommittee on Communications and Power are reprinted here. Included are the texts of bills, statements made to the Subcommittee…

In spring 1968 the College Scholarship Service of the College Entrance Examination Board decided the time had come for a thorough review of its system of analyzing the financial needs of applicants for admission to universities and colleges, particularly at the undergraduate level. Accordingly, the Panel on Student Financial Need Analysis was…

This document contains: (1) tables and graphs of appropriations of state tax funds for operating expenses of higher education in each of the 50 states by state, institution, and by fiscal period in the past 13 years, with detailed emphasis on the most recent 3 years; and (2) reproduction of a complete file of GRAPEVINE for the 3 calendar years…

This document presents a series of charts that illustrate the changes in tuition and fee charges at the University of San Francisco over the years from 1900 through 1972. The charges per year range from $80 in 1900 to $1,792 in 1972. (HS)

AN ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF THE DETERMINANTS OF LARGE CITY EDUCATIONAL FISCAL POLICY. A WIDE RANGE OF PROBLEMS AND ISSUES WERE PRESENTED WHICH EVOLVED FROM THE METROPOLITAN CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH LARGE CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS OPERATE. THE STUDY FOUND THAT THE FORM OF SCHOOL GOVERNMENT IN LARGE CENTRAL CITIES WAS A RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE…