A nationwide study of costs of U.S. institutional care between fiscal years 1977 and 1984 identified major trends: a plateau in adjusted total nationwide spending for institutional operations, a decline in adjusted nationwide spending for institutions from state revenue sources, and emergence of the federal government as an equal partner in…

The Center for Law and Education (CLE) strives to make the right of all students to quality education a reality throughout the nation and to help enable communities to address their own public education problems effectively, with an emphasis on assistance to low-income students and communities. For more than a quarter of a century, the Center for…

In preparation for the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant, these hearings transcripts present testimony on issues related to assessing the Child Care and Development Block Grant, focusing on the impact of federal child care assistance. Statements offered by Representatives Howard "Buck" McKeon and Patsy Mink…

This document summarizes and compares selected child care and early education provisions in current law and a set of major Congressional proposals addressing reauthorization and early education as of September 24, 2002: (1) the Administration's Early Childhood Initiative; (2) the final TANF reauthorization bill as passed in the House; (3) the…

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a federally funded nutrition assistance program administered by the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). Responding to Congressional requests for information regarding program costs, this report provides information on: (1) funding…

Under the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), states have the option to subsidize employer premiums for low-income workers with children. Given the potential for subsidized employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) programs to reduce the number of uninsured children, this study examined SCHIPs regulations and state experiences with premium…

Most everyone is still looking to the federal government for fiscal relief, but it is probably the most complicated and unpredictable of sources. (Editor)

Article reported on a study which assessed the extent to which community-junior colleges participated in Higher Education Act, Title 1, programs and listed recommendations made by participants in this study. (Author/RK)

Kansas and the Federal Government are debating whether or not federal impact aid for a school district should be deducted in some way from the formula that determines how much State aid that district properly should receive. (Author/DN)

Review of court rulings and arguments pro and con; author is Educational Relations Director, Americans United for Separation of Church and State. (SP)

By challenging the security of bureaucratic fiefdoms, the functionalists are put on the defensive. (Author/JN)

Excerpted from The Study of Higher Education'' printed with permission from the publisher, The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan. (DS)

Published with permission of the University of Kentucky. (DS)