Discusses the nature of family resource redistribution through the life cycle. Proposes an underlying linear redistribution principle and the availability of transaction capacities as a modifying principle. Capacities of different kinds are presumed to decline at different rates in the later stages of the life cycle. (JAC)

Guidelines are offered to administrators of community colleges concerning relations with members of state legislatures. (GW)

Barriers to research in library schools are identified; and some alternative means of eliminating or lessening the barriers are considered. (Author)

The article reports on a study of the opinions of leaders in public broadcasting on the question of whether public television stations should be able to conduct fundraising events without jeopardizing their tax support.

This description of the financing of higher education in the public sector raises critical questions of democratic control and financial accountability. Focus is on the Advanced Further Education Pool set up in England and Wales in 1958. (Editor/LBH)

The debate over low tuition is examined from various viewpoints. Student aid strategies alone, in the absence of strong institutional aid and support for low tuition, may actually be confusing the issue by encouraging political leaders, the media, and the general public to believe that opportunity is expanding at the very time it is in decline.…

Robert Schoeni and Karen Ross, in their chapter in "On the Frontier of Adulthood," examine several issues related to this material support: how much time and money youth receive from their parents between the ages of 18 and 34, the difference in support between high and low-income families, and the changing patterns of support over the last 30…

This publication contains a glossary of 152 school finance terms, some of which are specific to the state of California. Examples of the terms include: academic performance index, charter school, equalization aid, Gann Limit, opportunity to learn, school site council, Serrano Bands, voucher, and waiver. The glossary also includes definitions of…

There are natural connections between the afterschool community and the law enforcement/crime prevention community. According to a recent report from the organization Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, the hours between three and six PM are the "prime time for juvenile crime." Afterschool hours are when teenagers are most likely to commit crimes, be…

The focus of this report is on peer review as it is applied to the evaluation of proposals for federal funding of education research projects. The primary source of evidence used to set forth the report's conclusions and recommendations about this topic is a workshop convened in February 25-26, 2003 at the National Academies' Keck Center in…

This report is the result of a nine-month, national study of nontraditional funding and financing of facilities for charter and other public schools. The qualitative research in this report, based on fourteen study states and the District of Columbia, describes the growing range of private involvement in the acquisition, construction, and…

Since September 11, 2001, Americans have experienced a heightened sense of awareness and consciousness over the threat of terrorism against the United States. Terrorism experts agree that a terrorist attack on a school is a viable option for Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. In response to this threat, the National Association of School…

University development offices face many challenges--including the struggle to maintain collaborative relationships between external and internal stakeholders. As a collaborative and critical function for research universities, development offices offer university leaders new ways to think about aligning people, culture, and goals with…

As campuses react to budget cuts and increasing programmatic demands, the competition for resources among constituencies is increasingly intense. In this environment, reinvesting in campus facilities becomes challenging because, quite simply, the financial commitment can be immense. Unfortunately, many campus constituencies fail to understand the…

This volume is the third in a series of four publications on aspects of governance in higher education produced by a project to create a Regional University Network on Governance and Management of Higher Education in South East Europe. This handbook gives a general overview of the ways in which higher education is funded in selected countries in…