Offers a set of criteria for evaluating the impact of state funding plans on the diversity of a college's mission; educational quality, outcomes, and effectiveness; educational access and equity; and "fair share" divisions of resources. Considers alternatives to enrollment-based funding. (DMM)

Discusses various sources of private funds available to community colleges, including foundations, alumni, life-income gifts and annuity programs, corporations, and auxiliary enterprises. Identifies key members of a college's resource development team and warns of risks of increasing dependency on private funds. (DMM)

Leaders of urban public universities and many state legislators are challenging the high status of states'"flagship" institutions, saying local institutions can serve local needs best, and are unwilling to defer to premier research universities in requests for general support and new programs. (MSE)

A combination of political and economic conditions create a grim outlook for state colleges in most parts of the country, in contrast to the optimism of a few years ago about the use of higher education programs to promote state economies. (MSE)

The system for financing higher education in West Germany is outlined, including the principles, organization, and procedures for resource allocation, state and university responsibilities, institutional governance and the roles of individuals and groups at various levels of governance, and institutional procedures for budgeting and auditing. (MSE)

Several criticisms of a "Journal of Education Finance" article by Guilbert Hentschke and John Yagielski (v8, n1) are elaborated, the most fundamental of which is its failure to consider the revenue side of fiscal strain. (MJL)

Authors of "School District Fiscal Strain: Implications for State and Federal Financial Assistance" respond to a critique by F. Howard Nelson in this issue. Among other points, they counter that their article did consider the revenue side of fiscal strain by assuming a constant budget constraint. (MJL)

Investigates alternative measures of school district wealth, focusing on the issue of intergovernmental aid (particularly equalization aid), arguments for and against different wealth measures, jurisdictional implications of the use of alternative wealth measures in four states, and the effect of alternative wealth measures on state equalization…

Analyzes the financial impact of Pennsylvania's Act 125, which distributed $132.5 million in additional state aid among the state's public school districts. (JG)

H.R. 366, the Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act, strengthens and improves the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act by enhancing local accountability, introducing model sequences of courses that incorporate both secondary and postsecondary elements in a non-duplicative progression of courses, and merging the…

The following questions are answered in this information brief: (1) Does tuition pay the full cost of a student's undergraduate education at a state university? (2) How much does the State contribute for an undergraduate Florida student? (3) How much did the state contribute in financial assistance? (4) What activities are included in calculating…

The goals of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), as administered by the Library of Michigan, are to support statewide access to information, enhance equity of access by providing special assistance to those with difficulty in using a library, support librarians as they develop information skills and foster innovation and technical…

This book investigates the innovative ways being used to ensure and finance high quality care for children. Chapter 1, "Introduction," discusses the government's role in helping to structure, build, and finance the system, as well as financing strategies. Chapter 2, "Financing Child Care Supply," addresses center-based child…

This report summarizes the discussions of the 2002 National Planning Roundtable. The premise of this Roundtable is that inadequate financial support from the state is a permanent condition to which higher education must adjust, not a temporary situation to endure. The responsibility to educate and prepare students and address policy issues is not…

This document reports on the funding history of City University of New York (CUNY) from the 1991 fiscal year to the 2002 fiscal year. The report focuses on three main sources of university funding: tuition and fees, state aid, and local city support. Key findings include: (1) funding from local city support has dropped since 1991; (2) state aid…