Survival of private institutions is felt to depend on narrowing the financial gap between enrollment costs at public and private institutions. (DF)

Basic principles pertaining to the planning and financing of construction and to providing construction projects with technical specifications, materials and equipment are suggested to public education officials to deal with school construction that is financed by government capital investments as well as by local initiative. (Author/KM)

The issue of direct financial aid to individuals at the college level and the question of the means of allocating public money for post secondary education is examined. (Author/KM)

This study examined the effects of specific types and amounts of aid on the following variables: matriculation rates, freshman year withdrawal rates, freshman year suspension rates, freshman year GPA, number of credit hours completed during the freshman year, and return rates for the sophomore year. (Author)

Describes the Advanced Further Education Pool in Great Britain, a method of financing higher education. (PG)

An analysis of the Rothschild and Dainton report in Great Britain, entitled A Framework for Government Research and Development, that suggests there is no basis for decisions about government research. (Editor/PG)

This report is an analysis of questionnaires distributed to parents of prospective college students at Financial Aid Night Presentations'' in order to make the presentations more meaningful. (Author)

Discusses briefly the probable trend in the cost of public school education in Ontario to the year 1980. Emphasizes the present method of cost control exercised, the implications with respect to the general aims and objectives of the education system, and the possibility that techniques such as the Trend Line Cost Control Method are more viable…

Discusses federal support for hospital maintenance organizations (HMOs) concerning; objectives of the legislation, medical care services required by legislation, and special problems confronting medical schools organizing HMOs. (Author/PG)

Reports on a 1971 Gallup International survey on American citizens' attitudes toward the public schools. (DS)

Discusses whether the President can impound or withold funds appropriated by Congress for higher education. (PG)

The section on research and development (R and D) of the annual report on the chemical industry presents data related to: chemical R and D spending, R and D as per cent of sales, R and D employment, company R and D spending, R and D costs, and all industrial R and D employment. (PR)

An overnight, cross country ski tour was used as a winter outdoor teaching activity. (NQ)

Describes the processes involved in obtaining funds for projects from the Projects Office of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Discusses the policy of the ASEE to projects in development and the types of projects which have been funded. (TS)