The Tax Reform Act of 1986 has brought faculty lower tax rates, but they have lost many tax deductions to which they were accustomed. The impact on higher education, the 80% limitation for meals and entertainment, travel, and the 2% adjusted gross income (AGI) floor for miscellaneous itemized deductions are discussed. (MLW)

Estimated cost of tenant services to tenants in Congregate Housing Services Program (CHSP). Monthly service costs per tenant were $563. Community services accounted for 50 percent, medical care accounted for 42 percent, and 8 percent represented imputed cost of informal care. Services were financed by CHSP, other government programs, and tenant…

The paper examines British Columbia's formula of financing programs for children with low-incidence disabilities. Discrepancies between per pupil cost across exceptionalities and across districts of various sizes are examined. The author suggests ways to resolve the equity issues. (Author/CL)

The economic impact of higher education in the Yorkshire and Humberside planning region, a net exporter of higher education, is quantified based on staff and student numbers and estimates of income and expenditures. Direct and indirect employment is about 2 1/2 percent of regional employment. (MSE)

Lists Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries with corresponding data on: area; agricultural area; population; labor force; unemployment rate; civilian employment; gross domestic produce; currency; imports; exports; consumer prices; industrial production change for 1983; infant mortality; public expenditure…

Reports results of a 1982/83 nationwide survey of administrators and teachers to determine the level of microcomputer use in elementary and secondary schools. Indicates that microcomputer availability and planned expenditures are increasing and that two-thirds of the nation's schools have at least one microcomputer in their facilities. (JN)

A simplified model based on assumed linear realtionships between the main variables is used to show how changes in expenditure, tax rate, etc. affect other parts of the national economy in successive periods. See SO 505 143 for ordering information. (Author/ND)

Results of a survey of college business officials and their perceptions of security problems, their reactions (including personnel and mechanical measures taken to deal with them), and their expenditures. (Author/MLF)

In the last two decades, college textbook prices have increased at twice the rate of inflation but have followed close behind tuition increases. Increasing at an average of 6 percent per year, textbook prices nearly tripled from December 1986 to December 2004, while tuition and fees increased by 240 percent and overall inflation was 72…

Based on the 23rd Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the number of students with disabilities served under IDEA reached 5.6 million in the 1999-2000 school year. Students classified with specific learning disabilities continue to be the most prevalent group, representing half…

This third report in a congressionally mandated study focuses solely on the issue of direct instructional expenditures and the factors associated with the comparative magnitude of these expenditures are 4-year colleges and universities in the United States. The data source is multiple cycles of the Delaware Study of Instructional Costs and…

ARL is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). ARL reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education…

This report presents facts related to the funding of research at the four universities in Alberta, Canada. During fiscal year 1999-2000, $300 million Canadian dollars in direct external funding was received by the four universities to support research, an increase from 1998-1999 of 29.9%. Total sponsored research funding from all sources to…

A study was conducted to examine the socioeconomic impact of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) on the surrounding community. This study was a follow-up to a previous examination of the economic relationship between the university and the community. The current study examined the short-term measurable economic impact of university…

As part of the Assessing the New Federalism project, this paper explores the role of the state and federal government in narrowing state spending differences among noneducation children's programs. An analysis of the variation among states in need, capacity, and willingness to spend is followed by an analysis of two federal funding…