Cites a National Science Foundation (NSF) Report, "Science and Technology: Annual Report to the Congress," for evidence that the United States remains the major technological power in the world. (CP)

Income and educational elasticities for twenty-two different food products based on the 1965-66 USDA household food consumption expenditure data indicate that differences in homemakers' education, in addition to household income, have significant effects on composition of household food expenditures. (MF)

Reviews the proposed 1979 federal budget for basic research for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Defense, and Department of Energy. (SL)

The Uniform Reporting Program of the American College Health Association generalizes on the problems of health service management and then identifies specific measures and programs to relieve those problems. (MM)

These two notes offer a couple of refinements to existing equalization plans--one deals with cost indexes, the other with fiscal incentive for dollar equalization. (Author/IRT)

Proposes two plans--school stamps and teacher-trustee--that would give parents and teachers a say in educational expenditures. (IRT)

Presents a rationale and operational guidelines for determining comparable costs for two-year college occupational and technical programs, using production costs of student credit hours and cost center components (e.g., teaching costs, administrative personnel costs, general institutional expenses, federal funds, gifts, grants, and unique program…

Paying attention to how transportation costs are administered in a school's budget is extremely important. The Denver Public Schools did not and lost two-thirds of its bus fleet in one year. Advises districts to pay close attention to preventive maintenance practices and outlines important areas to review. (MD)

Presents a decision theoretic model that minimizes the costs of the material selection decision process by using formal methods to rank materials. Illustrations of the process are provided, and an implementation method using MARC records is described. (Author/CLB)

Proposes a production-demand framework for explaining national schooling expenditures, teacher-student ratios, and male and female school enrollment rates across countries. Data for 89 countries for 1960-1980 are used to estimate the effects of real incomes per adult, the relative price of teachers, urbanization, and other factors on enrollment…

A comparative analysis was made of the level of states' financial support for community and institutional mental retardation services (1977-1984). Among findings were that state size and wealth were poor predictors of community service fiscal effort. Degree of federal assistance was an inversely related predictor of institutional fiscal effort.…

Discusses two interacting sources limiting educational expenditures in developing nations in light of the impact of the global economic recession: (1) factors affecting overall levels of public expenditures and (2) factors affecting educational priority in the national budget. Offers requirements for an effective response to these challenges. (TRS)

Argues that austere educational expenditures can and should play a positive educational role with positive social and internationally political implications. Contends that this is possible only under certain conditions involving youth attitudes, political awareness, and technological developments with orientation toward better international…

Factors that should be taken into account in studying a higher education institution's economic impact on the surrounding community are discussed, potential errors are pointed out, and the calculation of the effects of institutional expenditures in the community is explained. (MSE)

Engineering and technical colleges (N=221) responded to a questionnaire concerning various aspects of their institution (such as faculty, enrollment, research expenditures, budget, and degrees awarded). Results are provided alphabetically by institution. (JN)