Summarizes the legal and economic issues raised in a court case over differences in per-pupil spending between black and white schools in Washington, D.C. (BH)

Examines the conditions that are forcing the Federal Government to take the first serious steps toward an overhaul of educational finances. Predicts that the local property tax will soon be supplemented by substantial State and federal support. Describes potential revisions in the tax structure that would call for equal sharing of the education…

An advance glimpse of the revised financial accounting methods for school districts recommended in a new manual from the U. S. Office of Education. The manual is designed to help school districts modernize their financial accounting procedures and their entire range of fiscal management practices. (Author/DN)

More significant public library measurements and standards, and better and prompter statistics on which to base them, are needed. Suggestions for developing new standards are given. (Author/JS)

Rises in the cost of books and periodicals in a fast-changing technology cause pressure on a library's limited financial resources. This is partially offset by expanding the subject catalog and by starting a personal information service. (Author)

Foreign students in America resent lack of personal relationships, financial disadvantages, social discrimination, irrelevant curriculum, immigration regulations and their exclusion from governing bodies. (IR)

To improve operating efficiency in a liberal arts college, instruction may be organized to reduce cost while maintaining quality. (Editor/IR)

The first order of business must not be the indtroduction of new equipment and methodology but rather a re-evaluation of the aims and standards of the library in the modern world. (Author)

Discussion of dining problems on urban campuses. (IR)

Reactions of school board members to a plan in which the government would provide families with a voucher for each school-age child, guaranteeing specific sums of money which could be paid as tuition to any "approved schools. Parents would be free to spend this to purchase educational services. Nonpublic and public schools could compete among…

Increase in research and development (R&D) activity in the industrialized countries has resulted in the expansion of the arms production capacity of the Third World. The transfer of arms production systems is carried out through production under license, subcontracting, and joint production of weapons. Politico-social and economic effects are…