The difficulties faced by colleges and universities in financing physical education programs are discussed. It is pointed out that the most popular physical activities at the higher education level (such as tennis, golf, scuba diving) require very expensive programs in terms of specialized equipment, transportation, or specialized instruction.…

Higher education has become a marketplace, and as such institutions must be presented clearly and fairly to insure consumer protection for the students. (Author/PG)

Utilizing manpower to meet health personnel needs while keeping expenditures minimal is considered. (AG)

Examines the damaging effects of budgetary cuts and the pressures for accountability on one New York City elementary school. (WM)

Discusses questions concerning the tax status of scholarship and fellowship grants that continue to plague grantors, the grant recipients, and the United States Treasury. (Author/PG)

An overview of library acquisitions in 1973. Because of decreasing federal support, libraries are increasingly concerned with getting the maximum return on their investment. There are brief discussions of copyright, automation, gifts and exchanges, government publications, microforms, out-of-print materials, and cooperative acquisitions. (LS)

This study asked outpatients with serious illnesses to identify concerns which are not being adequately responded to. Three major questions were addressed: (1) To what extent do the private office patients of an oncologist have concerns about their medical treatment, physical condition, financial expenses, family adjustment and personal coping?…

This guide is one of a series of four such guides that are directed toward those people who provide financial counseling to consumers who have problems with overindebtedness. Recognizing that many who serve as financial counselors have little training in the field (for example, clergymen or social workers), the guides are not offered as complete…

This guide is one of a series of four such guides that are directed toward those people who provide financial counseling to consumers who have problems with overindebtedness. Recognizing that many who serve as financial counselors have little training in the field (for example, clergymen or social workers), the guides are not offered as complete…

This guide is one of a series of four such guides that are directed toward those people who provide financial counseling to consumers who have problems with overindebtedness. Recognizing that many who serve as financial counselors have little training in the field (for example, clergymen or social workers), the guides are not offered as complete…

Describes New Jersey's budget difficulties, caused essentially by the reluctance of the state legislature to enact tax reforms. Severe cutbacks in state university funds were partially averted due to revenue increases, including a two percent increase in the corporation business tax and a boost in motor vehicle registration fees. (MLH)

Preliminary results of a three-year study of fifteen school districts indicate that fiscal strain results from both "intended" and "unintended" factors. The authors construct a model of fiscal strain that combines budget constraints with school district decision-makers' preference functions and indifference curves. Using this model and 1976 and…

Defining ethnic newspapers as those published in a foreign language or in English that address themselves to a national group, this paper presents an overview of such papers currently published in the United States. The paper is organized into three sections. The first deals with the functions served by ethnic papers, including aiding in…

This book offers an independent analysis of the New York City education budget for 1981 by the Educational Priorities Panel (EPP). It represents an alternative to the mayor's budget, which calls for $89 million in cuts, and the board of education budget. The first two chapters contain background information on the EPP and an explanation of the…