Statistical data and an analysis is presented in discussing the relation of costs to financing in medical education. (PG)

Except in small towns where there are only enough parents to support one or two volunteer groups, how can the goals of the P.T.A. compete with trendy, activist objectives of Women's Liberation, and environmental, civil rights, and student rights groups? (Author)

An education and school management consultant discusses ways to reduce school expenditures now that a decline in enrollment has set in. (GB)

This article lists and discusses five problems in rural special education: a) low population density, b) financial constraints resulting from lower tax bases, c) rural flight, d) inability to recruit and retain quality personnel, and e) lack of future. (HMD)

The implications and the political causes behind the Senate Appropriations Committee's proposal for zero funding for NIE for fiscal year 1975 are discussed. (AM)

To assess the first year effects of Proposition 13, informal interviews and discussions were conducted with the college presidents and trustees at 37 California community colleges in January 1979. As a whole, the college boards were committed to carrying out the mandate of Proposition 13, though there seemed to be a struggle as to who would…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS DEVELOPED FROM MATERIALS FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING SOURCES--EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, PRIVATE LIBRARIES, NEW MEXICO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FINANCE. THE 83 ENTRIES, WHICH RANGE IN DATE FROM 1922 TO 1967, INCLUDE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, PERIODICAL ARTICLES,…

Major public and private universities need substantial amounts of additional income to meet rapidly rising operating costs. After World War II, total educational and general expenditures in all universities went up from less than $1 billion in 1945-46 to more than $7 billion in 1963-64. Some private university operating deficits indicate that…

Solutions to the urban crisis, the Vietnam war, and other national problems require, and could be met by, the knowledge and manpower developed in American colleges and universities. But a severe financial crisis increasingly threatens even their normal operations. Enrollments have risen by about 3.5 million since 1930, with a large segment of this…

Educational institutions, particularly universities, are facing increasing financial pressures, doubts about their relevance, continuing student violence, over-crowding, and the chaos of a knowledge explosion. These interrelated dynamic problems result from the way the educational system is organized and operated. The system's common ways of…

This presentation is intended to provide the reader with a perspective on indirect costs in sponsored research and an indication of the type of flexibility available within the provisions of Circular A-21, a document of the Office of Management and Budget that outlines procedures for determining university indirect costs under federal grants and…

The focus of this publication is on the creation of learning facilities for two-, three-, and four-year-old children. This volume illustrates graphically (1) 11 new centers that were specifically constructed for early education, and (2) old facilities--houses, storefronts, and warehouses--that have been successfully remodeled to provide early…