Ten reflections may be made regarding children's literature and its teaching. The reflections are as follows: (1) Teachers can make a profound difference in the lives of students and should attempt to do so. (2) Teachers of children's literature are a badly fragmented lot and need a common meeting ground where they can share their thinking. (3)…

The requirements of urban sprawl, a highly industrialized and technical economy, and an unpredictable job market apply great pressure to the educational community for diversity of offerings, quality, and accountability. However, despite the extraordinary demands for programs and services, the economic forecast for higher education is pessimistic.…

An introductory overview of community college finance provides an outline of current funding patterns, sources of income, resource development efforts, current financial problems, and proposed solutions. The annotated bibliography that follows contains 27 references drawn from both published and unpublished sources including the journal…

With growth no longer vigorously propelled by population increase, colleges and universities are forced to examine alternative ways for giving and receiving higher education. Perplexed by a shifting economy and increasingly competitive with each other, American campuses are clearly in transition. In these circumstances, how can colleges and…

This is the second in a series of reports concerned with evaluating the impacts of land development. This report discusses in considerable depth and detail how development affects the revenues and expenditures of local government. Questions include the following: (1) Will new development inflate the demand for public services and facilities in…

School districts are increasingly squeezed between increasing operating costs and the growing difficulty of raising new revenue. Most causes of this situation are beyond the control of school officials; they can only control staffing and educational programs. Because 80 percent of most school budgets go for salaries and related expenses, any major…

Five essays were delivered at a conference which addressed the issues of federal financial support for public broadcasting and what constitutes appropriate programing for public television stations. The essays discussed the following issues specifically: (1) the role of public broadcasting, (2) commercial versus noncommercial programing, (3)…

The poor performance of boards of trustees, often a characteristic of the so-called "struggling institution," is identified as a symptom of trouble in institutions with financial problems. In scores of colleges studied, very few boards of trustees were found who met the standards of composition, organization and performance necessary for solution…

Approximately 95 percent of affiliated Jewish youth attend college. Much is happening in student aid today that will probably affect parents and their children. Issues of importance include: (1) legal considerations; (2) sources of financial aid; (3) applying for financial aid; (4) state and federal programs of financial aid; (5) sources of…

Decreasing enrollments of American colleges and universities of all types and geographic regions are described that have resulted in many deficits since 1968-69. Contributing to the financial squeeze are inflation, unionization, and sharp reductions in the level of scholarships and research support. Studies of four-year liberal arts colleges…

The disparities in urban/nonurban education can be changed through community participation and a redistribution of educational revenues. The high positive correlation of race and economic class to school achievement is the most pressing concern of education today. Public pressure is necessary to resist the tendency toward bureaucratic isolation of…

The theme of the 1972 annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Reformation and Reallocation in Higher Education, was chosen because it was timely and relevant to significant problems of higher education and, therefore, to institutional research. Papers presented at the forum fall under the categories of costs and the financial…

The need for reform in school financing is crucial and urgent. The regressive and anachronistic practice of financing schools through local property taxes perpetuates inequities detrimental to students and unfair to parents and taxpayers. Although it is the students in the inner cities that require special, more costly educational approaches,…

The theme of this working conference, Libraries Without Walls, was explored by representatives of business, labor, government, education, community organizations and libraries. Recommendations were made for the more effective use of libraries in providing information for the entire community. The problems, proposals and recommendations of thirteen…

Studies conducted by the University of Tulsa, Arizona State University, Utah State University, and the Indian Health Service have indicated a high incidence of handicapping conditions among the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) student population. Of the approximately 50,000 students in the nearly 200 BIA schools, some 19,000 have been estimated to…