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Binder, Eugene – 1984
Despite 1983 Elementary and Secondary Education ACT (ESEA) Title I federal funding of over $255 million for more than 3,000 projects for some 600,000 migrant children and youth, there is still need for alternate funding sources to overcome spiraling inflation and increasing program costs and numbers of eligible children. Other federal, state,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Waggaman, John S. – 1992
This brief report summarizes a longer document with the same title. It reviews the need to better manage higher education expenses in light of budget cuts and reductions in appropriations and other public services. It is noted that tuition, although increasing, has been increasing at a slower rate since 1981. Also, faculty salaries have not…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Colleges, Costs
Ascher, Carol – 1994
This ERIC digest presents a summary of discussions from urban educators who addressed the issue of school violence at a National Education Association meeting held May 19, 1994. These educators note that American society is steeped in violence, particularly in urban areas, where children experience frustration, helplessness, and anger, and where…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conferences, Crime Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
McKenna, Mary – 1994
The Internet is an international computer network encompassing thousands of smaller interconnected networks. This digest describes various uses of the Internet and its impact on libraries, as well as Internet-related library issues. The Internet applications of electronic mail (E-mail), telnet, and file transfer protocol (FTP) are briefly…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, File Transfer Protocol
Moran, Mary – 1987
The impact of student aid policies on women is assessed. Patterns of enrollment and economic profiles differ for male and female students. Women, for example, far surpass men as adult, part-time, independent, and unclassified students, the categories most likely to present barriers to participating in most financial aid programs. Gender issues in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, College Students, Comparative Analysis