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Commentary: When Will Academicians Enter the Ranks of the Working Poor?

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Abbott, Walter F. – Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 1980

If 1970-77 trends in academic salaries and the poverty level threshold persist, it is suggested, lower-ranking American academicians may expect to enter the ranks of the working poor in the eighties. Some evidence is presented and some options and alternatives are discussed. (MLW)

Descriptors: College Faculty, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Higher Education

A Proposal for the Distribution of Federal Block Grant Funds in Illinois.

Hickrod, G. Alan; And Others – 1982

It is proposed that federal block grants to Illinois be distributed to school districts according to four characteristics of those districts. Funds will be distributed inversely proportional to property valuation per pupil, directly proportional to percentage of minority children, directly proportional to percentage of poverty children (Title I…

Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Block Grants, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance