This publication presents a collection of essays from top investment thinkers and financial commentators who share their views on the revolutionary retirement plan options now available to college and university employees. The essays were prepared for a conference that was convened by the New England Board of Higher Education in Boston to help…

This report provides parents with information on teaching their children about budgeting, saving, and careful spending as well as information on giving their children money, bonds, and stocks. Topics covered include: (1) participation of young children in family shopping; (2) money management skills developed through giving children an allowance;…

This handbook provides a brief overview of bank and bank holding company community development corporations (CDCs), the types of activities for which they can be used, the legal requirements in establishing such an entity, and how they are organized and operated. Case studies, including studies of the Shorebank Corporation of Chicago, the First…

Training managers increasingly are being asked to document the cost effectiveness of their programs. A cost-benefit analysis program was implemented at the Anchor Hocking Corporation that may be useful for other organizations. The cost-benefit analysis at Anchor Hocking is part of the training system design. The complete training system design…

The purpose of this study was to examine the variable of estimated earnings in order to determine how forecasts might be utilized to develop a securities portfolio strategy. The hypothesis stated that there is an inverse relationship between projected change in earnings per share and security performance. Ninety-one New York Stock Exchange…

As part of its statutory duty to foster international cooperation, the National Library of Australia has produced this annotated bibliography based on a review of material published since 1968 on the Pacific Community Concept or cooperation between countries in the Pacific Basin area of Asia and Oceania. The 159 items listed cover the following…

The report contains legal studies on important tax code provisions related to philanthropic giving. This is Volume IV in a five volume series examining the relationship between nonprofit institutions and their donors. Seventeen papers comprise the report. Tax code provisions which are discussed include eligibility for tax exemption; distinctions…

This booklet is intended to provide New York school district officials with a convenient yet comprehensive source of information on the investment of school funds. The booklet contains nine brief sections that focus in turn on school board investment policy, step-by-step investment guidelines, cash flow charts, types of investments, wire transfer…

This module is one of a set prepared in conjunction with the Title I "Project to Train Volunteer Leaders to Conduct Consumer Education Courses." It is designed to be a basic text for use in making a one-hour presentation on personal money management. Topics include reasons for having a budget and guidelines for successful budgeting, elements of a…

Effective cash management and short-term investing are discussed in this "how to" guide designed to benefit most institutions of higher education. The following premises are examined: proper compensation for effective cash management is not an expense but an investment; effective cash management and short-term investment programs do not depend on…

Results of the 1979 Comparative Performance Study of the National Association of College and Business Officers are presented. The study is designed to aid administrators in evaluating the performance of their investment pools. The report covers comparative performance information and related investment performance statistics and other endowment…

A survey was made of undergraduate programs dealing with personal investment, based on a representative sample of catalogs from 100 senior colleges in the U.S. The sample was comprehensively distributed geographically as well as by type of institution, and an attempt was made to include appropriate proportions of various types of institutions…

This paper reviews two different issues of current concern to educational planners and policy makers involved in the costing and financing of education. Part 1, by Mats Hultin, highlights the financial impossibility of continuing upward trends in educational costs. It does so by presenting the theoretical case of a country affected by the problems…

This document, intended primarily for mortgage lenders, is designed to aid readers in evaluating solar heating technology in the aspects of its capital cost and potential for recovery of investment. Whether or not American consumers will fully exploit this alternative will depend upon interest rates, the allocation of capital to finance the higher…

If education is a form of investment, how much does it contribute to economic growth compared with other forms of investment? The first approach to answering this question was the correlation approach. But although simple correlation studies show a relationship between education and economic progress, they do not prove cause and effect. The…