This Bulletin focuses on comparing and tracking funding levels for higher education and serves as a complement to the "Fact Book on Higher Education" published by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). When appropriations for higher education were adjusted for inflation, they decreased in 23 states between the 2000-2001 and…

This brochure in Spanish contains information about finding federal, state, and other sources of information about student financial aid for college. The brochure advises that most of the information private college scholarship search companies provide can be obtained for free elsewhere. Students should ensure that they are not paying for free…

This brochure contains information about finding federal, state, and other sources of information about student financial aid for college. The brochure advises that most of the information private college scholarship search companies provide can be obtained for free elsewhere. Students should ensure that they are not paying for free information,…

In 2002-2003, the Austin Independent School District (AISD), Texas, offered full-day prekindergarten instruction to eligible 4-year-olds who were limited English proficient, economically disadvantaged, or homeless. AISD received $4,401,968 from the state Prekindergarten Expansion Grant to support full-day instruction in 2002-2003. This program…

This guidebook was developed by California's Office of Public School Construction (OPSC) to assist school districts in applying for and obtaining "grant" funds for the new construction and modernization of schools under the provisions of the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 (Senate Bill 50). It is intended to be an overview…

As part of the Assessing the New Federalism project, this paper explores the role of the state and federal government in narrowing state spending differences among noneducation children's programs. An analysis of the variation among states in need, capacity, and willingness to spend is followed by an analysis of two federal funding…

Usage by New York State school districts of the Greenberg Law, which permits state aid to unusually handicapped children served by private schools, was studied to determine differences between high usage and low usage districts. (DB)

Federal support is in decline, and the future prospects are for further decline. The rise and fall of elites in this country will be determined in large by the choices of youth who accept or reject the opportunity to be educated. (Author/JN)

George Gullen, Jr., President of Wayne State University, explains his notion of parity and presents his view of relations between the state capitol and the university. (Author/PG)

Planning for an institution is impossible when the budgeting process is used as a political tool for change. (Editor)

Authors analyze the interrelationship between state expenditures for graduate education and the state economy. (HS)

The authors, members of the staff of the governor of Michigan, provide more details of the proposed revenue sharing plan to reform educational finance in Michigan. (AN)

State aid to higher education in North Carolina faces a situation comparable to all states. (HS)