The evolution of public school financing systems has traced the concern of equal access to dollars to opportunities for equal education which recognizes individual needs or deficiencies to questioning whether schooling makes a difference. The authors provide empirically based data supporting the necessity of equity in the allocation of State…

In 1972 the Center for Research and Development in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley, conducted a survey to find answers to questions raised by state and institutional policymakers. A questionaire requesting appropriation and enrollment information for fiscal years 1963-1972 was sent to each statewide coordinating or…

This bibliography presents citations concerning the changing state responsibilities for planning and coordinating in postsecondary education. Forty-seven citations are presented alphabetically by title. ERIC numbers are provided at the end of citations where appropriate. (MJM)

The General Assembly of the State of Maryland has enacted legislation creating several programs of scholarships and grants to help those citizens of the State who need financial assistance to secure for themselves the benefits of a college education on both the undergraduate and graduate levels. This document contains a description of the…

The purpose of this paper is to study flows into the pool of medical manpower in Michigan to develop guidelines for medical manpower policies. Assuming the goals were to maximize the number of physicians in Michigan, this paper describes an approach that would show the consequences of different allocations of state funds for achieving these…

This report provides the results of a tabular survey of programs in operation or approved for state support of private higher education in the 50 states. The information in the survey is summarized and presented as introductory material. (MJM)

This article examines the need for and use of financial aid for postsecondary students in the south, with special emphasis on the way state-sponsored programs function in the region. Areas of concern include the cost of education for the student, how much students can pay, financial needs of the students, state governments' efforts to assist…

The Commission evaluated a wide variety of alternative tax sources and examined the existing structure in Connecticut. It specifically evaluated inequities resulting from Connecticut taxes as they affect various classes of citizens and examined the impact of the Connecticut tax structure on business with a view to encouraging economic expansion.…

The document clarifies an originally proposed program to provide Statewide funding for public elementary and secondary education in Rhode Island by reviewing, stepwise, the actual operation of the plan for establishing tax levies and determining grant allocations; examines the anticipated effects of this proposed plan on the tax rates in…

In the sixth annual Southern Regional Education Board analysis of state and local revenue potential, the authors suggest that 1972 tax collections, here reported, represent a kind of watershed in revenue availability. The economic boom over the last two years has substantially removed the need for many states to consider new revenue measures. In…

This report on state support for private higher education expands a 1969 survey of national trends prepared for the Southern Regional Education Board. It presents the findings of several empirical studies which: (1) examine various legal constraints and judicial interpretations related to tax appropriations for private schools; and (2) examine the…

This report is the first response to President Nixon's request to the Commission for an evaluation of the proposed replacement of school property taxes by a Federal value added tax. The report findings reveal that a federal program to bring tax relief is neither necessary nor desirable, and the Commission suggests that the States assume a greater…

This document presents some notes on the special study on operating support for the emerging universities in Ontario. That report is an attempt to sketch some guidelines for determining a point of emergence for new universities in Ontario, and to propose a grant formula that might serve as a guide in establishing grants to emerging universities.…

The purpose of this study was to formulate a linear programming model to simulate a foundation type support program and to apply this model to a state support program for the public elementary and secondary school districts in the State of Iowa. The model was successful in producing optimal solutions to five objective functions proposed for…

The present report, prepared by the Instructional Technology Committee of the National Academy of Engineering's Commission on Education, presents some accumulated data concerning computer-aided instruction and instructional television as used in institutions of higher learning. The report consists of 4 sections: (1) The Promise of Educational…