A survey to elicit data on R&D expenditures of state government agencies for fiscal years 1972 and 1973 is covered in this document. In 1973 total R&D expenditures by all sectors of the economy were $30,427 million. The R&D expenditures of State government agencies amounted to 0.9 percent of this total. Expenditures of state government agencies to…

Instructional, administrative, and support services for adult evening education in Massachusetts community colleges are totally supported by tuition paid by enrolled students. On the other hand, day divisions of these colleges are supported by taxation and paid for by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Thus, an adult evening division student pays…

Strategies and problems facing the small private liberal arts colleges as a group are described. Many of these schools have weathered the financial emergencies of recent years by cutting expenditures to the point where the quality of education is threatened. New measures have been called for to reduce the tuition gap between private and public…

The status of the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) is reviewed in terms of enrollments, program financing and financial aid, academic programs, and measurement of outcomes. Separate documents report on the 1973-1974 activities for private-sector institutions funded under HEOP, for the City University Search for Education, Elevation and…

This report addresses a variety of questions about inequalities in school finance, and answers them by applying a broad range of statistical techniques to a comprehensive set of data on California school districts. Census data by school district was drawn from the 1970 U.S. Census, while information on school district finance for 1971-72 was…

This publication examines a number of key issues and recent trends related to the general topic of school finance. Chapter 1 reviews several significant court cases challenging state school finance systems, including San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, Robinson v. Cahill, and Serrano v. Priest. Chapter 2 describes major new…

The impact of recent national economic trends on both public and private institutions is discussed. Tuition and student charges have continued to increase to help meet escalating institutional expenditures, much of which is due to national inflation. It is contended that there is much evidence of an abating of these economic conditions, as well as…

This chapter summarizes recent state supreme court and federal court decisions related to the area of school finance. The cases discussed are generally limited to those decided during 1975 and reported in the General Digest as of March 1976. In their discussion, the authors attempt to integrate related cases and to illuminate any unifying legal…

The Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities, composed of 117 Pennsylvania colleges and universities--public and private, community colleges and complex universities, state-related universities and state-owned colleges, calls for public support for Pennsylvania private colleges. It recognizes that tuitions in the public sector should…

This paper is primarily concerned with identifying and explicating the environmental forces and political factors responsible for legislative enactment of major school finance changes in Wisconsin in 1973. Easton's political systems theory serves as a conceptual framework for the study. In addition, Lindblom's leadership model, Truman's interest…

This publication presents model state educational legislation prepared by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) for consideration by individual state legislatures. The ACIR is concerned with improving relationships between federal, state, and local governments; the ACIR legislative program places considerable emphasis on…

This statistical report provides data on revenues, staffing, and attendance for the 89 school districts in the 6 counties of western New York. Data for two separate years are included. Section A reports data on actual revenues and expenditures for the 1974-75 fiscal year and is based mainly on state final budget reports for each district in…

Statistical data on the status of state scholarship programs are presented. A history since 1969-70 of state funded need-based undergraduate scholarship/grant programs is reviewed briefly, followed by tables of dollars and number of awards by state. The awards are for state residents to attend either public or non-public colleges or universities.…

The Council of Ontario Universities, in view of important decisions to be made about the financing of university education, addresses a brief to the governments of Canada and Ontario. Discussed are: (1) the tripartite approach; (2) federal, provincial and university responsibilities; (3) federal-provincial funding arrangements; (4) the fiscal…

The equitability of current New Jersey State programs supporting higher education is the primary focus of this study. Taxpayer equity is defined as the distribution of higher education costs on the basis of ability to pay and commensurate with the distribution of higher education subsidies. The net effect of all state programs on each income group…