Massachusetts' Employment and Training (ET) Choices Program--a work-incentive demonstration--assumes that recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) would choose work over welfare if given genuine opportunities for economic improvement. Models for estimating caseload without the ET Program indicate that the program had only…

The capacity of funding formulas to distribute adequate state funds to public colleges and universities equitably has been often debated, prompted by demands for economy, wise resource usage, and accountability. Between 1984 and 1988, the number of states using funding formulas decreased from 34 to 32. Change is inevitable. Includes 17 footnotes.…

Dollar amounts of research support from federal, state and local, industry, institutional, and other sources are charted for each state, the District of Columbia, and the territories. (MSE)

A report compiled by the Center for Higher Education at Illinois State University, considered to be the definitive study of state financial support for higher education, is described. State appropriations figures continue to follow trends in regional economies. (MLW)

A general commentary on the present education reform in the country is made using the examples of the five state reports. Certain common national trends are noted, and a summary is given of the effects of these reforms. Speculation is offered on the future of the reforms. (JD)

Student costs in most institutions are not determined by any simple economic model or desire to charge as much as possible; they are the product of a variety of state policy decisions. State governments should become more forceful in controlling future increases, especially for noninstructional services. (MSE)

From 1959 to 1976, a new professionalization trend emerged among francophone faculty in Quebec's universities as a result of increased direct funding, rapid institutional development, bureaucratization of the university system, and faculty unionization. By 1976, unionization was achieved and the professional role of faculty had been defined. (MSE)

Describes a study focusing on strategies employed by community colleges that have been severely affected by state budgetary shortfalls and accompanying enrollment increases. Indicates that state funding declines have promoted institutions to seek local funding and increase tuition and that college attempts to avoid enrollment limitations involve…

Techniques for college and university administrators and alumni to use in garnering support for or against state legislation include: gathering diverse experts; selecting a defense and/or offense; remaining flexible; flooding legislative offices with communications; meeting with local newspaper editors and legislators; distributing fact sheets to…

Public colleges and universities have been enjoying increased success in private fund raising, including some of the largest gifts ever made to higher education. Public institution officials worry that lawmakers may decrease state support as a result. Some private colleges worry that public institutions are taking too big a share of limited…

Data from a national survey of fiscal year 1990 supported employment fiscal activity are presented, and fund source utilization patterns are compared to those from previous years' surveys. Supported employment expenditures grew 19% from 1989 to 1990. Nonvocational rehabilitation funds accounted for two-thirds of total state expenditures for…

Controversy surrounds Michigan's first charter "school"--a distance-learning network of home schoolers that may come online this fall with some 1,200 students and about $6.6 million in state aid. The school could make a $4 million profit by its third year of operation. An alternative curriculum that promotes creationism has the Michigan…

Analyzes public school funding patterns across the 50 states to help address continuing fiscal inequity problems. Findings support other investigations showing substantial variations in the distribution of public education revenues within states, even after years of ameliorative litigation and legislation. Equalization is costly and requires…

Critically examines current education reform, based on a 50-state survey. Studies state legislation passed since 1983 and investments in 1988 reforms in the context of current educational issues, highlighting areas for further research. Presents data on special populations. Future reforms will be cast in response to present-day emphases. Funding…

The first amendment does not either require or permit government to threaten religiously affiliated colleges and universities with reduced eligibility for public funding in the event of increased religious control over institutional governance or academic functions. However, government may decline to fund education at "pervasively sectarian"…