Describes Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation (KHIC), a nonprofit community development organization that creates jobs and helps small manufacturing businesses succeed in nine "perpetually poor" rural Kentucky counties. Outlines KHIC services: loans for both expansion and working capital; equity and real estate investments;…

Recent winners of the John Cotton Dana Award were Brooklyn Public Library's "Fair Share for Brooklyn" program to reallocate funding and involve residents in the future of library services and the Indiana Library Federation's "Explore the Possibilities: Support Indiana Libraries" program, a statewide multimedia campaign to…

Presents data from 1971 to 1990 to show that the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) standard that the library's appropriation shall be 6% of total institution budget has never been realized. Suggested reasons (e.g., increasing budgets for administration, research, and student services) are discussed, and possible solutions are…

The focus on the debate over college teaching vs. faculty research productivity, although important, ignores the central issue of the need to restore proper funding for higher education. Underfunding higher education ultimately destroys both quality and access and affects the public sector the most. (MSE)

Describes the international activities of the Thames Valley University's Department of Information Management, including formal academic links with overseas institutions, development of short courses for practitioners, discussion meetings, staff and student visits, and enrollment of international students. Topics addressed include personnel,…

A study of Ontario (Canada) colleges examined the government fiscal policy, profitability motives, bureaucratic organizational norms, incrementalism, and political and power relationships that impede successful integration of centers of innovation and entrepreneurship into colleges. Other factors not yet researched are discussed. (Author/MSE)

The New Jersey Institute of Technology's experience with encouraging Black participation in engineering and science illustrates the value of four precepts: (1) academic preparation begins early; (2) a comprehensive, multifaceted approach is essential; (3) lots of money is needed; and (4) universities must be ready to experiment and keep learning.…

Discusses reasons for declines in community college foundation donations and other causes of financial problems. Considers ways of stopping the erosion of state community college funding, and ways resource development officers can nurture private sector ties. Describes state-level resource development for North Carolina's community colleges. (DMM)

Offers a three-point plan for increasing the effectiveness of Jamaica's community college system. The plan consists of a mission statement, a design for three additional colleges, and a financial model to ensure program enhancement, institutional continuity, and greater accessibility. (DMM)

A 4-year study produced workable standards for capturing comparative costs useful to college administrators in fund raising, alumni administration, and public relations. The 51 institutions of higher education that completed the study reported their expenditures and gift income for the years 1985-86, 1986-87, and 1987-88. (MLW)

The article examines changes in British funding policies under the Education Reform Act of 1988 to stress competitive bidding by higher education institutions. The methodology and theory of the new approach are explained, as is the concept of equilibria in decision theory underlying the approach. Noted also are responses of institutions. (DB)

Assumptions and theories underlying grants peer review as a way to select research proposals for funding and its usefulness as an evaluation methodology are explored. Issues arising from the operation of peer-based systems at the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health are examined. (SLD)

Argues that the primary responsibility of professional art education associations to their members is advocacy. Explains four areas of advocacy: (1) public awareness; (2) professional development; (3) policymaking; and (4) patronage. Concludes that art educators must join together to advance the cause of ethical art advocacy. (CFR)

Compares postgraduate education for human geographers, particularly doctoral students, in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Finds similarities between the two countries' programs, but notes that Dutch programs have much better financial conditions for students. Discusses programs in the Netherlands and issues of comparable graduate training…

A discussion of the use of performance indicators and performance-based funding in state colleges and universities looks at the types of mechanisms used for measuring institutional performance, state experiences with performance indicators, their pitfalls and limitations, the current status of performance-based funding applications, difficulties…