Vocational-technical education (VTE) today encompasses a diverse array of programs to equip students with work and life skills. A widening skills gap in the nation's work force, coupled with the fact that only about 20% of the nation's current jobs require a four-year college degree, has made VTE more important than ever before. Research has…

The Public Law (PL) 81-874 Impact Aid Program (IAP), first authorized in 1950, was originally designed to provide financial relief to local education agencies (LEAs) that had been impacted by the expanded activities of the armed forces and other federal activities. This document describes the expansion of military activities at Fort Drum, New…

The sources of public school revenues and how these dollars were spent are summarized in this report. More than $234 billion were collected for public elementary and secondary education in 1991-92 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Revenues ranged from a high of approximately $27 billion in California to approximately $539 million in…

As precribed by Act 79-461, Section 9, the Alabama State Commission on Higher Education evaluated the budgets submitted by the senior public institutions of higher education and by the Chancellor of the junior, community, and postsecondary vocational and technical education system and reached two sets of funding recommendations for all of higher…

This guide is intended to help Kentucky families of children with disabilities or other special needs to find services in their communities. Introductory information offers guidance in selecting services, applying for services, obtaining services, and organizing to obtain unavailable services. A question-and-answer format is used, with space…

This report discusses the trend of private funding to state universities, examines the importance of this area of financial support, and analyses the financial challenge confronting the nation's state and land-grant universities. Examples of what private investment does for the school are provided as is an argument supporting the need for…

This guide provides information about the various college student loan programs that exist and are available for use within North Carolina. Listed are specific programs that are available from the Federal, State, and private sectors. When possible, the following information is provided with each program: (1) eligibility requirements; (2) the…

This report presents findings of an analysis of the debt incurred by college graduates from student loans and of the ability of Florida residents who graduate from state institutions to repay this debt within discretionary income. Further reported are recommendations for a systematic procedure for determining the need for increased funding of…

There are a number of approaches to the provision of services in the early childhood education field, one of which involves collaboration between organizations and individuals. This paper explores the challenges of collaboration as a strategy to expand and enrich early childhood services. Philosophical challenges involve: (1) facing the problem of…

The education of American Indians and Alaska Natives is undertaken predominantly by state controlled and operated public school districts. With 90% of all Native students attending state public schools, significant efforts at improving Native education must focus on state governance and on the issue of change and development as a public school…

This report provides statistics on student aid in the 1980s and 1990s, complementing the publication, "Trends in Student Aid: 1963 to 1983." It revises figures presented earlier for the 1980s and gives estimates for academic year 1990-91. Tables 1 to 8 provide a variety of statistics on student aid, family income, and college costs for…

The Illinois Literacy Council's Long-Range Planning team interviewed more than 100 educators, business representatives, policy makers, and adult new readers to gather their thoughts about the state of literacy and how it might be improved. Their report raises 7 issues and presents 11 recommendations. The seven issues relate to the following: (1)…

To identify 5-year trends in revenues and expenditures for Pennsylvania's 500 school districts and to show how fiscal trends interact with changes in variables such as student enrollment, statewide school financial data from 1984-85 through 1988-89 are analyzed. The figures indicated that financial trends include increases in total district…

A historical overview of the relationship between the business community and the Boston public schools is provided in this paper, with a focus on outcomes of the Boston Compact--a commitment by the corporate community to provide Boston public school graduates with access to jobs if the Boston schools improved attendance, achievement, and…

Financial support available for foreign languages and international education is described for several federal programs. Provisions of applicable legislation and regulations are presented, along with brief descriptions of model programs or anticipated projects, and names, addresses, and phone numbers of persons who administer the programs…