This analysis of higher education financing examines the need for the provision of additional funds to higher educational institutions and the availability of adequate aid funds to parents and students. It is concluded that there is no single solution to the problems associated with higher education finance that is suitable for all colleges and…

The first year's activities of the Adult Career Advocates Project are described in this interim report, a national study of what counseling services are available for out-of-school youth and adults. Focus is on administrative structure, programming, staffing, and funding of the 353 centers identified as providing career and educational guidance to…

School districts in Vermont are organized generally along town boundary lines with no clear distinction between town and school governmental units. State financial distributions are usually made to the town, and taxes are billed and collected by the town. There is a need for school district reorganization in terms of larger unified or 12-grade…

This monograph reviews the alternative tuition systems that colleges, universities, states, and the Federal Government have implemented, are in the process of developing, or have proposed to use in helping families pay for the escalating costs of postsecondary education. It considers models for pricing tuition, ways to keep tuition low, and…

The Division of Continuing Education sustained funding losses during l976-77 in its public tax levy support and in its special grant program funds. The College budget crises have resulted in continued staff cuts, loss of program possibilities, loss of six months of funding for the Institute of Study for Older Adults, and loss of funding for…

This summary on Servicemen's Opportunity College (SOC) reports on the progress of the following SOC tasks: recruitment of additional SOCs; exploring extension of SOC to technical and vocational programs; exploring extension of SOC to graduate programs; publishing and distributing SOC catalogs and other materials; encouraging better liaison among…

The transcript of a workshop on doctoral education, this monograph is intended as an idea generator for those who teach doctoral students in marketing. Among the topics considered are the future of the Ph.D. in marketing, the ideal Ph.D. curriculum, the question of whether or not Ph.D. research can be more substantive, teaching Ph.D.'s to teach,…

The benefits of faculty development centers in southern universities are discussed primarily through the use of case histories. Particular services selected for inclusion in an ideal instruction center include: grants or financial assistance; released time; professional advice; technical specialists, assistants, equipment; secretarial help;…

Described in detail in this partly promotional, partly informational publication are the history of campus planning, new master plan, and new capital programs of this Seventh Day Adventist institution. Numerous maps, photographs, and tables of financial and statistical data illustrate the plan. (MSE)

Under P.L. 93-647 major changes in the child support enforcement system were mandated. The law became Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act; thus, the child support enforcement program is commonly referred to as the IV-D program. This comprehensive measure brought into existence a major federal agency to correct the problem of desertion…

State legislation on libraries in Ohio is presented in this report. An introductory chapter covers some of the major characteristics and provisions of these laws, in historical perspective and in the current state of public library organization, tax support, and financing. Federal library laws are reviewed, as is the role of the state library, and…

A summary of the third International Conference on Adult Education (Tokyo) by UNESCO, the book examines adult education trends of the last decade, functions of adult education as related to lifelong education, and formulation of adult education policies in the context of national education plans. During the 12-year period between conferences,…

A group representing United States higher education, Federal Government, foundations, and professional agencies and associations met to discuss the issue of the impact that undergraduate foreign students and United States postsecondary education have on each other. The meeting was organized around three prepared papers. The papers dealt with the…

Thirty-one Minnesota public libraries were studied to determine the best use of state funds to promote library development. The overall objective of this study was to determine the most effective organizational structure, appropriate standards of operation, and a program of financial support for public libraries in Minnesota. An analysis was made…

This study is considered to represent an attempt to examine conditions which inhibit the education of many minority group college students, by pursuing three specific objectives. They are: (1) to identify common indicators of the lack of self-discipline among minority group college students and analyze them in terms of their nature and magnitude;…