The 1973-74 annual report of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency covers three main areas. (1) The State Higher Education Grant Program, previously called the State Scholarship Program, awarded grants to 28,133 persons who were 1973 high school graduates, 56,728 "renewals" (also had awards in 1972-73), and 21,613…

During the spring of 1974 a series of seminars on student aid programs was held in connection with the congressional hearings on Title IV of the Higher Education Act. This seminar report, which focuses on some of the issues arising from the National Direct Student Loan program and Title IV-B of the Higher Education Act, hopes to communicate widely…

The basic prototype model presented in this report simulates the impact of federal, state, and private funding programs by using differential dynamic programming to construct a 5-year operating plan for several classes of institutions. The institutional supply of spaces for students is identified by these operating plans for each of the classes of…

The preface of this report on state appropriations for higher education discusses the financial problems faced by many of the state institutions because of the failure of state appropriations to keep up with rising costs, expenditures, enrollments, demands and expectations. The report presents a table of appropriations of state tax funds for…

This paper presents a mathematical model for use in determining student tuition charges at public and private institutions. This model treats higher education as an economic commodity, with the price to the consumer--in the form of tuition--as an algebraic function of supply, demand, and quality. The model provides one set of solutions to such…

This report on school finance in New York State describes the components of general aid: operating expense, growth size correction, budget, high tax, reorganization incentive for compliance with master plan for school district reorganization, minimum aid per district, transportation, and expenses for construction of new buildings and maintenance…

The presentations to the annual legislative work conference of the Southern Regional Education Board were divided in five sections: (1) trends in higher education, (2) future costs of higher education, (3) budgeting processes, (4) capital expenditures, and (5) student costs. These proceedings also include a summary of the workshop proceedings;…

Illinois' General Assembly appointed a Commission to Study Non-Public Higher Education in Illinois and directed it to consider the role and needs of private colleges and universities and recommend ways in which the state should aid these institutions. The Commission invited the presidents of all private institutions in Illinois to voice their…

The areas of (1) facilities planning and programming, and (2) facility financing are examined with regard to their potential for improved educational innovation. In the first area, the report deals with the ways in which local facilities planning can be improved through both local action and increased leadership by the Ohio Department of…

To determine how state and institutional officials perceive their own state programs for student financial aid, what legislation exists or is proposed in the field, and what alternative steps should be recommended, 350 questionnaires were distributed to selected state officials, and to the largest public and private institutions of higher…

This study examines various options available in the formulation of a proposal to increase student charges in the University of California and the State colleges. Four issues are discussed: (1) cost distribution of state and student support; (2) uses of the fees for instruction, student services, student financial aid, research, community…

This research project examined management's attitudes toward government training programs and the subsidization of industrial training. Questionnaires were addressed to general managers but many responses were from personnel directors, presidents, vice presidents, and others. The basic research tool contained checklists, ranking, and open-ended…

One way in which the analysis of educational finance reform might be broadened to include an analysis of the fiscal effects of such reform is to show fiscal competition between large cities and their suburbs. It is not possible to say that "most central cities" or "most suburban areas" deserve a greater share of State…

Published prior to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the case, this report puts into perspective the questions and problems before the State of Texas in resolving the issue raised by Rodriguez vs San Antonio. The document reviews the key elements of the decision in the Rodriguez case and considers alternative approaches that comply with the…

A number of educational finance proposals suggest that the State become the primary collector and dispenser of revenue to support public education. Under such proposals the State would become, in effect, the employer for collective bargaining purposes. Accordingly, this paper deals with representation issues, the scope of bargaining, and problems…