While saving for college is important, educators should beware of savings programs involving significant funding. The difficulties of middle-class families should not divert attention from the problems of the less advantaged. A variety of savings plans will be needed, and both public and private educational and financial institutions will have a…

The typical family practice residency program has been fiscally solvent as a result of receiving approximately one-third of its income from state and federal appropriations. Declining Medicare payments to hospitals threaten hospitals' contributions to family practice residency programs. (Author/MLW)

Conducted exploratory multiple regression analysis, revealing that predictors of state teenage birthrates were state poverty rates, low school completion rates, low state per capita expenditures for public welfare, and high unemployment rates. States that spent less for education and public welfare had higher teenage birthrates. (Author/NB)

Occupation-specific education in high school lowers the dropout rate and increases wages and employment when training-related jobs are obtained. Unfortunately, most vocational graduates lack such employment. State funding formulas for local vocational programs should be based on the school's success at job placement, not on recruitment for…

Factors in the rise of college costs are discussed, including increased expenditures, enrollment leveling; state and federal funding patterns, competition, and the declining numbers of traditional college age students. (MSE)

An economic impact study of Ohio's public universities and medical schools provides documentation that state appropriations yield financial returns higher than virtually any alternative use of state funds, in the form of economic growth and increased opportunity for financial security. Some significant findings of the report are summarized here.…

For each of the 50 states, the outlook for higher education in the state legislature in 1992 is outlined. Information includes the date of the legislative session, budget request for higher education, prospects for the request, nonbudget issues likely to be considered, and issues specific to private colleges. (MSE)

South Texas colleges that serve large numbers of minority students have charged that state budget formulas favor flagship institutions serving fewer minority students. A recent state supreme court ruling found that, although Mexican border institutions have historically received less higher education money, increased support has begun. (MSE)

Reports on a study that provides a nationwide empirical test of the claim that lotteries enhance public education spending. Findings reveal that state per capita income is by far the most powerful determinant of school support. Lottery status of the state does not explain a significant amount of variation in support and effort for education. (MLF)

The first decline in state appropriations for higher education in 33 years is largely a result of the recession. Regionally, the East is faring worst. Many states are giving priority to community colleges and student aid. Data and rankings for each state are presented, including figures for major institutions. (MSE)

Summarizes Kentucky's progress toward educational equity, concentrating on (1) the Kentucky Supreme Court's 1989 decision declaring the state's educational finance system unconstitutional and (2) a description and preliminary evaluation of the state's new four-part funding formula featuring pupil weighted averages for expenditure by wealth…

Describes a national study of the relationship between the level of state-level financial regulation and control and the local community orientation of two-year institutions. Suggests that some fiscal regulatory policies hamper close cooperation between local institutions and businesses. (MAB)

A strengthened student aid partnership between the federal and state governments and colleges needs to use existing funds more efficiently, regulate how students receive aid more effectively, and delineate the rights and responsibilities of each of the major partners more adequately. Better cooperation would benefit taxpayers, institutions, and…

Analysis of patterns of federal and state spending on student aid, enrollment patterns, and policies that sometimes work at cross-purposes suggests that, although the machinery is in place for an equitable system, the American people must adjust their spending priorities to invest more seriously in the country's human resources. (MSE)

Summarizes the National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education's report, "Straight Talk About College Costs and Prices," concerning the rate of increase in tuition and costs, college affordability, financial aid trends, state support of public institutions, contributors to costs, faculty costs, and recommendations for institutional action.…