Funding problems in special education are examined and a model for developing an appropriate funding nodel is described, with particular emphasis on funding special education in Arizona. In an introductory chapter, the funding problem is reviewed nationally and in the state of Arizona; and the problem is summarized into questions which involve the…

By provision of law, the Ohio Board of Regents must review the appropriation requests of the public community colleges and the state colleges and universities and then submit recommendations regarding the biennial higher education appropriation for the state. To do this, the Board of Regents developed a Model Program Expenditure Budget. This…

The authors of this report argue that state boards of education must play an active part in assisting local districts with planning for enrollment decline. The authors review statistical data showing that enrollment decline in big city schools is generally worse than in other areas. State boards must be prepared to help districts that stand to…

This monograph considers the relationship of institutional goals to student costs. The authors believe that student goals and institutional goals differ, and that as students perceive the extent of the differences, they will expect institutions to more closely relate their activities to the objectives of students. This goal adjustment has been…

The North Carolina Community College System includes 37 technical institutes and 20 community colleges. Chapter I of this report reviews the role of the community college system in North Carolina's higher education network. Chapter II reviews the administration of the system, including the role of the State Board of Education, the Community…

The Model State Subsidized Adoption Act, developed to supplement existing state statutes, is presented in full, with accompanying Model Regulations. The act is designed to help provide a child in special circumstances with a permanent adoptive home. When efforts to achieve placement without subsidy have failed, the Act would provide that the child…

The United States Supreme Court in Roemer vs Board of Public Works upheld a Maryland Statute allowing subsidies to church-affiliated colleges, arguing that the distinction between Catholic higher educational institutions and secular colleges has become blurred. This viewpoint challenges Catholic higher education. (JMD)

Among policy recommendations from ECS: statewide planning should include the private institutions, choosing between a student-centered and an institution-centered approach; top consideration should be given need-based student aid; and Supreme Court precedents on aid to church-related colleges should be studied. (Author/LBH)

A vigorous, well-financed lobbying drive organized by supporters of higher education managed to cajole the Texas Legislature and the Governor to award large increases in state support. At the same time laws to stop the growth of some institutions, to raise academic standards, and overhaul teacher education were adopted. (MLW)

All postsecondary institutions in Tennessee have the opportunity to earn an annual budget supplement for instruction from the state if certain criteria, based on educational outcomes, are obtained. A comprehensive assessment program at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville is described. (MLW)

A law suit filed by a coalition of Hispanic civil rights and student groups to sue Texas and the boards of its public four-year colleges and universities is discussed. The state is charged with discriminating against Hispanic students by providing fewer programs and giving less money to public colleges with large Hispanic enrollments. (MLW)

The wide variation among the states in the support level on a per-student basis of aid to private institutions by state and local governments is discussed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Total aid, state-by-state statistics, private sector enrollment, and enrollment vs. aid are examined. (MLW)

Investigates the effect of state and federal grants on South Carolina local revenues for 1978 and 1982. Although local revenues are stimulated by federal aid, some of the latter is used for tax relief. (MLF)

Budgetary controls that were imposed upon doctoral granting public universities by the states in which they are located were studied. A comparative analysis of financial control practices in each state is provided and a continuum of practices from states is developed. (Author/MLW)

A case study on the effects of Proposition 13 on California higher education is described. Community colleges had to temporarily reduce some of their programs, and the control for community colleges has been shifted to the state. The four-year colleges have been affected by substantial increase in student fees. (Author/MLW)