This monograph reviews the elements of successful associates programs that institutional and volunteer leaders may consider in mobilizing individual constituents who are priority gift prospects. Associates programs have recently been established at a number of institutions of higher education; they suggest a relationship of prestige and…

This report summarizes information collected for the report "The Development of a Model to Study Alternative Student Aid Programs." The data deal with major public and private student financial aid systems. The various student aid programs investigated and the corresponding 1970 dollar availability and student participants are presented…

Between 1960 and 1972 fundamental shifts have taken place in the relative levels of support provided to different research and development programs. The first half of the 1960's witnessed an unprecedented growth in Federal funding of R&D; this growth was followed by a period when funding leveled off and then declined. For 1972, however, the…

Two perennial problems confront nonprofit institutions. These are the pricing of services and the measuring of service effort or service productivity in objective and qualitative terms. Colleges and universities can obviously not be exempt from these problems. In this paper, the suggestion is posed that tuition pricing must be rationalized and…

Lists sources of financial support in the journalism-mass communications areas. (RB)

The history of higher education and scholarly libraries in Iran is outlined, and suggestions are given for further development of university libraries. (PF)

Effects of budget adversity on acquisitions procedures in research libraries were studied through visits to ten ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries, interviews with more than 100 individuals, a literature search, and consultation of current ARL library annual reports. (Author)

For the third consecutive year, OPEC aid amounted to more than $5.5 billion, representing more than two percent of the gross national product. This is compared to 0.31 percent for members of OECD's Development Assistance Committee. (Author/BB)

History of the index from its beginning as a voluntarily produced publication through today. Current concerns for the Canadian Library Association, which took over the publication in 1948, are the rising costs of production, increased demands by users for greater coverage and services, and plans for online searching capabilities. (JAB)

Inglewood Public Library publishes a variety of materials, mostly manuals. The library staff writes them, the city prints them, and then they are sold through the City Finance Office with sales credits going to library revenues. (Author)

Common and varying elements of different approaches to curriculum development are identified to highlight the need for comparative analysis of efficiencies. (GW)

The United Way is one of Atlanta's major charitable organizations. In this paper the operation of the organization is analyzed, and its financial and programmatic relationships to Atlanta's increasing black populace are examined. (Author/GC)

Explores myths that keep researchers from applying for grants. (IRT)

The author develops a statistical model of public expenditures on higher education in Kansas and tests the model to ascertain if the Kansas state appropriations are associated with factors identified as affecting the demand for college education. (MJB)

Describes a child care preschool program designed for children of university students. (SB)