Designed to enable college administrators to reflect on norms and trends within Mississippi's 16 public junior colleges and to provide information to the general public, this report presents statistical data for 1981-82 on enrollments, finance, personnel, and services. After introductory material providing college addresses and the schedule of…

Macro-indicators pertaining to higher education in Ontario, Canada, universities during 1970-71 to 1980-81 are examined based on statistical data. The indicators are designed to measure resources available to the Ontario university system as a function of the volume of activity over time and to compare trends in available resources, along with…

Recommendations of the California Postsecondary Education Commission on proposed state-funded outreach and support service programs for ethnic minority and low-income postsecondary students are provided, along with descriptive data. With a focus on 1983-1984 budget issues, attention is directed to four types of programs at state institutions:…

Recommendations of the California Postsecondary Education Commission on proposed state-funded outreach and support service programs for ethnic minority and low-income postsecondary students are provided, along with descriptive data. With a focus on 1984-1985 budget issues, attention is directed to four types of programs at state institutions:…

The activities of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education for fiscal year 1977 are outlined. The areas reported on are: (1) federally funded programs; (2) activities of the South Carolina Postsecondary Education Planning Commission; (3) new programs approved; (4) review of graduate programs; (5) activities in medical and health…

This annual report provides an overview of the status of vocational education during school year 1980-81. It includes final data for school year 1979-80 obtained through the Vocational Education Data System (VEDS), the national vocational education reporting and accounting system. Part 1 of the report describes the status of vocational education…

Intended for day care providers in Kentucky, this publication contains sample forms and guidelines for filling out the forms required by the Division of School Food Services of the Kentucky Department of Education. Topics covered include allowable expenditures during the month, program income, records, auditing, reimbursement for sponsors of child…

Three big-city school systems nearly went bankrupt in the 1970s. New York City, including its schools, ran out of money; Cleveland closed its schools for long periods to conserve funds; and Chicago's schools ran out of credit. This paper narrates these crises, examines the responses of state governments and teacher and custodian unions, and looks…

Community college planners must be futurists, projecting institutional and program enrollments and funding from tuition and state sources. Yet it is increasingly difficult to make accurate projections even for one year, when factors do not operate as they have in the past. Nevertheless, new trends in people, programs, finances, and facilities can…

This report provides information on the planned utilization of the governor's grants for fiscal 1980. (The governor's grants are funds provided by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 for use at the state level by state governors.) Chapter 1, which supplies legislative background on the governor's grants with special emphasis on…

Focusing on the Johnson O'Malley Act (JOM) and its relationship to subsequent laws, this report on the financing of Indian education in public schools examines the allocation and use of JOM funds for basic educational costs and for supplementary programs, as well as the mixes of local, state, and federal tax revenues available to school districts…

Results of a survey assessing public opinions and attitudes about higher education in Alabama are presented. A representative sample of 736 households was contacted by telephone, and 546 agreed to be interviewed. The survey was designed to evaluate public opinions and attitudes about higher education teaching, research, service, finance,…

To assist mental health agency leaders and others concerned with state mental health manpower development, these guidelines (presented in ten sections) explore various issues and approaches and indications for using one approach over another. The first three sections focus on designing and conducting manpower studies, making long range projections…

Presented are data on student financial aid in Missouri collected as part of an annual state survey of higher education. In this first annual report the data are limited due to reporting limitations and inconsistencies, and the report is called preliminary. An introductory section discusses these limitations. In subsequent sections, supplemented…

The inability of Missouri community college districts--which serve 54% of the state's population but cover only 17% of the state's area--to enlarge their property tax support base, pass capital bond issues, or to increase operational levies gave rise to a legislative study of four major issues: existing laws covering community colleges; the…