This publication provides details of development funds and additional student numbers allocated to support the introduction of foundation degrees in the 2001-2002 academic year. The policy aims of foundation degrees are to address shortages of intermediate level skills in the national and regional economies and to enhance the employability of…

This document presents the results of the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). The RAE, which operates through a process of peer review by experts, is designed to provide ratings of the quality of research conducted at universities and higher education colleges in the United Kingdom. The ratings are used to inform the allocation of funds and…

This document sets out responses to the 2002 consultation (request for comments) on funding for widening participation in higher education in England. It also sets out the distribution of the 255 million pounds through the widening participation allocation, and describes the new method for allocating this funding that was developed following the…

This study used state-level data on expenditures since 1977 to study the forces underlying the shift in state financing of higher education. The focus is on interactions between state appropriations for higher education, other state budget items, especially Medicaid, and the business cycle. The first section documents the substantial decline in…

The Study of Education Resources and Federal Funding (SERFF) examined the allocation and use of funds provided to school districts and schools through the Goals 2000 and five of the largest Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs for fiscal year 1997, corresponding to the 1997-1998 school year. The six federal programs included in this…

The Study of Education Resources and Federal Funding (SERFF) examined the allocation and use of funds provided to school districts and schools through the Goals 2000 and five of the largest Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs for fiscal year 1997, corresponding to the 1997-1998 school year. The six federal programs included in this…

Reports on North Carolina Community College System's performance measures and standards and performance funding process. The twelve performance measures for 2000-2001 are: progress of basic skills students; passing rates for licensure and certification examinations; goal completion of program completers and non-completers; employment status of…

This report provides an overview of educational financing in Minnesota. It describes how support for elementary and secondary education in the state comes through a combination of state-collected taxes and locally controlled property taxes. Revenue to the school districts is received in three major categories: state education-finance…

This paper describes the activity-based costing approach used to report and capture the time spent by faculty for specified activities at one Midwestern university. For each department, four major areas (instruction, research, public service, and administration) and 14 activities were identified. During the annual goal-setting period, each faculty…

This document provides information on applying for LSTA grants. LSTA is administered at the federal level by an independent Institute of Museum and Library Services, and at the state level by the California State Library. This guide includes a brief introduction followed by general information on: administration; eligibility; procedure; duration;…

This document asks higher education institutions in England to update information on their research activity. Their responses will be used to inform the distribution of research funds by the Higher Education Funding Council for England for the academic year 2000-2001. Responses are to be submitted by December 12, 2000. Information is requested…

More than two years ago, the Coordinating Board directed its University Formula Advisory Committee to renew efforts to conduct a cost study to validate the relative weights contained in the matrix. This report provides a summary of the results of the study. The methodology was developed and presented to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating…

This bulletin is the fourteenth in this series of publications issued biennially by the Office of Education. The bulletin is prepared on the basis of responses given by Federal Departments and Agencies to requests for information about Federal expenditures for educational programs. Through this series of publications, the Office of Education has…

Market theory assists in analyzing educational finance and zoning problems. A well-structured market can allocate resources efficiently with a minimum of administrative cost. Education finance and zoning involve potential markets. Discusses how efficiently and equitably a market solution would distribute resources in these two areas. (Author/JF)

Local, State, and federal revenues for public schools have become weighted toward nonlocal revenue sources. In an effort to discover how much of the cost of public schooling should be financed at each level and what the appropriate decision criteria should be, a school funding model was developed in which revenue sources were aligned with expected…