A report published by the College Board shows that financial aid to college students was 8.3 percent higher in academic 1988-89 than in 1987-88. Tables show amounts for Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, college work-study, Perkins Loans, Stafford Student Loans, supplemental loans for students, parent loans, etc. (MLW)

Reviews the unique financial problems of small schools. Explains the necessarily higher cost per pupil of quality rural education programs. Summarizes survey results concerning 48 states' use of weighted funding formulas, categorical aid for transportation, and excess levy authority to provide supplemental funds to small schools or districts.…

A study investigated the relationship of sources of financial aid to college choice. Results suggest some different conclusions than those previously obtained by freshman surveys. The value of using alumni responses for such a study is discussed, and implications for student aid packaging are examined. (Author/MSE)

Reviews parochiaid programs at the elementary and secondary level which have arisen from court decisions. Points out seven areas of aid and cites the court decision underlying each. Suggests there may be a trend developing which will encourage aid to private elementary and secondary schools. (KO)

Describes a model five-tier education system designed to provide an educated, world-class workforce. Suggests that funding for the five tiers (primary schools, secondary schools, two-year colleges, baccalaureate institutions, and graduate colleges) would come from local, state, and federal sources based on their direct interest in the particular…

A federal appeals court ordered new trials on whether curriculum at Alabama's predominantly white colleges discriminates against blacks by lacking content on black thought and history, and whether much of the state land-grant program should be shifted from Auburn University to Alabama A&M, a historically black institution. (MSE)

A federal district judge ruled that state officials failed to demonstrate the need to close Mississippi Valley State University and merge Mississippi University for Women with Mississippi State University to meet desegregation requirements. He ordered Mississippi to provide additional funds to two other black colleges, and approved a state plan…

This paper examines the extent to which special needs children are integrated in Manitoba; what the main concerns of the classroom teacher, the special educator, and the child are; and relevant teacher training activities. The possibility of a comprehensive service delivery system is seen as threatened by impending cut-backs in provincial funding.…

The performance funding approach mandated by the Texas state legislature and devised by the higher education coordinating board to appropriate resources to colleges and universities is explained, and the responses of institutions to it are discussed. Focus is on problems encountered and lessons learned. (MSE)

This section presents a statistical record of the progress of African Americans in institutions of higher education in the United States. Focus is on an education equality index; state support for higher education; black college enrollment; foundation grants; and faculty pay scales. (SLD)

Reactions of public college and university officials (e.g., universities of Maryland and Iowa) to issues in lobbying for more funds during a recession are reported. Reactions range from continuing traditional approaches such as testifying at hearings to participating in protest rallies and urging students, parents, and college employees to fight…

The northeast's economic problems have had a serious impact on higher education in student access, faculty contracts, faculty "brain drain," rising tuition, more time spent completing degrees, and decaying facilities. Higher education must shift its emphasis away from mere survival and back to creativity in teaching and research. (MSE)

Identifies nine major state educational strategies with specially targeted rural assistance goals. Categorizes the strategies according to their primary intent and state policy instruments used in implementation. Suggests that this classification will further the assessment of the equity, adequacy, responsiveness, and appropriateness of the…

Although selecting goals and indicators is the most challenging task of performance funding, implementation requires development of other critical elements: success criteria to measure institutional performance; indicator weights for percent of funding allocated to each indicator; an allocation method for setting the relationship between…

A 1996 survey of state policymakers and public college representatives in states with performance funding (Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee) is presented. Although differences exist across states in a number of areas, findings challenge the assumption of an irreconcilable gap between…