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Meisinger, Richard J., Jr.; Dubeck, Leroy W. – Business Officer, 1984
Specific roles faculty members can play in their institution's budget processes are discussed, and the general ends served by budgets are identified. Each of the dimensions of institutional character (e.g., size, mission) determines the ways in which participants in budgeting will interact. For example, broader faculty participation in budgeting…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, College Faculty, Decision Making
Stocker, Frederick D. – 1987
This report describes and evaluates the North Dakota state/local fiscal system, especially as it relates to financing public education. It identifies and evaluates various fiscal policy options for raising additional tax revenue for support of schools and other public services in ways consistent with the basic characteristics of the North Dakota…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1982
Hearings concerning the activities of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) are presented. Attention is focused on a request for an exemption under federal priority for recovering money owed the Association in the event that it files for liquidation or reorganization in the future under the Bankruptcy Act. It is noted that two goals…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Students, Credit (Finance), Federal Legislation
Eberts, Paul; Khawaja, Marwan – 1987
Conceptualizing high local fiscal stress as a variable which includes low fiscal capacity, high local tax effort and high local need requires building a typology reflecting this conceptualization. This study builds such a typology for 166 counties in the northeastern United States and examines the effects of variables taken from a series of…
Descriptors: Financial Problems, Fiscal Capacity, Government Role, Human Services
Siegler, Theodore R.; Meyer, Neil L. – 1980
Growth or development affects a rural community in three separate but interrelated areas: private, social, and public sectors. Private impacts are economic shocks to businesses and citizens of the community. Social impacts affect the community structure as well as individuals within the community, i.e., increased property tax costs may create…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Community Problems, Community Services, Decision Making
Catholic Interracial Council of New York, Inc., New York. – 1977
This document consists of five reports on forums held in the spring of 1977 on social and educational problems in New York City. Topics of discussion included: (1) what is right and wrong with our public and private secondary educational system in New York City; (2) fiscal resources and New York City's capacity to provide necessary human services…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Crime, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
New York State Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education. – 1982
In light of the Levittown v. Nyquist decision, which found New York State's educational funding method unconstitutional, this report presents the recommendations for increasing New York's educational equity made by a statewide task force. For each of 27 proposals that garnered support from any task force member, the report discusses research…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
SWANSON, AUSTIN D. – 1966
THE EFFECT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SIZE UPON SCHOOL COSTS WAS INVESTIGATED. FINDINGS INDICATED THAT (1) THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POPULATION WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY, (2) VERY SMALL OR VERY LARGE DISTRICTS WERE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY SIZE, AND (3) DISTRICTS WITH A TOTAL POPULATION BETWEEN 20 AND 50 THOUSAND WERE NOT ADVERSELY…
Descriptors: Average Daily Attendance, Costs, Enrollment, Financial Needs
Arkansas Univ., Little Rock. – 1978
Three papers are presented from a conference on governmental and economic affairs held at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In "Federal Legislation and Higher Education," John P. Mallan pointed out that the major portion of funds is channeled through student aid programs, and research and development funds are concentrated in a…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Norton, John K., Comp. – 1966
This document traces the major trends in local, State, and Federal school finance programs during the past decade and assesses the current situation in the field. The document consists of excerpts from materials previously presented by the Committee of Educational Finance of the National Education Association. Areas discussed are (1) social forces…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, Federal Government
Minnesota State School Finance Task Force, St. Paul. – 1974
This report consists mainly of four separate issue papers, each prepared by an individual committee of the Minnesota School Task Force. Topics of the papers include educational management systems, Minnesota's state foundation aid program, school tax levy limitations, and educational overburden. In addition to the issue papers, the report also…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
Matross, Ronald; And Others – University of Minnesota Research Bulletin, 1975
The University Poll conducted a survey of the opinions of 740 randomly selected Twin Cities campus students toward 14 student services fees required by the University of Minnesota. Results from 624 students, 84 percent of the sample, are reported here. Key findings include: For no fee did a majority of students endorse an immediate reduction or…
Descriptors: College Students, Cost Effectiveness, Fees, Fiscal Capacity
Harris, William T.; And Others – 1973
Two particular features of the Virginia education system were analyzed in light of a present constitutional requisite for equalized educational funding. The Virginia Quality Standards for Education were analyzed as to their impact on equalization of educational spending throughout the State. Particular attention was given to requirements for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Equal Education
Lyon, David W.; Epps, Richard W. – 1971
This review discusses the fiscal difficulties of the City and School District of Philadelphia and describes the projection of expenditures and receipts and the mounting deficits implied by these projections. Three different projections are made to point out alternative fiscal outlooks: a high projection that corresponds to strong economic…
Descriptors: Budgets, City Government, Educational Administration, Educational Finance
Levin, Betsy; And Others – 1973
This report is one of a series on education finance undertaken to document existing disparities in expenditures for education, to analyze the sources of the disparities, and to describe and evaluate the gains and losses that would occur in differing types of school districts under alternative fiscal policies. This study shows that North Carolina's…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Equalization Aid
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