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National Academies Press, 2016
Research universities are critical contributors to our national research enterprise. They are the principal source of a world-class labor force and fundamental discoveries that enhance our lives and the lives of others around the world. These institutions help to create an educated citizenry capable of making informed and crucial choices as…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Federal Regulation, Productivity, Federal Aid
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 2011
In the "Higher Education Opportunity Act" of 2008, Congress charged the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance with conducting a review and analysis of regulations affecting higher education to determine the extent to which regulations are overly burdensome and need to be streamlined, improved, or eliminated. Specifically, Congress…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Aid, Advisory Committees, Hearings
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2007
Fiscal Profiles, 2007, is an excerpt of selected displays updated from the last full report in 2006. This set of displays includes information on overall State funding, public higher education funding and enrollments, and California's independent higher education institutions. As of the publication date for this report, the California State…
Descriptors: State Government, Educational Finance, Profiles, State Aid
Li, Jianmin – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2010
With the decreasing college-aged population and the transforming policy environment in Japan, private universities are confronted with management crises, such as bankruptcy, mergers, etc. As the second largest source of funding, government subsidies for private universities is considered to have contributed to enhancing educational conditions and…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Grants
Underwood, Elizabeth Saxman – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Adequate funding has become a critical issue for institutions of higher education, affecting outcomes such as accessibility, affordability, and quality of education. The recent economic recession has been detrimental for state funding, resulting in budget cuts for higher education in a majority of states. Overall, state funding has not kept pace…
Descriptors: Alumni, Financial Support, State Aid, Colleges
Coulson, Andrew J. – Cato Institute, 2008
Would large-scale, free-market reforms improve educational outcomes for American children? That question cannot be answered by looking at domestic evidence alone. Though innumerable "school choice" programs have been implemented around the United States, none has created a truly free and competitive education marketplace. Existing…
Descriptors: Free Enterprise System, Comparative Education, Global Approach, Evidence
Burdette, Paula – Project Forum, 2006
According to state-reported data at www.ideadata.org, approximately 90,000 or 1.5% of all students with disabilities were publicly placed in private day and residential settings in 2004. All categories of disabilities are represented by these publicly placed students to some extent. However, the following categories were represented at a higher…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Public Support, Disabilities, Special Education
Grossman, Jean Baldwin; Furano, Kathryn – 2002
An examination of hundreds of studies on the use of volunteers in mentoring programs, service programs, and local community change initiatives highlight the importance of screening, training, and volunteer management. Each year, more than 90 million Americans contribute more than 20 billion volunteer hours. Personal benefits of volunteering…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Churches, Citizen Participation
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Programme on Educational Building. – 2002
The OECD Programme on Educational Building and the Spanish Ministry of Education organized an international seminar in Toledo, Spain, from February 22-25, 2000, devoted to the procedures for financing educational facilities. The participants came from a number of OECD countries and for the most part play an active role in the provision and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decentralization, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance
Kober, Nancy – 1998
This booklet discusses the pros and cons of using public funds for vouchers or other plans to subsidize the costs of private schooling. An important but sometimes overlooked issue in the school-choice debate is how private schools might change if they accepted government support. Some lessons can be found in the experiences of other industrialized…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Gannett Foundation, Arlington, VA. – 1990
The first of two conferences on adult literacy focused on what needs to be done to give all nonreading U.S. adults the chance to learn to read, write, and do basic math. The number of adults seeking help in learning basic skills far exceeds the capacity of current adult literacy services to help them. Barriers to remedying the problem include lack…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Basic Skills
Woodrow, Raymond J. – 1978
A distinction is made between management for research and management of research. The former refers to the provision of a nourishing climate, sound policies supporting services of various kinds, financial systems, and organizational arrangements that will help research to flourish in a university. It exists to support the management of research, a…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, Ancillary School Services, College Administration
Summers, Judith – 2002
This document argues the importance of schools' actual and potential role for adult learners in England and recommends ways of overcoming the barriers to participation created by current priorities, policies, and practices. Chapter 1 discusses the following themes: (1) the role of learning in a program for communities in crisis; (2) how priorities…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1998
This budget was submitted by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office to the Community College Board of Governor's in November 1998. It presents the funds requested for 1999-2000 for review by the Board and the state legislature and governor. General fund apportionment comprises $3.7 billion of the budget request. Other major fund…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1984
This document records the hearing of a Subcommittee of the House on its 3-month investigation of the College Housing Loan Program and the Academic Facilities Loan Program, which are administered by the Department of Education. These programs have awarded about $5 billion in loans to finance the construction of dormitories, dining halls, student…
Descriptors: College Buildings, College Housing, Construction Programs, Debt (Financial)