The Green Loan Fund at Harvard University has been an active source of capital for energy efficiency and waste reduction projects for almost a decade. This case study examines the revolving fund's history from its inception as a pilot project in the 1990s to its regeneration in the early 2000s to its current operations today. The green revolving…

Funding public education represents a massive state and local effort. Spending on education is second only to Medicaid in terms of the overall state budget and it consumes the largest share of local tax revenues. Between state and local taxes, Massachusetts taxpayers spent nearly $11 billion to operate the Commonwealth's PK-12 education system in…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE USED BY PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGES IN APPRAISING AND IMPROVING THEIR FISCAL PRACTICES AND POLICIES WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT. DATA RELATING TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE TRANSLATED INTO PERCENTAGES SO THAT COMPARABLE RELATIONSHIPS COULD BE DETERMINED…

In this paper, a companion piece to "Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools" (ED544382), the authors analyze small high school spending in three urban districts--Baltimore City, Boston, and Chicago--to understand whether it is higher than in larger schools; if it is, why it is different; and the policy…