This bulletin reports on a survey of existing school-district foundations in Oregon to determine their organizational structures, their fund-raising efforts, their expenditure priorities, and their successes. Included in the report are the results of survey data from 34 school foundations, along with the names and phone numbers of contact people…

This document consists of the first five issues of "Notes from the Field," a serial documenting a 5-year study of the implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990 in four rural Kentucky school districts. The first issue provides a brief overview of KERA policies and the status of their implementation in the study…

This report examines traditional and newer forms of school district entrepreneurship and its impact on school district revenues. The report describes forms that have become well-established, such as school and parent fund raising, local educational foundations, business-education partnerships, and student fees. New forms of educational…

This report examines trends in voluntary support for higher education between 1980 and 1994 based on analysis of the Council for Aid to Education's annual survey on voluntary support of education. It reviews how philanthropic support for higher education compared with support for other charities and how this level of support changed over time. It…

Based on news accounts, correspondence, conference presentations, and interviews, this collection of quarterly reports provides regular updates on actions taken by California's colleges to cope with difficult economic times. These four reports were produced in January, March, May, and September of 1995 and review the effects of and responses to…

This document examines political questions that surround the issue of literacy. "City Literacy Cuts" outlines effects of the most recent budget cuts in New York City. "Families, Inequality, and Power: The Cultural Politics of Literacy" (Deborah D'Amico-Samuels) focuses on the importance of understanding the different models…

This report presents information on how the United States compares with a selected group (N=34) of both industrialized and less developed nations in its spending on higher education and college participation rates. Highlights of the report include: in 1985 the United States spent the highest percentage (2.4%) of gross national product (GNP) on…

The macroeconomic trends shaping the United States economy and the effects of those trends on higher education are considered. Warning institutions of higher education about possible problems in the economy will place them in a better position to react if necessary. The economic environment is discussed in terms of productivity (goods and services…

Concepts of costs and cost analysis in higher education are examined, along with how to prepare for a cost study. Specific cost analysis techniques are identified, along with types of data generated and potential problems. In preparing for cost studies, it is important to consider: purpose, types of cost analysis, types of cost, common…

These four issues of "ACCT Trustee Quarterly" present 35 articles on topics of concern to community college trustees, including finance, administration, and mission. Specific articles cover: (1) public relations (C. Akemann and M. Hopkins); (2) president selection (A. Bailey); (3) board/president relations (D. Bryant); (4) educators as trustees…

The status of university financial reporting was surveyed as an update of a 1976 survey. Of the 100 financial reports analyzed in 1976, 87 were available in 1980, and 39 additional private college reports were assessed. In addition to comparing 16 financial reporting standards used in reports between 1976 and 1980, public and private university…

This collection of essays examines strategies to strengthen financial management in the community colleges from the perspective of college finance and administrative support officers. Part I focuses on selected role functions that college business officers perform, containing "Integrating Academic Planning and Budgeting," by Byron N. McClenney and…

The goal of the doctoral dissertation summarized here was to find an equitable school finance plan that applied the same tax rate in all districts and resulted in the smallest variance in the expenditure per weighted pupil unit (WPU) between districts in Arizona for the 1971-72 school year. Six finance plans were developed for analysis and were…

Based on work done for the 1978 Ford Fellows in Educational Journalism Program, the document contains series of newspaper articles authored by 10 journalists on various educational topics. The 10 series titles and authors are: "Growing Up Gifted in America's Schools" (H. Collins); "Minimum Competency Testing: State Approaches" (J. Covington);…

This report profiles baccalaureate colleges, examining the elements that combine to create their special educational environment. Based on data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) surveys conducted by the U.S. Department of Education and the "Campus Trends" reports published by the American Council on Education, it…