Drawing from interviews with educational leaders in Iowa and a review of research, historical, and legislative materials, this paper provides an analysis of the distribution of funds within Iowa's statewide system of area colleges. After a statement of the issues of funding equity within the area college system and among the other postsecondary…

In recent years, colleges and universities have begun efforts to reduce their energy costs, an initiative that can not only save an institution money, but also strengthen relationships across campus. Board leadership has been central to this endeavor in setting goals, prioritizing projects, and financing those projects. Using her experiences with…

An overview of the status of rural school financing revealed three major reasons why rural schools are facing major problems in financing today: (1) school reforms have generally failed to address the specific needs of rural and small schools; (2) researchers have failed to recognize small school differences in their collection, classification and…