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Heisner, J. D. – Instructor, 1979
Descriptors: Decision Making, Nontraditional Education, Opinions, Public Education
Peer reviewedKnight, Peter – Higher Education Review, 1981
The Advanced Further Education (AFE) Pool was conceived in Britain in the 1950s to distribute public funds for higher education. The 1980-81 pool broke with tradition by having a fixed amount to be apportioned by local authorities rather than having a size determined by institutional needs. The change is seen as fundamentally political. (SE)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Hentschke, Guilbert C. – Compact, 1980
Argues that tax-target plans, which would permit taxpayers to earmark a fraction of local property tax dollars to specific items or schools, would foster the natural tendencies of social stratification. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Citizen Participation, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Daniel J. – Compact, 1980
Argues that tax-target plans address the taxpayers' desire to have monies spent as they would wish so that school services somewhat reflect their own preferences and not solely those of others. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Citizen Participation, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
