Proposes a national student group life insurance program be established under federal auspices. The insurance coverage would vary with the cost of the college attended and with the student's need for assistance. (Author/PG)

Describes how Harper Community College in Illinois, partnering with its financial advisor Kane, McKenna Capital, Inc., worked to receive the best bond rating available from Moody's Investors Service, thereby saving taxpayers three million dollars. (EV)

This article suggests that all too often college and university financial reports are meaningless. They indicate the current funds "surplus" or "deficit" that has been the typical university response when asked how the university did that year. In place of this, the university financial support should look at the total picture of the university,…

A fund raiser must not only pay close attention to what he says, but he must also be conscious of how he says it. (HS)

A well-designed investment program can help administrators get the most out of public dollars and other available resources. (Author)

Describes how the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, traditionally conservative in its investments, is taking a riskier approach in the hope of increasing returns; moves include consideration of a private financial services spinoff. (EV)

Outlines the cash management program developed by the Orangeburg School District (SC) for the district's funds. They take bids from banks before deciding which bank to use for all their services, including an investment program. This new system has saved $30,000 in the first year. Sidebars tell how to shop for bank services and list technical…

the Common Fund is a nonprofit corporation formed to enable colleges, universities, and independent schools to join together in obtaining professional management of their endowments and other long-term investment funds. (Author)

Explains what an external audit is, what an external auditor can do, and how to select one to perform an audit on your district. (IRT)

Federal Student Aid's core mission is to ensure that all eligible Americans benefit from federal financial assistance--grants, loans and work-study programs--for education beyond high school. The programs administered comprise the nation's largest source of student aid: during the 2007-08 school year alone, approximately $83 billion in new aid was…

In order to understand the relevance and applicability of current criteria restricting institutional lending and the possible need for further restrictions, the Congress of the United States mandated a study of institutional lender policy. The study's resources were a background report and literature review, case studies of state loan systems, a…

This report presents the Program 30 allocations by the New York City Board of Education to the thirty-two community school districts for fiscal year 1974-1975. The Program 30 funds are subdivided by the New York City Board of Education into several modules. Each module is a grouping of functional activities for which separate allocation formulas…

The primary goal of the Higher Education Finance Manual project is to assist in higher education decisionmaking as it relates to the need for and the use of financial information. The objectives of this manual are to: (1) provide uniform definitions and procedures for displaying and reporting those financial data used most often in higher…

This publication examines the influence of credit ratings on public debt financing and helps to resolve some of the developing controversy concerning this subject. It investigates the rating activities of the two private investment advisory firms--Moody's and Standard & Poor's--and the use of ratings by governmental borrowers, investors,…