Presents data collected through a questionnaire from Connecticut public libraries which indicate that libraries that engage in public relations activities show a higher public support as evidenced by a higher budget allocation than libraries which do not engage in public relations activities. The questionnaire is appended. (Author/CWM)

In 1972 the Center for Research and Development in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley, conducted a survey to find answers to questions raised by state and institutional policymakers. A questionaire requesting appropriation and enrollment information for fiscal years 1963-1972 was sent to each statewide coordinating or…

Discusses the interdistrict inequities that exist in financing community colleges in California, Illinois, New Jersey, and Mississippi--four states in which districts contribute substantial revenues to local institutions. Links the problems of equity and adequacy that are intensified by increasing costs, declining enrollments, and the increase of…

California's community college system has depended heavily on property taxes, which have been reduced almost 60% by the recent Jarvis-Gann amendment. A statewide study sought some indication of responses to these constraints that might occur in community colleges. Summaries of budget reductions and other actions taken were compiled in 1978 for six…

The history, current issues and future potential of rural township government today were the central focus of a 1972 survey of 18 townships in 6 southwestern Minnesota counties. Survey methodology included personal interviews with both residents and township officers, mailed questionnaires, and attendance at board meetings of the Minnesota…