In Fiscal Year 2015-16, the California Children and Families Act has appropriated an average of $440 per child from the state tobacco tax revenue to support early development of children ages 0-5. Based on the proportion of live births in each county, First 5 Kern administered over $10 million of the state funding to support 41 programs in Child…

Many more factors figure into the cost of a bachelor's degree than just tuition. Depending on the type of college or university, as well as its level of selectivity, taxpayers may contribute a substantial tax subsidy or, in rare cases, receive a moderate net "profit" per bachelor's degree. It is important to consider all of the costs and…

The Governor's proposed 2009-10 budget for California postsecondary education seeks to close a two-year deficit of nearly $42 billion. The budget proposes $17.4 billion in spending reductions for 2008-09 and 2009-10, and proposes $14.3 billion in new revenues through tax and fee increases. The budget also assumes $10 billion in external borrowing…

The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is produced annually by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) to broaden understanding of the context and consequences of multiple decisions made every year in each of these areas. No single report can provide definitive answers to such broad and fundamental questions of public…

This essay proposes a set of non-econometric tests using data on wage structure, school resource costs, public expenditures, taxes, and rates of return to explain anomalies in which richer political units deliver less education than poorer ones. Both the anomalies of education history, and its less surprising contrasts, fit broad patterns that can…

The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is produced annually by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) to broaden understanding of the context and consequences of multiple decisions made every year in each of these areas. No single report can provide definitive answers to such broad and fundamental questions of public…

Senator McGovern discusses the inequalities of the present system of tax support of education and proposes a Federal program of support of education, including the establishment of a cabinet-level Department of Education. (AN)

Discusses the 1960-70 record of state tax support of annual operating expenses of universities and colleges. (AD)

The ninth edition of an annual report on state tax support of higher education documents a total for 50 states for 1968 that surpassed $5 billion. Despite large sums and percentage increases, however, public higher education is not receiving the support it needs to keep up with rising costs and demands. Enrollments, in particular, will probably…

This eighth edition of an annual report on state tax support of higher education documents an increase in appropriations from $1.4 billion in 1959-60 to $4.4 billion in 1967-68. Despite the large sums involved and the percentage increases, however, the states have not generally kept up with the increasing responsibilities placed on public higher…

The role of industry in support of science is emphasized on the basis that it pays most of the wages, salaries, and dividends from which the tax dollars are drawn. (DF)

A look at how educational television is funded and at the need to maintain state and local funding in order to retain "a system of decentralized authority for programming decisions." (Author/AK)

The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is produced annually by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) to broaden understanding of the context and consequences of multiple decisions made every year in each of these areas. No single report can provide definitive answers to such broad and fundamental questions of public…

Federal funding for any good purpose, like libraries, is based upon no rational estimate of the actual value of that cause, or of its real need for money. (Author)

A statement submitted on behalf of ASIS to the Subcommitte on Science Research and Development of the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the U.S. House of Representatives on the NSF Authorization Act 1975, HR 12816. (Author/JB)