This booklet discusses current and past studies of Louisiana parish assessment ratios that reveal substantial inequity in administration of the property tax. Studies reveal inequities exist between parishes, and within and between classes of people; and the report discusses the effects of these inequities. Some recommendations to resolve these…

Comments on issues that should arise as individual lifelong learning activities are considered for funding. Lists 13 major alternatives to public involvement in lifelong learning and suggests four directions for research to be done before large-scale public commitments to the concept are made. (BR)

Examines federal tax expenditures or subsidies directed toward enhancing the retirement income of the elderly. Charges that such expenditures annually target benefits to the wealthiest segment of the elderly population. Examines equity issues and recommends that these tax expenditures be examined on a case-to-case basis. (JAC)

The list of Federal research grants leads one to wonder whether the inmates are running the asylum. (Editor)

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)

Preview of a forthcoming book, Reforming School Finance'' written for the Brookings Institution. (CB)

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)

Cautions against school districts blaming taxpayer revolt" when school tax support campaign methods have not been changed in a decade or more. (EA)

This article points out incorrect interpretations of statistics of state tax support for operating expenses of higher education. (IR)

Briefly describes the decline of both agricultural and industrial activities in Clarion County, the impact on the area's economy, and the creation of a financing plan for the industrialization of Pennsylvania. (CLB)

This is the first in a trilogy of policy briefs discussing public education and taxes. This brief discusses the challenge facing Texas in funding public education. It also explains why the Texas Supreme Court's recent decision in "West Orange-Cove II" requires increased state appropriations for public education.

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)