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Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1981
State and local tax performance in the United States and in the South and implications for the financing of public higher education are considered. It is suggested that despite apparent gains in state tax revenues, little overall growth in real terms has been experienced in the region and nation in recent years, nor can much be expected in the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Climate, Educational Finance, Financial Policy
McIntyre, Chuck – 1980
Based on an examination of the socioeconomic factors likely to affect community college financing in California from 1980 to 1985, this report presents recommendations for community college fiscal legislation during the state's 1981-82 legislative session. The report first outlines 17 assumptions concerning future trends in community college…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Tweeten, Luther; And Others – 1974
Utilizing data from a random sample of Oklahoma elementary and secondary schools, the study examined interrelationships among the educational process, student achievement, and environment. Results revealed the importance of educational objectives, student backgrounds, high school curriculum, teacher salary, and student density upon optimal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Tamura, Don – 1978
Proposition 13 (Jarvis-Gann Initiative) and its impact on higher education and students are analyzed in this report prepared by the National Student Association. The initiative, passed in California in 1978, fixed property taxes at one percent and allowed the level to rise by two percent annually. It is suggested, however, that the beneficiaries…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Students, Educational Finance, Finance Reform
Butler, Thomas E. – 1980
A study was conducted at Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) to assess the college's economic impact on its service area in fiscal year 1979. Models, based on linear cash flow formulas, were used to determine impacts on local businesses, governments, and individuals. Students' expenditures and spending for construction were omitted from the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Benefits, Community Colleges, Economic Factors
Wattenbarger, James L.; Stepp, William F. – 1979
The fourth in a series of analytical studies of the financing of community colleges in the United States, this report provides information for the 38 states which accounted for more than 95% of the total Fall 1978 community college enrollment. Data indicate that allocation of funds to community colleges still follows four traditional patterns and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Community Colleges, Costs
Alkin, Marvin C. – 1968
For local school districts to provide equal educational opportunities throughout a metropolitan area, a school organization plan should distribute populations among districts in such a manner as to maximize the aggregate expressed demand for educational services and to provide relatively equal financial support. Consolidation of contiguous…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Equal Education, Financial Support, Fiscal Capacity
Walters, Clarence R. – 1975
Librarians' interest in and concern with the legislative process and with their relationship with elected officials is accelerating. The obvious reason for this is the deteriorating financial situation facing libraries of all types. It has become critically important for the future of libraries that librarians become knowledgeable in the contest…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Support, County Libraries, County Officials
Chambers, M. M. – 1970
This document contains the substance of three lectures delivered at Memphis State University in June 1970. It should be of interest to recent high school graduates, their parents, and other laymen interested in American higher education. The first lecture discusses the history of the community college movement and the changes in popular attitudes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Hale, Jim – 1974
This report provides an overview of the State school aid distribution plan passed by the New Mexico legislature in 1974. The previous school finance plan, passed in 1969, and the problems school districts experienced under that plan are briefly described, followed by a discussion of the 1974 legislation. The new plan is a weighted-pupil formula…
Descriptors: Average Daily Membership, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Clinchy, Evans – 1970
The concept of schools that pay for themselves by sharing facilities with other occupants is known variously as joint occupancy or mixed or multiple use of land and buildings. A financial saving is the obvious advantage of combining schools with housing, commercial space (retail or office), or community services and offices. In addition, joint…
Descriptors: Construction Costs, Cultural Influences, Educational Facilities Design, Land Use
Broudy, Harry S. – 1969
Three major areas of confrontation within the educational system stem from power shifts taking place within the social system as a whole. The taxpayer's revolt against increased school expenditures as juxtaposed to teachers' collective demands for salary increases forms the nucleus of one major confrontation area. Secondly, urban schools face a…
Descriptors: Activism, Collective Bargaining, Community Control, Computer Assisted Instruction
Gaite, A. J. H.; Rankin, Richard J. – 1974
A comprehensive evaluation of the characteristics of students attending a public alternative school revealed marked differences between the experimental group (the alternative school) and a control group (students attending a regular public school). Alternative school students showed significantly lower achievement and ability on all measures,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
Spaeth, William C., Jr. – 1974
The study attempts to determine what labor effort disincentives, if any, will result from the introduction of a negative income tax plan into the fiscal structure of the U. S. The study's conclusions are: disincentives appear to be associated with negative income taxation, and these disincentives depend on whether the worker is in the…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Research, Employment Projections, Employment Statistics
Peterson, George E., Ed. – 1973
Nine experts examine the nature and administration of the property tax, analyzing its effects on educational opportunity, land use, racial residential patterns, central city finance, neighborhood deterioration, and low income housing. The so-called circuit-breaker, a form of property tax relief that has rapidly come into widespread use, is viewed…
Descriptors: City Government, Court Litigation, Economic Research, Educational Finance