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Dissecting in detail the arguments underlying the costs and economics of open and distance learning, this text should give the reader an insight and the confidence to cost their own open and distance learning projects.

An indispensable resource for all college-bound graduates and their families -- or college students looking for ways to ease their financial burdens -- this handbook for getting the most financial aid available offers guidance to completing the ofte…

As college enrolment has increased, so has the difficulty in payment for higher education. This volume considers the effects of additional funding on college enrolment and performance, analyzing the factors that influence how different schools perfo…

A college education has been the key to higher real wages and living standards. But as college enrollment has increased, so has the difficulty in paying for higher education.

This book helps school administrators see the many contradictions between the underlying concepts of traditional collective bargaining and the important goals that many school districts seek today, especially decision making based on the informed op…

Gary Heinfeld has updated the definitive guide to help school districts implement the dramatic changes in accounting and reporting required by GASB Statement No. 34. This book provides school district administrators with comprehensive guidance in im…

ASBO International's Accounting, Auditing, and Budgeting Committee has produced the definitive guide to help school districts implement the dramatic changes in accounting and reporting required by GASB Statement No. 34. This book provides school dis…

The Guide will include some 2500 entries, plus grants awarded under the heading of 'any subject'. It will include a practical introduction, a 'how-to' guide to achieving postgraduate funding and how to make a successful bid.

In a world where the opportunity to advance scholarly and scientific knowledge is dependent on the ability to secure sufficient funding, researchers and scholars must write funding proposals that stand out from the competition. The practical advice…

In a world where the opportunity to advance scholarly and scientific knowledge is dependent on the ability to secure sufficient funding, researchers and scholars must write funding proposals that stand out from the competition. The practical advice…

Jean Anyon's groundbreaking new book reveals the influence of federal and metropolitan policies and practices on the poverty that plagues schools and communities in American cities and segregated, low-income suburbs. Public policies...such as those…

Dramatic reductions in the dollars available for public education require a new and systemic approach to balancing school district budgets. This manual provides numerous examples of successful budget reduction strategies based on a six-step process…

Early and recent school reformers demanded greater funding. They insisted that they needed it to protect children, the economy, and the nation. This book uses the case method to analyze the budgets that they proposed, the rhetoric that they employed…

Placing the recent rush to use tax incentives as a new source of student financial assistance in both its historical and theoretical contexts, this book documents the rise of tax-advantaged college savings plans and how they signal the shift to solv…

A truly comprehensive textbook for beginners or existing traders wishing to learn how to apply systematic trading techniques in the financial markets, and become consistently profitable. The book covers in great detail the structure of the markets,…

Based on detailed analysis of thousands of confidential World Bank documents, this book outlines the evolution of World Bank lending policies in education, and assesses the policy impact of the Bank's educational projects. The author demonstrates th…

Based on detailed analysis of thousands of confidential World Bank documents, this book demonstrates that the World Bank lies at the centre of the major changes in global education of our time. It outlines the evolution of World Bank lending policie…

This text provides a framework for understanding higher education in the US (and other western countries) since the 1970s whereby the logic of the market place has increasingly come to dominate all arenas and, in context, the education system. The a…

<>This classic text on school finance contains the most comprehensive and current information that affects school finance, including historical, economic, technological/mathematical, and legal points of view.  This book is both scholarly…

*Designed for courses in School Finance, Public School Finance, and Economics of Education. *"Building-block" approach to understanding the financing of public schools in the US. *Up-to-date analysis of the historical and current economic health of…

This book is designed to help teachers to overcome some of the constraints put on them by politicians, and to improve the conditions in schools. It presents strategies for presenting the case for greater funding and staffing in schools, but also sug…

Enables applicants and students to source the financial assistance offered by the UK's universities and colleges. This book contains an A-Z of institutions with a brief profile of each, the degree courses offered and the financial help available. Th…

Administrators and central office personnel are not the only educators writing grants. Classroom teachers are finding that grants can provide an excellent source of funding for special classroom projects, school-wide programmes, and even personal gr…

The demand and the costs for higher education have risen steeply in recent years. The most common response worldwide has been some form of cost sharing: shifting per-student costs from governments and taxpayers to parents and students. This timely b…

This volume brings together the most current empirical research on two important innovations reshaping American education today-voucher programs and charter schools. Contributors include the foremost analysts in education policy. Of specific signifi…

This volume brings together the most current empirical research on two important innovations reshaping American education today-voucher programs and charter schools. Contributors include the foremost analysts in education policy. Of specific signifi…

This volume examines key aspects of the elementary education system, with a focus on issues related to cost and financing in the poorer and educationally backward states of India. Taken together, the original content of this book provides: - a syste…

Who is the guide for?It is for everyone who needs to understand LSC demand-led funding: in particular, those who plan and deliver provision in school sixth forms, training providers, and further education colleges. It covers the new 2008/09 national…

Analyzes how a few key technological inventions changed culture in America and how public education has changed as a result. This book projects a challenging and disturbing future for public education in America.

The Guide will include some 2500 entries, plus grants awarded under the heading of 'any subject'. It will include a practical introduction, a 'how-to' guide to achieving postgraduate funding and how to make a successful bid.

Child daycare is a crucial issue for gender equality. In Britain its provision, and especially publicly provided or subsidised daycare, has been meagre in comparison with a range of European States. In seeking to explain childcare policy in post-war…

A user-friendly manual on the often-confusing world of nongovernment grants.

This text in ABL's new Educational Leadership series from Peabody College covers historical and current trends in leadership in a very practical way, using cases and a problem-solving approach as vehicles for examination. The text was developed by a…

There’s no question: The cost of college continues to soar, even when the rest of the economy stagnates, and this reality is not likely to change any time soon. Fortunately, everyone, including you, the various governments (federal and state),…

This study provides a policy analysis of publicly funded school voucher programs. This research provides an analysis of voucher programs in Cleveland and Milwaukee and of political, legal, and programmatic constraints facing voucher programs. A syno…

The book provides a unique contribution to the literature in this field in that the studies of decision theory and data-based decision making are integrated. Focusing on educators assuming leadership roles in school improvement, the book&#…

Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) authorises the major federal student aid programs, including the student loan programs, which are the largest source of aid for students. In FY2000, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs and the…

A text for a beginning course in school finance, with an emphasis on the principle of equalization of educational opportunity. Contains chapters on economics of education, sources of revenue, federal interest in education, public funds and nonpublic…

Much of the twentieth century saw broad political support for public funding of American higher education. Liberals supported public investment because it encouraged social equity, conservatives because it promoted economic development. Recently, ho…

Addresses the critical issues and challenges facing state and district policy-makers working to develop school-based funding policies

Information on thousands of scholarships, grants, and prizes is easily accessible in this newly revised directory that features awards indexed by career goal, major, academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion, ethnicity, and more. Each l…

Student aid in higher education has recently become a hot-button issue. Parents trying to pay for their children's education, college administrators competing for students, and even President Bill Clinton, whose recently proposed tax breaks for coll…