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Lapetina, Alison J. – School Business Affairs, 1990
Describes the New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal (NYSIR), which provides both property and liability coverage for school districts. A reciprocal is wholly owned by those insured. NYSIR insures 55 school district subscribers, providing a service that specifically accommodates school district needs and saves them money. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Insurance, Legal Responsibility, Prevention
Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government, New York, NY. – 1992
This report seeks ways to improve the knowledge, understanding, and information available to the federal government on the long-term nature of the science and technology (S&T) enterprise as it relates to societal goals. The recommendations focus on a few key issues: improving the national capacity to define and revise long-term S&T goals; linking…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Higher Education, Policy, Position Papers
Everett, Ronald E. – School Business Affairs, 1995
Discusses balance sheets and income statements for private-sector companies and the ratios that have been developed to guide corporate decision makers. Discusses the various public-sector reports that school districts create and how they can be used to create information via ratios to help school administrators and policymakers in directing and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Financial Audits, Private Sector
Podgursky, Michael – Abell Foundation, 2006
Many states are struggling to finance under-funded teacher pension systems as well as recruit and retain a high-quality teaching workforce. This paper compares Maryland's former (prior to Spring, 2006) teacher pension system to those in Pennsylvania and several other states. On the basis of simple replacement rates, the former Maryland state plan…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Public School Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Congressional Budget Office. – 1991
Despite pressures for reducing the overall spending of the federal government, some policymakers and analysts have considered increasing the funding for particular areas that might be especially important to the long-term growth of the economy. Increases have been proposed in spending for highways and other types of physical infrastructure, for…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economic Research, Economics
Sonnier, Catherine – State Legislative Report, 1988
The amount of state legislation dealing with child care issues has significantly increased in the last 5 years. This report focuses on state strategies for expanding and improving the child care system through incentives and support for employers and providers. State policymakers are exploring partnerships of public and private resources for…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Employer Supported Day Care, Financial Support, Personnel Policy
Lewis, Edward T. – Trusteeship, 1994
Saint Mary's College of Maryland, previously a public college, has become a unique public-private hybrid in response to changes in state support commitments. Although this model could not be applied to most institutions, the experience suggests that college and universities must find new means of financing and relating to the state. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Governance, Higher Education
Karam, Gebran – International Education Journal, 2006
The current status of the Lebanese vocational and technical education (VTE) system is assessed and the strategic issues and challenges facing it are identified. In addition to the economic and social challenges that are common to many developing countries, the Lebanese system suffers from idiosyncratic problems, which may require innovative and…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Private Sector, Foreign Countries, Technical Education
Shires, Michael A. – 1994
This paper provides the framework and context for a systems approach to planning, detailed descriptions of specific steps in the planning process, conclusions, and questions for consideration when executing strategic planning in higher education. The analysis is based on the work of James T. Ziegenfuss, Jr. in his book "Designing…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Educational Planning, Environmental Scanning, Higher Education

Saitis, Christos – Educational Management and Administration, 1990
Discusses the influence of social and economic factors on the management of the public sector in Greece. Deals with the organization and management practice in the Ministry of National Education and Cults. Proposes steps of reform to ensure that decision-making processes are effective. (12 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Educational Policy, Efficiency, Foreign Countries

Mitchell, Dale; Braddock, David – Mental Retardation, 1993
Analysis of data from more than 1,600 residential facilities serving individuals with developmental disabilities revealed that real wages of direct care staff have declined significantly during the last decade, and the wage differential between public and private facilities (in favor of public facilities) has doubled during the past 10 years.…
Descriptors: Attendants, Developmental Disabilities, Financial Problems, Fringe Benefits
Hutchins, Vince L. – 1992
The field of early childhood intervention, which strives to meet the needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities, has come of age, but interagency collaboration to provide family-focused multidisciplinary services remains more a goal than a reality. Issues in the development of multidisciplinary services include fragmentation of services,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Fine, Kerry Kinney – 1998
This report on postsecondary enrollment trends in Minnesota was prepared in response to questions from state legislators concerning significant declines in enrollments at Minnesota state colleges and universities. Text, tables, and graphs provide a quantitative analysis of data derived primarily from the state higher education services office and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Enrollment Projections
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. National Security and International Affairs Div. – 1998
This report evaluates a Department of Defense (DOD) demonstration program that would provide trauma care training for military medical personnel through one or more public or nonprofit hospitals. Specifically, it examines DOD's actions to meet legislative requirements of the demonstration program; identifies other initiatives aimed at training…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Demonstration Programs, Emergency Programs, Feasibility Studies
Callan, Patrick M.; Honetschlager, Dean A., – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1991
This paper reviews the history of how trustees are selected to boards of public institutions of higher education and offers specific recommendations to improve the selection process. The paper notes a trend toward an overall decline in the effectiveness of boards and reports that the major factor identified in several recent analyses is the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Administrator Selection, Criteria