Reviews evidence and argues for view that managerial pay allocations are influenced by degree of dependent on subordinate and by threats to that dependent. Explores issues of managerial discretion and pay allocation and pay as a means of managing dependencies. Identifies major sources of objective and subjective dependence on subordinates.…

The article stresses the value of recognizing that the most important educational resource is the human resource of teachers, parents, and children and of involving these people in all aspects of the special educational program. (DB)

A sequel to an earlier article about the first round of Dutch retrenchment in higher education looks at the response to the second round, with the introduction of the concept of selective retrenchment and growth, a new approach to resource allocation. (Author/MSE)

Focuses on dealing with budget cuts in higher education. The article argues that the best way to make cuts is to involve everyone in developing a budget plan that supports the institutional priorities. (CK)

Ideas for managing the college or university fund-raising budget include evaluating the current budget for effectiveness and adding to the budget through such means as billing for services, borrowing from current funds, using early interest on gifts, "taxing" incoming gifts, raiding a discretionary account, using a windfall, using early gifts, and…

There has been much hoopla surrounding the notion that charter schools may be a viable option for urban youth. However, the existing information on this issue may be easily dissimulated considering less sloganeering about charter school theories and more research on how charter schools enhance the academic experience of the students they serve are…

This paper argues that research be recognised as a right of a special kind--that it be regarded as a more universal and elementary ability. It suggests that research is a specialised name for a generalised capacity to make disciplined inquires into those things we need to know, but do not know yet. I maintain that knowledge is both more valuable…

This paper summarizes views on the costs of evaluation developed as part of CSE's Evaluation Productivity Project. In particular, it focuses on ideas about the kinds of costs associated with factors known to effect evaluation utilization. The first section deals with general issues involved in identifying and valuing cost components, particularly…

This essay relates Howard R. Bowen's revenue theory of cost and Laws of Higher Education Cost to the situation of the academic library, highlighting pursuit of excellence, library expenses, cost-effective measures, and decision rules for resource allocation. (EJS)

Understanding organizational growth and maturity, viewing the community college in the same manner as a private enterprise, and orienting to markets and products will help bring strategic techniques into the financial management process. Funds for new ventures will come from reallocation of existing resources based on a sufficiently broad mission…

Discusses the need for effective design considerations in libraries to attract users. Having attractive entrances, using space effectively, creating assignable space, providing comfortable seating, avoiding crowding and barriers, and having a flexible design to accommodate technological change are among the areas discussed. (CHC)

Criticizes Syracuse University's construction of the Carrier Dome sports facility as being in violation of Title IX, which requires that women and men have equal access to athletic participation and facilities. Calls for greater adherence nationwide to the spirit and the letter of Title IX. (GC)

Practical advice is offered on managing libraries during a time of declining resources. Librarians are urged to set aside the extravagant and empty rhetoric of the 60s and 70s and take a more realistic view of collections and services for users during the austere 80s. (Author/RAA)

Defines and establishes a common framework to observe, describe, and assess modifications in the public sector bargaining model that hold great promise to incorporate all groups having vital interests in the reallocation of resources through collective bargaining. (Author/MLF)

The article considers eight values and factors that enter into decisions regarding resource allocation for persons with brain injury including the quality of life, moral culpability of the brain-injured person, the social contribution of the person, allocation of family and societal responsibilities, justice, the nature of health care, and…