Argues that categorical funds should be available with few restrictions so that local education agencies can make decisions on how to add the funds to the tax-levy base. Claims that this type of funding could provide a variety of instructional programs to meet the needs of targeted students, without segregating them or contributing to their…

This study investigates the income-cost effects resulting from public and private higher education expenditures in Japan. Economic returns are presented according to sex, public or private sector, and areas of study, and the method of government expenditure on education in Japan is evaluated. (TE)

Institutions must address planning, budgeting, training, organizational, and policy issues as they confront the explosion in use of computers. Five recommendations include identify goals for information services, assess information assets, develop an investment plan for information services, review policies and allocation and budget procedures,…

Three opinions are offered: (1) The federal government should be seeking ways of strengthening state, local, and institutional leadership by placing federal resources at the service of state and local agencies. (2) Social policy should not be handled by the states. (3) Keeping a proper balance between local and federal administration requires…

Limited research has been undertaken to identify and examine systemic issues associated with the provision of vocational education and training (VET) to equity groups. This report focuses on the institutional relationships and policies that determine equity provision, and proposes three principles for framing equity practices. The principles are:…

Any interstate comparison that does not take differences in the cost of education into account will give an incorrect impression of the relative levels at which different states support their schools. The lack of cost-adjusted statistics on state expenditures for elementary and secondary education interferes with policy analysis, resource…

Richard Delgado and Jean Stefanic have examined a series of legal decisions they consider to be "serious moral errors,""embarrassingly inhumane decisions," and "moral abominations." Departing from their exploration of bad judicial decision making, this paper points out some examples of bad decision making in higher education. It identifies four…

This paper, which focuses on remediation at community colleges, is part of a series published by the Center for Community College Policy, designed to support state and local policymakers, as well as educational leaders who are interested in policy issues related to the two-year postsecondary sector. Providing academic support for remediation has…

Four questions must be addressed in assessing the direction of higher education: (1) What should potential learners learn? (2) Who should have the opportunity for systematic higher education? (3) How should a desirable pattern of institutions be determined, organized, and governed? and (4) How should resources be provided, distributed, and…

Higher Education needs a rebirth of academic management to combine educational policy and planning with financial administration. The approaches to strategy-making at four institutions at Hood, Hartford, Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Teachers College are described. (MLW)

The major issue of educational quality is linked to the potential of national and state assessment programs. It is suggested that changes in assessment design, analysis, and reporting can significantly contribute to improvement in the policy development process. The California Assessment Program illustrates how state assessment information may be…

Reviews the basic rationale and elements of Planning, Programing, Budgeting Systems (PPBS) and discusses the value of PPBS as an administrative control system for implementing educational policy. (JG)

An analytical report on educational policy in Zimbabwe, three associated commentaries, and a concluding summary describe ways in which the findings of educational research can be translated into policy in a developing nation. The emphases are on student achievement and equitable allocation of resources. (SLD)

Analyzes trends in student achievement and student and teacher attendance--outcomes rewarded by South Carolina's School Incentive Reward Program since 1984. Results show modest improvements in student achievement and no significant improvements in attendance patterns for students or teachers. Grouping schools into socioeconomic bands to compete…

Replies to E. A. Hanushek's questioning of the validity of meta-analysis as used by the authors in analyzing resource allocation and its effects on improving student academic performance. Statistical analysis procedures are examined. (GLR)