Presents a model, using mathematical formulas, to help educational planners and administrators with the problem of allocating limited resources for general and vocational education. (MLF)

Fundamental to how much should be budgeted for computing is having a sense of how important computing is to the mission of the institution. A number of related questions are asked including how big a commitment an institution should make to computing. (MLW)

The ethical issues faced by international nurse consultants are examined, and the ways in which ethical theories can be useful to nurses dealing with ethical conflicts while serving as consultants of other countries are explored. (Author/MLW)

The strategy of deep selective budget cuts for institutions is not always the soundest policy, since the choice between these and across-the-board cuts is an oversimplification. The literature on rescission shows no instance in which a university administration has cut the same percentage across-the-board. (MLW)

The Netherlands' experience with the Conditional Finance System, introduced in the universities in 1982 make explicit the distribution of research effort and allocate research resources on bases other than enrollments, is discussed. (MSE)

Review of the status of public library user fees highlights arguments against fees (discrimination against poorer elements of society; libraries provide services of value to society as whole and justify public financing); efficient allocation of resources; situation in Canadian province of Saskatchewan; and the typical Canadian library user. (17…

Interviews with state mental health authorities revealed that many states are emphasizing program development and funding for the severely acutely and chronically mentally ill while deemphasizing consultation/education, prevention, and evaluation activities. Funding mechanisms are moving toward greater accountability and funding levels are…

Analysis of budgetary, personnel, and enrollemnt records from school districts in the Saint Louis, Missouri, area reveals that the administrative share of resources grows as funding increases or enrollment declines. Tendencies to cut administrative staffing when funds are restricted suggest that improved cost-benefit analysis of administration may…

Describes a methodology for deriving educational expenditure estimates for handicapped children. Information collected for 573 children from three urban school systems from record reviews and interviews with the childrens' parents, teachers, and physicians reveals an approximate 2:1 ratio of expenditures for special and regular education students.…

The University of North Dakota conducted a feasibility study to develop a faculty funding formula that would serve as an internally acceptable guideline and an externally justifiable procedure for allocating faculty in the budgeting process. The current formula is reviewed, and appropriate formula revisions are suggested. (MLW)

Recruitment is analyzed using a classical organizational theory in resource dependence offered by J. D. Thompson. The demographic changes are viewed as flucuations in the environment, which require adaptation from the organization in order to survive. (MLW)

The Technical University of Denmark has tried to free resources in a stagnant or declining budget for development of new subject areas by planned contraction of ordinary activities, with only moderate success due to low mobility and strong specialization of the scientific staff. A more realistic planning system has been introduced, using…

The process of comprehensive school planning is divided into seven stages: setting goals, analyzing strengths and weaknesses, brainstorming, focusing on limited goals, narrowing issues, choosing a plan of action, and evaluating progress. (JW)

Investigates the hypothesis that particularistic criteria, derived from social familiarity and social influence, will be used more in decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. (Author/IRT)

A 2 (aid vs. no aid) / 2 (high vs. low resource potential donor) between subjects design tested the effects of aid and donor resources on recipient self-perceptions and subsequent self-help behavior. (Editor)