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Download full textPeterson, Gary T., Ed. – 1975
One hundred twenty-seven participants at a June 1975 symposium in Squaw Valley, California, made use of a prescribed problem-solving process in order to originate a number of parts of a total staff development effort for a simulated community college. The developmental stages in the process included brainstorming, needs assessment, resource…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Faculty, Conference Reports, Educational Needs
Peer reviewedLee, Sul H., Ed. – Journal of Library Administration, 1989
Eight articles examine the impact of rising costs of serials and monographs on library services. Topics covered include crisis management strategies; insights from the vendor's perspective; the particular problems of research institutions; the impact of tight budgets on technical processes; and options for cost savings through resource sharing and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Change Strategies, Crisis Management, Financial Problems
Peer reviewedVan House, Nancy A.; Childers, Thomas – Public Libraries, 1991
Discusses methods of evaluation that can be used to measure public library effectiveness, based on a conference sponsored by the Council on Library Resources. Topics discussed include the Public Library Effectiveness Study (PLES), quantitative and qualitative evaluation, using evaluative information for resource acquisition and resource…
Descriptors: Conferences, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society), Governance
Glazner, Steve, Ed. – 1991
This publication presents 18 papers from the 1990 institute on facilities finance in higher education. An introduction is by Walter W. Schaw. Papers are: (1) "Facilities as a Capital Asset" by Sean C. Rush; (2) "State Issues in Capital Management" by Brenda N. Albright; (3) "Policy-making Issues" by Frederick R. Ford;…
Descriptors: Accounting, Budgeting, Campus Planning, Case Studies
Morris, Alfred, Ed.; Sizer, John, Ed. – 1982
Resource allocation for higher education in England is addressed in 11 papers from a l982 Leverhulme seminar of the Society for Research into Higher Education. Major seminar questions include the following: whether higher education institutions should become less dependent upon public funds; the extent to which funds should flow through grants to…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Economic Climate, Educational Demand
Taylor, William J., Ed. – 1980
Current mental health services for Indian people living on and off the reservation are described for individuals interested in expanding or delivering mental health services to Indian people or in the state of the art. The conference held in July 1979 was established for the purpose of sharing information about successful mental health programs.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Influences, Delivery Systems, Mental Health Programs
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1997
These proceedings contain reports of the plenary and working group sessions of a seminar to exchange information on such topics as the social dialogue on vocational education and training (VET) at the European level and involvement of social partners in development and implementation of European Community VET policy. Each report is introduced by a…
Descriptors: Educational Certificates, Educational Development, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation
Ahearn, Charles, Ed.; Nalley, Donna, Ed. – 2000
This document contains proceedings of a conference that fostered discussion on how low-performing schools become successful. Principal speakers were Michael Cohen, Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, who spoke about the demand for increased performance and high standards; Dennis Parker,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Community Action, Educational Change
Association of African Universities, Accra-North (Ghana). – 1993
A seminar was held in Dakar (Senegal) to bring together African university presidents, vice-chancellors, rectors, and top-level administrators to discuss the following themes: policies and modalities of admissions, planning and allocation of resources, structures of postsecondary education, and new technologies and interuniversity cooperation.…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Admission, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Hamblin, Fred, Ed. – 1982
These proceedings contain all of the formal presentations made at a conference focusing on policy issues affecting the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario. Introductory remarks by Harry Fisher are followed by an outline by Blair Tully of the Ontario government's focus on high technology and the projects of the Board of Industrial…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Educational Development
Hamlyn, Geoffrey – 1982
Educational facilities experts from a score of countries considered how changing economic and social conditions, as well as technological developments, will require redefinition both of existing educational facilities and of their use. Participants agreed that new needs are arising from demographic change, world recession, and unemployment. The…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Facilities, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
Altbach, Philip G., Ed.; Johnstone, D. Bruce, Ed. – 1993
This book contains papers presented at a conference focused on the subject of funding for higher education and providing comparative perspectives on, and case studies of, educational financing from around the world. After an introduction by Ernest L. Boyer, the papers and their authors are as follows: "The Costs of Higher Education: Worldwide…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Essays
Hoghielm, Robert, Ed.; Rubenson, Kjell, Ed. – 1980
This volume contains a series of papers written for a symposium entitled "Adult Education and Allocation Policy in Sweden." Intended to provide a broader framework for analyzing allocation policy in adult education, the first paper is organized around the assumption that the effects of allocation policy both on participants and society…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgeting, Dropouts, Educational Objectives
Berdahl, Robert, Ed.; And Others – 1978
A 1978 conference report on major issues of the 1980s in statewide coordination and governance in postsecondary education is presented as part of an inservice education program. The introduction to the report contains the conference summary by Jerome M. Pollack. The keynote address by Richard Millard is presented in three separate sections,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, College Planning, Educational Assessment
Leslie, Larry L., Ed.; Otto, Heather L., Ed. – 1980
Eight essays on financing policies and issues in higher education to be faced in the near future are collected. They include: The Political-Economic Context for Financing Postsecondary Education in the 1980's (Robert C. Andringa); The Political-Economic Context: A Reaction (Kay S. Cornaby); Financial Responses for the 1980's (Melvin D. Orwig); A…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Planning, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance
