This manual describes procedures and presents guidelines for using the Dade County (Florida) School System's Average Dollar Base School Budgeting System. The Dade County budgeting system approximates the resource allocation method employed by the state of Florida under the Florida Education Finance Plan and is intended to help shift the…

This resource book, designed as a planning tool for demonstration project directors, discusses the following six key elements which have application at all three stages of a demonstration project: (1) Objectives, (2) resources, (3) endorsement, (4) communications, (5) evaluation, and (6) outreach. Each of these elements is discussed within the…

The manual is the result of several years' effort toward developing a methodology to depict program resources-funding. The guidelines were developed based on a 1975 feasibility study and tested in seven medical colleges. It is hoped that the guidelines will be useful in analyzing the fiscal mechanisms for funding of the individual resources…

Utilizing the findings of the research and development activities conducted by California's Career Education Task Force at 36 school district demonstration sites to develop prototype career education models in grades K-12 and adult classes, this handbook was developed to provide administrators with procedures for the infusion of career education…

This document is one of five manuals designed to improve management practices in Ohio two-year colleges. Chapter I is introductory and discusses the role of program budgeting in higher education, its objectives, management, and development. Chapter II presents the steps to be taken in developing a program budget--identifying goals and objectives,…

This secondary level vocational administrator's manual is designed to increase awareness of cost-effectiveness analysis concepts, provide step-by-step procedures and analytical techniques for conducting a cost-effectiveness analysis study, and assist administrators in improving management skills by using appropriate information from the study in…

Planning activities at higher education institutions should be comprehensive, program based, and long-range. The daily process of planning and the necessity of integrating planning and resource allocation into a single system are emphasized in this handbook, which deals only with centralized planning activities. The focus is on program merit, not…

This document is one of five manuals designed to improve management practices in Ohio two-year colleges. This manual provides administrators with an organized and logical discussion of the planning process, examples of effective practices, practical and useful ideas to improve planning practices, and criteria for effective planning which can be…

Developed to provide the basis for a coordinated effort of self-analysis at all managerial levels and for a systematic approach to the management of the Migrant Education Program, this guide outlines the responsibilities of migrant administrators on the Federal, state, and local levels. Intended to prepare state and local administrators for U.S.…