Erie County Community College (New York) has developed a zero-based program budgeting system to meet current fiscal problems and diminished resources. The system allocates resources on the basis of program effectiveness and market potential. (LH)

Tells how a high school student newspaper staff raised money for increased printing costs by publishing a special edition of the paper in which all space was bought by school groups for the purpose of promoting their activities. (GW)

The real threat to the quality of life on campus today and in the future is not so much the financial depression but the psychological depression in the academic spirit, suggests this college president. He notes that every problem also represents an opportunity for change. (LBH)

Advantages and disadvantages of academic tenure for clinical faculties, including an appraisal of its financial burdens, the utility of modified or alternative systems, and the issue of abolition of tenure, were examined through a questionnaire survey of 106 U.S. medical schools. (Editor/LBH)

Examined relationship between income change in early 1980s, outlook that parents had about their general life situation, and extent to which adolescents expected to attain job success. Showed that income loss was associated with pessimistic life outlooks in fathers and mothers. Suggests that income loss is a stressor that may disrupt family…

In almost half of the Department of Education's biennial audits of colleges receiving federal financial aid, institutions are found to have made mistakes in aid distribution, and each year the department asks colleges to return $25-million in aid money. Better oversight methods are urged. (MSE)

The state and federal trend toward encouraging parents to save for college education is praised for putting responsibility back on parents, but there is concern about the effectiveness of national or state programs to stimulate savings and about neglect of the poor in the rush to help middle-income families. (MSE)

This article highlights the problems school authorities face in reducing spending and the effects the resulting cuts have upon the school they administer. (JDH)

Presents ideas for devising field trips when transportation funds are reduced. Describes how to conduct walking tours, forming a station wagon brigade, and inviting traveling shows and individuals from the community into the classroom for career information and cultural enrichment. (KH)

Reviews findings of a National Center for Higher Education Management Systems study, which investigated the effects of enrollment and revenue declines on small independent four-year colleges, and discusses implications for two-year colleges facing similar problems. Looks at strategies that helped more resilient colleges meet financial problems…

By terminating 26 degree programs, 3 departments, and 3 schools and colleges, the State University of New York at Albany generated a pool of resource for reallocation to programs with greater need and priority. The difficulties of accomplishing this and the lessons for other campuses are described. (Author/MLW)

The purpose of this paper is to review the concepts of fiscal stress and decrementalism--a method of retrenchment management; to examine the consequences on public agencies and services; and to outline the challenges of human resource erosion for personnel managers and barriers to successful strategies. (SK)

Surveyed 29 farm couples who filled out questionnaires dealing with feelings of economic stress and blaming in the marriage. Results showed couples with greater economic vulnerability reported greater economic distress, although they tended to report experiencing less loss. Couples reporting greater economic distress reported greater blaming in…

After analyzing the causes of public education's current fiscal crisis, this article offers a marketing approach to educational management as a possible long range solution. A model marketing plan is outlined and some applications for raising revenues are identified. (MJL)

Public education in Virginia during fiscal year 2002 is characterized by fiscal crisis, reductions in funds, and no new salary increases for state employees including teachers and university faculty. The current context of recession and budget deficits, together with tax reductions imposed by the previous gubernatorial administration and current…