The recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposal to revise, in the name of uniformity, the cost principles for university grants and contracts under federal auspices is examined, and the negative implications for higher education are discussed. (LBH)

Definitions of supervision and instructional supervision are provided, along with financial and educational rationale for better quality-control of public education through the development and maintenance of an effective instructional improvement program. A suggested supervisory model is described. (MJB)

Factors influencing the development of a specialized graduate community health education curriculum requiring study abroad are discussed, including finding and using resources of the home university, communication problems, goal development, program development, student-faculty preparation, and finances. (MJB)

Many liberal arts colleges will survive or disappear depending on how well they can analyze their problems and apply solutions. What is needed is a College Futures Planning Center that could provide at minimal cost consulting and support services to private colleges seriously desiring to contend with decline. (Author/LBH)

After "money in general" colleges want "more endowed funds," according to a survey sponsored by the Council on Financial Aid to Education. This article describes 10 steps to facilitate additional funds for endowment. (LBH)

Brief updates are presented regarding institutional patent arrangements and whether an institution, individual, or government owns a patent; the decision of the American Association for the Advancement of Science not to hold its convention in non-ERA-ratified states; and the impact of the Carter Administration budget on VA biomedical research.…

After a review of court cases and the AAUP statement of financial exigency, it is concluded that the policies and procedures for layoff of tenured faculty should be formulated to assure that at least minimal due process protection for the faculty is provided while permitting the institution flexibility for the decision-making process. (LBH)

The problems faced by secondary education student teachers during their field experience may be categorized in the following groups: (1) personal; (2) institutional; (3) task planning; (4) task execution; and (5) task evaluation. (MJB)

An interview with Richard C. Atkinson, the new director of the National Science Foundation, is detailed. Topics discussed in the interview include basic research in universities, NSF policies, cutbacks of advisory committees, two year funding, the Science for Citizens program, and the RANN program. (BT)

College health services are examined regarding (1) their relation to financial constraints on higher education in general; (2) the need to adjust to these restraints; and (3) the need to develop broader missions for the health service as an integral part of the institution. (MJB)

A low-cost program of counseling and referral can reap high financial and humanitarian returns. The Employee Assistance Program at Rochester Institute of Technology is described which offers counseling for financial, alcohol, family, and emotional problems. (Editor/LBH)

The construction and staffing of a permanent Education Forum in Washington is advocated as a focal point for the sharing of information from research, policy studies, and administrative activities in many fields affecting education. It could achieve the immediate public results that a separate Department of Education, whose creation is beset by…

Finding themselves suddenly in a highly competitive business, college and university managers must develop novel strategies. Considered are ways in which they can avert financial ruin while preserving the images of their institutions. Available from: Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., 345 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022. (Author/LBH)

In times of declining enrollments and rising costs, small colleges suffer more than larger institutions. Managerial ingenuity, backed by budgetary discipline, can keep them solvent. For journal availability see HE 509 330. (Author/LBH)

National debts and deficits are not the curse on the economy that they might seem. The goal of establishing a balanced fiscal policy will not be obtained by simplistic legislation calling for an annual balanced budget or automatic (and harmful) spending cuts. (IW)