The lawyer and counselor as an interdisciplinary team can inform the client as to complicating post-divorce problems as well as methods commonly used to conserve and effectively utilize the funds available. Thus the woman proceeds with full knowledge of the financial consequences and hazards of divorce. (Author)

The Illinois Board of Rengents had to overcome institutional inertia on its three campuses to prepare for future financial exigency. A discussion paper served as an effective instrument and led to development of a consensus plan. (Editor/LBH)

Reviews the reasons why community colleges are not getting their share of the federal funds awarded to post-secondary institutions and proposes methods of remedying the situation. (DC)

Offers a set of criteria for evaluating the impact of state funding plans on the diversity of a college's mission; educational quality, outcomes, and effectiveness; educational access and equity; and "fair share" divisions of resources. Considers alternatives to enrollment-based funding. (DMM)

Examines how InterAid, a private-sector relief agency, responded to the false charge that it had misappropriated $20 million purportedly raised for Ethiopian famine relief. Suggests that it was not primarily negative reporting that retarded the strength of InterAid, but InterAid's inability to demonstrate shared common interests with its primary…

Analysis of United States government data on the status of black Americans in 1984 produces the following highlights: (1) the decline in black income; (2) the increase in black poverty; (3) continuing problems of black unemployment; and (4) the adverse affect of budget and tax policies on black income. (PS)

Noting that economic crisis until recently was considered a peculiar characteristic of free-enterprise economies, this article provides factual information demonstrating the economic crisis in the planned economies of eastern Europe. It describes in detail the consequences of the crisis for education in Poland. (JDH)

Following a brief history of education over the last forty years, this article provides a discussion of the meaning, impact, and relevance of the recent educational reform movement in the United States. (JDH)

This article describes the static or declining economic conditions of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and relates these conditions to restrictions on education, the relationship between education and employment, control of education by governing authorities, and the employment conditions of teachers. (JDH)

Several criticisms of a "Journal of Education Finance" article by Guilbert Hentschke and John Yagielski (v8, n1) are elaborated, the most fundamental of which is its failure to consider the revenue side of fiscal strain. (MJL)

Authors of "School District Fiscal Strain: Implications for State and Federal Financial Assistance" respond to a critique by F. Howard Nelson in this issue. Among other points, they counter that their article did consider the revenue side of fiscal strain by assuming a constant budget constraint. (MJL)

The president of Wesley College, Delaware, offers management guidelines for coping in a period of severe financial stress which include involve the board, examine past audit reports, talk to personnel, install an energy control system, and examine business office computer sheets and ledger books. (MLF)

Chronicles the process used by University of Denver officials as they decided to close the library school as of August 16, 1985, due to overall enrollment declines and financial pressures. Highlights include plans of university's reorganization committee, questioning of library school's quality, and 30-minute defense by library school dean Bernard…

Argues that the poor's plight is likely to worsen as New York City's fiscal crisis is transformed into a service crisis. Asserts that the tendency to close small old schools in areas where densities are higher (which minimizes transportation costs) closes schools that are predominantly attended by poor and minority students. (KH)

In view of faculty morale problems and budget limitations, a case is made for selective funding of new approaches to higher education. The value of incentive grant programs is addressed, and two specific programs are cited: the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and a special California State Fund for Innovation and Improvement in…