Guidelines for evaluating existing programs and procedures for eliminating the ineffective and unproductive. (Editor/IR)

Outlines serious problems at University of California at Santa Cruz, San Diego and Irvine. (IR)

Inflation has affected school construction through cost increases, defeated bond issues, fewer buildings and additions, and steep interest rates. Explains how dwindling construction money is being spent. (KJ)

Author leans toward institutional support as the main method of applying federal aid to the problem of higher education for all classes of students. (IR)

The history of John H. Finley's presidency of Knox College illustrates one way in which colleges survived in the period when interest in universities was growing. (DE)

Offers a writing assignment in which students analyze the operations of a failing small business and make written recommendations on improving prospects. (AEA)

Explores the effects of changing tuition rates on open-door policies at U.S. community/junior colleges. Assesses nationwide tuition trends and analyzes the relationship between tuition rates and enrollment levels. Points to continuous tuition increases since 1951. Concludes that further increases could close colleges to those unable to afford…

Analyzes social, political, and economic factors affecting community college development, including economic decline, increased state control, reduced appropriations and discretionary income, loss of diversity and autonomy, demographic transitions, and technological changes. Recommends a strategic management approach to issues of mission and…

Colleges and universities have survived a decade of financial exigency because of the resilience they developed. The primary problem to be confronted in the 1980s is still inflation, not declining enrollment, but inflation in the next ten years will not be as bad as recently. References and other resources on response to financial exigency are…

As financial times become tighter and dwindling resources are stretched, recreational administrators are looking at ways to maintain services and provide additional services without requiring more funds. Several creative management techniques and approaches that can be used are described. (CJ)

Michigan's ex-governor discusses (1) the impact of the Reagan administration's budget proposals on State social service programs and their implications for the State role concerning such programs, and (2) the need for state governments to negotiate strongly with the Federal government on proposed policy changes to protect the interests of the…

A teaching unit on economics discusses basic background information, suggests classroom activities, and lists sources of instructional resources. Reproducible masters for two instructional levels are included and introduce economics law and basic financial management. (FG)

The author details how a massive shift of people, jobs, and money has benefited the "sunbelt" cities of the South and West at the expense of the "frostbelt" cities of the Northeast and Midwest. Some implications for education are suggested. (Author/MLF)

The author addresses five issues important to the development of cross-cultural research in arts education: the state of such research; its potential utilities; kinds of topics which might be studied; potential problems in conceptualizing, implementing, and interpreting such research; and the prospects for cross-cultural research in arts…

The theme of innovation is considered under three headings: the need for innovation; obstacles to innovation caused by slow growth (financial stringency and staffing structures); and approaches to solution (earmarking substantial funds for innovation and creating a system of joint appointments for academic staff in polytechnics and universities).…