The power of the university to breach faculty contracts in order to meet its temporary cash-flow problems and the rights of faculty when this breach occurs are discussed. To avoid litigation, a university must have established internal guidelines which can be incorporated into an employment contract. (MLW)

Education currently is facing unprecedented problems, issues, and dilemmas which will probably increase in the future. Two types of change efforts, first and second order, which may be the most productive in addressing these concerns, are outlined and discussed in the context of short and long term developments within a school of education.…

Studied attitudes of Hispanic secondary school students and their parents (N=500) toward higher education. Includes questionnaire, written in Spanish, which was distributed in three community centers. Found 70 percent of the students and 80 percent of the parents indicated financial problems prevented college attendance but that they did value…

Court decisions concerning fiscal crisis in institutions of higher education are outlined, involving tenure, grounds for dismissal, and faculty participation in decision making. (FG)

Analysis of 1976-78 data on rural Ohio school districts found that of six fiscal and demographic variables (geographic size, children with special needs, fiscal capacity, tax effort, total revenues, and excess staff over state minimum requirements), none could distinguish financially troubled from untroubled districts. (RW)

Periods of scarcity, such as the one we are now experiencing, make the need for less federal regulation more urgent. Indeed, the combination of scarcity and President Reagan's New Federalism are going to force deregulation on U.S. schools. (Author/JM)

Guidance Associates provide a viable means of at least partially resolving many of the staffing and program problems facing many of the smaller school districts in Texas. Guidance Associates provide a means by which both the instructional and guidance needs of schools to educate the "whole child" may be enhanced. (Author/LC)

Financial pressures and the possibility of a major desegregation suit have dominated the 1980-81 academic year for Tennessee's public colleges and universities. The higher education community is moving toward managing the decline with limitations on enrollment and by eliminating unnecessary duplicated academic programs. (MLW)

Discusses social, psychological, and economic consequences of late life divorce. Describes areas of needed research, including demographic aspects of late life divorce, social and psychological consequences, adaption to divorce, and legal and economic consequences. (RC)

A study examined the methods used by several California school districts to respond to educational retrenchment. Results showed that, while respondents had difficulty separating recent educational legislaton from other aspects of retrenchment, they agreed that there was no way to produce better results in education with a reduction in resources.…

Explores the growing incidence of presidential resignations caused by current financial problems, and describes the importance of political skills, as well as administrative ability, to administrative success. Enumerates five steps for effective policy-making and discusses the problems encountered in dealing with popularly elected college boards.…

Considers declining enrollment, White flight, and the fiscal crisis in the public schools. Shows how these factors coalesced in a school-closing suit in Santa Barbara, California, and discusses the implications of the court's decision for Mexican American education in that state. (GC)

Reacting to the preceding article by Professor William H. Howick (pp11-18), the author examines these same problems in higher education and cites reasons to hope for improvement. (SJL)

Financial and administrative problems facing Australian universities are examined. Also addressed are problems that have existed since triennial funding arrangements were abandoned in 1975 and how continually changing recommendations and financial allocations have seriously hindered long-term planning. (SF)

Together, staff and students of Franklin High School in Stockton (California) beat a budget crunch through creative fund-raising and money-saving activities, and by tapping the services of governmental agencies. (Author/JM)