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)

America's nonprofit sector is seen as being in deep trouble. Difficulties include: escalating labor costs, a disinclination on the part of Americans to make charitable gifts, necessity to adjust to major demographic and geographical shifts, and enlarged government operations that have resulted in undercutting the viability of private institutions.…

The termination of appointments of two University of Texas professors because of financial exigency raised questions by the AAUP of faculty involvement in determining financial exigency, due process, and adequacy of termination notices. A third termination of an outspoken professor raised the issue of violation of academic freedom. (AF)

A study of 43 liberal arts colleges' library budgets for the first half of the 1970s is described. The combined effects of inflation and financial crunch have led to a materials v staff struggle which could result in an improper balance between these two items. (Author/MLW)

Data from a survey of 40 colleges that were religious and/or single-sex institutions in the 1960's indicate that tradeoffs must be made when such colleges change their admissions policy for the sake of increased enrollments. It is suggested that these efforts dilute and draw off the traditional institutional strengths, and that the federal…

Academic freedom, federal regulation, and government interference are examined and put into historical perspective. Objective and practical suggestions are offered for improving the way regulations are written and enforced. (Editor/LBH)

A recent article on the job crisis in higher education is critiqued, and related issues are discussed, including how the current crisis compares to the 1970s, parallels and differences in crises in the humanities and the sciences, how the crisis has affected the overall job system in academia, and whether shrinkage in the job market has affected…

Discusses the outsourcing of campus services from the view of a business affairs administrator and a career services officer. Considers the areas of services which can be privatized, the pressures to move towards privatization, some of the issues in privatization, critical issues to consider in these efforts, economic concerns, and the…