Instead of shielding the public from the effects of budget cuts by making small across-the-board cuts on many programs, school administrators should slash whole programs. This will maintain the system's overall educational effectiveness while making clear the consequences of the public's political actions. (Author/RW)

A review of the 1983 attempt to close the Department of Adult Education at the University of Southampton illuminates the debates over the nature of adult education, the end of political consensus about educational policy, and the demise of the "Great Tradition" of university liberal education in the process of mainstreaming extramural…

The paper reports on application of a case-by-case reintegration approach to helping 10 behaviorally disordered elementary students transition into less restrictive environments. The strategy combined transenvironmental programing, student-directed interventions, and collaborative consultation. Effectiveness was suggested by the number of students…

A survey of National Association for Business Teacher Education member institutions (128 of 235 responses) was conducted in 1991 to determine the status of business teacher education faculty. Emphasis on teacher education appears to have decreased, and one-third of business teacher education programs are expected to disappear over the next five…

Six college advancement professionals respond to a hypothetical case of across-the-board cuts in nonacademic departments by telling how they would make budgeting choices. The strategies used include involving senior advancement managers as a team, cultivating consensus, preserving priority projects, sharing responsibility among departments,…

The director of the College of Continuing Studies at Towson State University (Maryland) describes the college's experience of downsizing during universitywide retrenchment. She offers advice for continuing educators facing budget cuts. (SK)

Explores how the for-profit, computer training chain Computer Learning Centers continued to operate, enrolling thousands of students and qualifying for millions of dollars in federal student aid, despite three years of legal and regulatory turmoil. (EV)

Considers how human performance technologists (HPTs) can move toward the hard science, or management, arena of an organization. Topics include measuring meaningful outcomes to quantify performance improvements; measurable criteria for workers; essential skills for HPTs; dropping ineffective programs; and defining interventions. (LRW)

A survey of 11 home economics teacher education programs in Canada found that, compared to a 1989 survey, 3 programs have ceased; 3 lack full-time faculty; there is a trend toward longer, postdegree programs; a low number of teachers are qualifying for certification; and enrollment in both undergraduate and graduate programs is low. (SK)

The importance and use of data and information to make sound programmatic decisions are receiving increased attention as state and federal funding for public health programs grows tighter and as demands for accountability continue. This dissertation provides insight into fundamental questions regarding the utilization of a Web-based reporting…

The article reports on the findings of a comparative case study of six projects that operated in Israel between 1980 and 2000. The study findings identify characteristics of the programs, the host organizations, and the social and political environment, which differentiated programs that are sustained from those that are not. The findings reaffirm…

Academic program closure is explored and student advising needs that emerged in 3 stages of program decline and discontinuation are identified. Data from interviews and advising communication of 20 graduate students enrolled in a master of education program targeted for discontinuation were qualitatively analyzed within a framework of an…

This document presents witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the circumstances surrounding the funding and subsequent termination of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP) grant for the National Partnership to Prevent Drug and Alcohol Abuse. In his opening…

Federal housing programs since the 1960's have provided subsidies for nearly two million privately-owned rental housing units to make them affordable for low-income people. Since taking office, the Reagan administration has focused the little attention it has given to low-income housing on person-based subsidies, and has reduced funding levels to…

The brief narrative report on the impact of the elimination of the educational computing program, which was implemented at the University of Maine at Presque Isle in the fall of 1985 and discontinued after the spring semester of 1986, considers the likely effects of this decision on the campus mission, students, faculty, the University of Maine as…