Various approaches to planning for retrenchment in higher education are summarized. Planning and research are viewed as crucial components in dealing with declining enrollments, maintaining quality education, and preventing unanticipated circumstances from affecting the institution in the future. (Author/SF)

Surveys carried out by Boston University focusing on alumni relations are discussed. The goal of the survey was to create an information base of attitudinal and marketing data on which to base program recommendations. The findings of the survey and program implementations are explained. (Author/SF)

A system developed at the College of William and Mary that attributes all expenditures to the specific fund-raising programs for which they were incurred is described. It is suggested that this system can be utilized by other colleges and universities to determine the actual costs of operating these programs. (Author/SF)

This excerpt from a position paper prepared by the National Urban League contains recommendations which correspond to the nine policies and initiatives contained in the second version of the President's National Urban Policy report. (RLV)

Explores the implications for California schools from new legislation calling for school improvement and, at the same time, Proposition 13 that reduced the property taxes. (Author/MLF)

Considers the important features of the English decentralized framework for resource allocation--the participants, the influences upon them, the circumstances in which decisions are made, and the guidance available to decision-makers. (Author/IRT)

Capitation grant money and how it has been used for pharmaceutical education is examined briefly, with emphasis on the role to be played by faculty members when the funds are no longer available. (LBH)

Presents a case for and poses a procedure including techniques for a systematic approach to planning in education as a means of improving efficiency and effectiveness. Available from: Australian College of Education, 916 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia, $2.50 single copy. (Author/MLF)

Uses state-collected data and microlevel indicators to examine the allocation of professional staff across elementary, secondary, and administrative schooling levels and program areas within New York State. Case studies of four districts were constructed around a distinction between disposition and utilization of teaching resources. There are…

The following obstacles to education reform are the most significant: (1) the system does not reward risk-taking; (2) the system resists oversight; (3) it is not accountable for failure; (4) too few resources are spent in the classroom; and (5) consumers of education are no match for the system. Old-fashioned bureaucratic monopolies continue to…

Advises the educational administration field to pay closer attention to research developments in educational resource allocation. Presents a microlevel conceptualization of resource allocation; outlines research implications; and discusses relevant policy issues, including concerns over productivity in education and adequate distribution of…

Nancy Birdsall's argument for cost recovery in university education is misleading. It is hard to allocate money only to research, since a university's research and teaching functions are interconnected. Increased resources for higher education would come from a government's education budget at the expense of primary education. In a typical…

Discusses school finance data needs, highlighting discrepancies between available data and emerging policy issues surrounding resource origination, disposition, and utilization; and data usage. Discusses some innovative data uses (allocating teachers' and students' time) in New York State and recommends ways to assure the alignment of collected…

Using the pass rates of Black and Hispanic students on the Texas school exit assessment as a proxy for academic achievement, this study identifies educational and political resources that influence student success. Political resources are much more influential for the success of black students. Factors contributing to minority student success are…

The states exhibit policy variations affecting school districts' local environment. This paper develops a theoretical model demonstrating that bias induced by omitting relevant state characteristics is greater in state-level analyses than in less aggregate studies. Aggregation to the state level inflates the coefficients on school input variables.…