As higher education institutions shift from a growth orientation to one of redistributing existing resources, budgeting can play a major innovative role. The author isolates a number of roles in the budgetary process, shows how these roles interact, and suggests how a budget can be redesigned. (Author/MLF)

Summarizes a set of data designed to cast light on the comparative performance of the academic departments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the production of graduate degrees and focuses on the methodology involved in developing statistical reports useful for such purposes. (Editor)

Designed to help school administrators improve the efficiency of pupil transportation programs and control costs, this guide provides detailed guidance on how to collect and analyze costs, assess the effects of service levels and policies, and develop and administer a pupil transportation contract. Following an introductory chapter, part I…

This document contains witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the emotional and financial interdependence of families across generations and their common stake in programs for both young and old. It also takes a critical look at what some see as an emerging conflict between old and young due to…

This study tracks Federal block grant monies and their impact on the poor of Illinois. The hypothesis prompting the study was that the state has distributed a smaller proportion of its Federal block grant funds to those counties with the highest proportion of the state's poor as compared with the proportional distribution of Federal dollars under…

The report discusses findings and policy options of a study of technologies for handicapped individuals. An introductory section reviews definitions and demographic aspects of disabilities. Disability-related research and development is addressed in terms of the federal role and private sector involvement. Evaluation of technologies is said to be…

Proposes a system of resource allocation in universities which addresses both useful simulation of alternatives and the efficient substitution of resources. Argues that university planning models should have flexible aggregation categories and flexible and negotiable resource constraints, and that planning in universities should take into account…

Inflation is currently affecting library book budgets, particularly the acquisition of serials. This model would balance the purchase of serials against the purchase of monographs by individual funding units within the academic library. Consideration is given to inflation as a cost factor. The model is applied to a specific example. (Author/LS)

The effect of political influences on the allocation of personnel, money, facilities, and equipment by elementary school principals is discussed in this paper. The use of Zald's political economy framework as a tool for understanding the principal's role in allocating resources is described by the author. He suggests that the principal occupies a…

The materials on budgeting presented here are based on training programs conducted for women's centers through the Women's Educational Equity Project of the women's center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The booklet's purpose is to provide users with explicit information on developing and negotiating budgets for women's programs.…

The research reported in this paper quantifies the impact of federal aid in the financing of local public schools. The specific question addressed is: What is the dollar-for-dollar response of state aid disbursements to the flow of federal aid dollars? The first section of the paper briefly considers the incentive created by existing federal aid…

This paper is a case study of public interest law (PIL) activity in the litigation of traditional school finance mechanisms. It is part of a much larger effort to evaluate the social and economic consequences of PIL activity and to learn whether this recent institutional innovation is a useful supplement to government in correcting…

This document summarizes the results of two surveys about the current administrative uses of computers in higher education. Included in the document is: (1) a brief history of the development of computer operational and management information systems in higher education; (2) information on how computers are currently being used to support…

The methodology which will be employed by RMC Research to determine the costs associated with the implementat-on of 20 different Follow Through models is described. This methodology, a resource costing procedure, differs substantially from those costing methodologies which utilize budget reports as the primary data source. Resource costing…

The problem of allocating funds for teacher salary increases was analyzed using a computer simulation model of the decision process. Data from six suburban school systems were gathered for the study, which attempted to predict salary increases. Numerous tables and charts illustrate study procedures and findings. (LLR)