Examined the relationship between instructional workload and budgeting of personnel positions and how this relationship changes as personnel positions become scarce. Longitudinal data suggest a direct relationship between the bureaucratic model and personnel allocations; tendencies to use the bureaucratic model increase as personnel positions…

The three general categories that encompass the legitimate uses to which test data can be put (i.e., public reporting at the local, state, or regional level; identifying needs and allocating resources; and making judgments about promotion and graduation) are identified and examples are offered of policymakers' use and misuse of test results. (LC)

The status of research on administrative problems caused by declining enrollments is discussed, and a theoretical framework for administrative decision making is presented. Managing enrollment declines is difficult because administrators are forced to deal simultaneously with increasing costs and staff reductions. (PP)

This paper examines the responses of an academic subunit, a college within a university, to declining enrollment and funding over a period of eight years. Responses examined include budgetary, programmatic, and technical (operational) adjustments associated with the instructional function of the college. (CJ)

The politics and history of higher education budget reductions, and the roles played by government agencies, are discussed. Among the issues addressed are university rankings, enrollment patterns, agency memberships and university affiliations, and changes in funding patterns as a result of recent national policy adjustments. (MSE)

Explores meaning of managerial accounting in libraries and discusses instructional program for students of library and information science based on experience in School of Library and Information Science at University of California, Los Angeles. Management decision making (budgeting, performance evaluation, overhead, resource allocation,…

The tendency in a steady state is to retreat from facility planning as a necessary management tool and deemphasize maintenance of physical assets and efficient management of space. Systematic and comprehensive planning is necessary to avoid creating long-term problems by favoring short-term expediency. (MSE)

Four models of faculty assignment are reviewed and the experience of the Western Australian Institute of Technology over a seven-year period is examined. The primary consideration in evaluating the models is their potential for fostering excellence in the institution. Details of allocation formulas are appended. (MSE)

Resources should be reallocated from the colleges to elementary and secondary schools, and an emphasis placed on character formation and self-discipline by means of homework. Students should start school at age four and have more work experiences, but fewer should enter colleges. (MLF)

Continuing education agencies have cycles of financial activities that are all parts of financial management, including obtaining funding and venture capital, setting fees, and controlling costs for cost recovery. (Author/SSH)

Effective administration entails implementing plans and budgets. An understanding of financial procedures enables an administrator to make sound decisions about pricing or to receive support from the parent organization, based on financial information and other considerations. (Author/SSH)

The art of retrenchment is in selecting among the available budgeting options that fit a given institution at a given time. One option that deserves increasing consideration is across-the-board cuts. In coping with student demands, institutions should also be concerned for curricular integrity and liberal learning. (MSE)

France's statutory requirements for continuing education and the University of Paris' solutions are described. Results of 10 years' experience as an autonomous system are discussed, including pros and cons of fiscal and program autonomy and problems presented by the university's increasing interest in the continuing education market. (Author/MSE)

Comparison of business serial subscription prices in 1975 and 1981 in three groups--U.S. and Canadian periodicals; periodicals from other countries; and reference services--examines the problem of rapid cost increase in serial renewals, its effects on library collections, and how to deal with resource allocation within the book budget. (EJS)

A study designed to provide a rational basis for establishing student teacher ratios for certain fields of study in Australian colleges is described. It analyzed student and faculty contact hours, student load, full-time-equivalent staff, class size, and academic workload and integrated them into mathematical models for the fields. (MSE)