Although the economic picture is a serious one for large publishers, it is a question of survival for small independent firms, according to speakers at a recent Stanford University conference on publishing. 250 participants at the conference spoke on their beliefs on the future of book publishing. (Editor/RK)

Outlines techniques for eliminating risk exposures to help schools curtail extra financial expenses resulting from theft and vandalism losses through a well developed risk management policy. (MD)

The characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of two relatively new debt instruments (variable rate demand bonds and tax-exempt variable rate demand bonds) and one soon to be available (real rate bonds) for short-term institutional finance needs and for reducing financing expenses are examined. (MSE)

Fourteen options are presented for consideration when having to make budget cuts in educational programs. To spread the burden of budget cutting evenly across the programs, break the budget into percentages and then reduce each area by the same percentage. It is important, though, to cut the excess and not the core of the program. (MD)

Economic hardships suffered by Chicago teachers during the first four years of the Great Depression were exacerbated by a self-apppointed "Citizens' Committee" of tax-dodging businesspeople who dictated municipal fiscal policy to the corrupt city government. Teachers unions led public protests that prevented worse abuses but did not…

Discussed are (1) how public sector higher education poses threats and opportunities for sociology; (2) the effects of budget cuts on various British universities; (3) the retention of courses in a public sector college in spite of the budget cuts; and (4) problems and potentials of strategies for dealing with retrenchment. (RM)

The pattern of management of Nigerian universities has remained unchanged despite major changes in the environment. While inadequate funding is perceived as the major factor in the present decline, those aspects of management which may have contributed to it are highlighted. (Author/MLW)

Argues that every year countless college professors are financially and professionally damaged and deceived by editors offering textbook contracts. (MM)

The establishment, growth, and purposes of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities are reviewed with emphasis on the organization's role in helping solve the financial crisis of the independent sector. (LBH)

Considerable resources have been spent to rescue a few countries from crises caused by dramatic shifts in financial inflows and outflows. Measures should be sought to render the institutions and mechanisms of international financial transactions more transparent, accountable, and supportive of the delicate balance between short-term stability and…

Financial problems are causing many university presses to close down their publication of scholarly books and articles. (HS)

Five aids to ease the burden to handling government-sponsored funds. (Editor/PG)

To achieve economy in educational finance without sacrificing quality has become education's top priority. (PG)