Shows that (1) fathers under economic stress were more likely to be depressed and have marital problems; (2) mothers had greater tendency to be depressed if marital relationship was stressed, regardless of economic situation; and (3) children of families with economic stress and other problems acted more withdrawn in the peer group or engaged in…

The role and actions of the University of Michigan Board of Regents in planning for retrenchment and reallocation of resources during a 1980 financial crisis are chronicled. Reactions of faculty, administrators, and others are discussed. (MSE)

Among the findings of a study of 54 randomly selected private elementary schools, each of which enrolled 70 percent or more minority students, was strong parental involvement. Eighty percent of the schools accept academically weak students and 56 percent accept transfer students with behavioral problems. (MLF)

Questions and answers address: defining financial exigency, how tenure affects termination, selecting faculty for severance, faculty's due process rights, tenured faculty challenges to termination, the institution's responsibility, and the governing board's responsibility in policy formation and implementation. (MSE)

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities' recently revised policy concerning the termination of faculty in conditions of institutional financial exigency is criticized in the context of AAUP's stated guidelines and standards. (MSE)

A review of published reports of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) regarding institutional policies on layoff of tenured faculty traces the approaches and reasoning used by AAUP investigating committees. It is concluded that the principle of due process is the central issue. (MSE)

Ten recommendations for development of institutional policy for termination in cases of financial exigency are outlined. Two recommendations are procedural; others pertain to the specific content of the policy, including definition of terms, making distinctions between program redirection and financial exigency, criteria and procedures for…

Discusses American attitudes toward education for the gifted, minority attitudes toward testing, economic correlates of giftedness, educational strategies for financing the education of the gifted, and present and future policies. (CMG)

Record budget cuts--more than 10 percent of state appropriations in some cases--and explosive enrollments have coincided with tough times for many state institutions. Staffs have been pared, faculty members are teaching more than ever, courses have been reduced to the minimum, and long-delayed maintenance continues to be set aside. These budget…

This report describes the legislative response to state supreme court rulings on rural and small schools and districts. The paper addresses the following questions: How have rural and small schools and school districts been affected by state supreme court rulings and subsequent legislation? What has been the experience of rural and small school…

No clear links were revealed when figures on enrollment declines in 10 urban school ditricts were compared with data about service reductions. Districts reduced their services primarily in response to citywide fiscal crises. Costs of compensatory education for disadvantaged and handicapped pupils offset staff reductions in other areas. (PP)

A comparison of Ohio's financially troubled districts (FTD) with its financially nontroubled districts (FNTD) revealed that FTD are characterized by special cost students, limited fiscal capacity, and low tax effort. FTD also tend to be either large city or rural districts, and are not characterized by overstaffing, severe declining enrollment, or…

The themes of the 1982 annual conference of the American Association of University Professors are outlined. They include the importance of planning, selective versus across-the-board retrenchment strategies, definitions and problems of financial exigency, program reduction, and affirmative action claims. (MSE)

Uses a model portraying school district decision makers as "consumers" to analyze fiscal strain's causes (enrollment decline, input price increases, and changes in input mix) as variants of the general consumer model. Measures the impact of each cause of fiscal strain and discusses implications for state and federal aid. (Author/RW)