This booklet is one of a series primarily intended for those engaged in or preparing for educational planning and administration, especially in developing countries; and for those government officials and civic leaders who seek a more general understanding of educational planning and its role in overall national development. The text is concerned…

The main objectives of this report are to analyze the Nepalese experience in educational finance between 1965-66 and 1969-70 while a major educational reform was being implemented; to assess the general effects of the decentralization of educational finance on the levels and sources of finance; to assess the effects of this decentralization on…

The budget discussion guide published by Montgomery County, Maryland, Public Schools, describes the educational and financial situation and asks for citizens' priorities. (Available from Educational Communication Center, P.O. Box 657, Camp Hill, PA 17011; $12.00 annually.) (Author/MLF)

Cash budgeting concepts employed in businesses are discussed, the results of a survey of pharmacy school continuing education directors regarding their budgeting procedures are described, and suggestions on how a pharmacy school's continuing education program could be budgeted are offered. A control form for program revenues is appended. (JMD)

Fourteen states have had three to five years of experience with school-finance reform--enough to begin to provide evidence as to which, if any, fears and criticisms are valid. Here is a list of questions frequently raised in debate over school-finance reform and the answers suggested by the findings in the states with the most experience with it.…

It is possible to argue that higher education in the United States has evolved into a highly refined institutional-status hierarchy. Examines this hierarchy in both the private and public school systems with particular attention to the kinds of students attending these institutions. (Author/RK)

Categorizes corporate libraries as service organizations and discusses organizational funding of libraries and the responsibility of the librarian within this context. The use of program budgets as negotiated contracts between the library and the organization in response to budget cuts is described. (CLB)

Discusses issues involved in the allocation of book funds in academic libraries. The topics covered include faculty versus librarian control of book budgets, evaluation criteria and measurement techniques that have been used to determine allocations, and the problems with rigid mathematical approaches to allocations. (35 notes with references)…

The characteristics of paper or microform library materials, electronic publications, and online databases are compared in terms of equipment needs, cost effectiveness, budgeting, and satisfaction of users' needs. Suggestions for the effective integration of these materials are offered. (13 references) (CLB)

Data gathered from eight departments at the University of Minnesota show that the costs of instructing and advising foreign and domestic students are equal. Faculty have the means to support basic research and to give aid to the most desired students, including foreigners. (MLF)

Indicates that the (1) largest journalism libraries employ professional librarians, (2) size of acquisition budgets does not correlate with school enrollment, and (3) average library spends two-thirds of is budget on newspapers and periodicals and only one-third on books. Provides useful guidelines for designing a collection development policy for…

Focuses on techniques used to gather data on costs of library and information services. Uses of library cost data are identified, including setting prices for services, making informed management decisions, and communicating with funding agencies. (CLB)

The manager of a corporate library describes five strategies for special libraries to increase services and resources without increasing staff or budgets: automation, reorganization, using temporarily available employees, using in-house services, and participatory management. (Author/EM)

There is mounting concern about the adequacy of both preparatory and continuing professional education of academic librarians. The staff development cost model presented identifies cost categories, provides a method to break down costs per participant, and outlines a technique to compare the cost-effectiveness of different training methods. (CLB)

This longitudinal study examines the determinants of higher education and lower education revenues per capita and the ratio of the two over a 30-year period. Demographic variables and personal income are found to be unimportant. The most important variables are found to be historical and political variables. (Author/JAZ)