Profit attitude is a developmental process that vocational educators should incorporate into their programs, developing the student's attitude towards a relationship of what his cost to an employer is as related to the company's net worth because of his skills and ability. (Author/BP)

Suggests that if student admissions were controlled to fit the course requirements, capabilities, and organization for efficient use of faculty, great economies could be made without changing the quality of instruction. (Author/GS)

Discusses three issues that raise serious questions about the behavioral norms and moral obligations of educational planners. From a cost-benefit point of view, excessive planning is reached when overall societal costs exceed overall societal benefits. (Author/WM)

Methods for planning technological innovations in education are expanded and applied to the problem of planning educational services for Botswana. (Author/WM)

This study found an inverse relationship between county income level or school system size and per pupil accountability cost; the burden of cost for accountability falls heaviest on the poorest and smallest school districts. State legislators must be cognizant of the costs of providing accountability. (Author/WM)

Energy conserving hints that can mean significant savings for the school budget. (Author/MLF)

The present legislature and governor of California, along with the general public, will not put more money into education without a guarantee of improved results. Published by California School Boards Association, 800 9th Street, Suite 201, Sacramento, California 95814. (Author/WM)

A detailed study by Educational Facilities Laboratories (EFL) and the Fairfax County, Virginia, school system shows which changes in operational procedures, maintenance practices, and buildings would yield significant savings in energy comsumption. (Author/MLF)

Suggests that further basic reform of the fiscal structure of public education is a likely development. Published by: Consortium for Educational Leadership, 5801 South Kenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637. (Author/DN)

A series of discussions between the Gloucester (England) Health Authority and a research team resulted in a 3-year project designed to support elderly people, and those who care for them, in their own homes. This paper is an updated version of a discussion paper prepared during the formative phase of the project. It was created to encourage…

The study examined the likely response of nonresident enrollments to a lowering of nonresident tuition rates in South Dakota public institutions of higher education; the cost of educating additional nonresident students; and other economic benefits to the state of increased enrollment of nonresident students at state universities. Nonresident…

Although an increasing number of theoretical analyses and evaluations have been conducted since microcomputer technology was developed and introduced into classrooms, few new studies have been undertaken on the costs of these new information technologies (NIT). This report focuses on the methodological problems that must be solved in order to…

This report explores the implementation of desktop publishing in the Minnesota Extension Service (MES) and provides a framework for its implementation in other organizations. The document begins with historical background on the development of desktop publishing. Criteria for deciding whether to purchase a desktop publishing system, advantages and…