When done properly, a school newsletter can be a valuable public relations tool. To keep newsletters informative and effective, principals should allow sufficient time, personnel, and funding. Tips are offered as to tone, writing style, readability, format, and involvement of parents and local businesses. (MLH)

Comparing an institution's fund-raising cash proceeds with other institutions' is straightforward, using readily available data. However, measuring fund-raising productivity requires care in defining related expenses and resulting fund-raising achievements. Simplifying assumptions can be helpful. (Author/MSE)

Installation of a small computer and the use of specially designed programs has proven a cost-effective solution to the data processing needs of a university medical center's ophthalmology department, providing immediate access to grants accounting information and avoiding dependence on the institution's mainframe computer. (MSE)

Describes cataloging software characteristics (data input, storage, retrieval, and output); outlines acquisitions software requirements (recommendations, data input, budgetary control, dispatch of orders, claims and cancellations, receipts, management information); presents examples of cataloging and acquisitions software; and discusses the nature…

Compared three methods of providing a short-term career-planning seminar for liberal arts majors. Examined whether there were differences in career maturity or achievement between groups led by career counselors, those led by peer tutors, and those working on a self-directed study basis. Researched which method would be most cost effective.…

An analysis of pricing policies and costs of LEXIS and WESTLAW indicates that it is less expensive to subscribe to both using a PC microcomputer rather than a dedicated terminal. Rules for when to use each database are essential to lowering the costs of online legal research. (EM)

Examines cost effectiveness and efficiency of using Government Printing Office Cataloging tapes to add records to online catalogs. Several problems, including errors and inconsistencies in tapes and lack of documentation, are identified. Options available for libraries wishing to make use of these tapes are described. (CLB)

Describes different types of financial reports needed in libraries as the bases for accountability, evaluation, and decision making. The appropriate form and content of reports are identified in terms of the audience and the use of the report. (CLB)

Describes the process by which one counseling center developed a series of self-help brochures. In addition to the intended service benefits to students, the brochures present a positive image of the counseling center to numerous campus constituencies. Discusses costs, benefits, and strategies for marketing the brochures. (Author)

Following a literature review, this paper examines the economic rationale for choosing nursing training through analyzing the private rate of return to nursing schools in River State, Nigeria. Findings reveal a 146 percent private rate of return ascribable to negative opportunity costs and booster effects on expected income. (21 references) (MLH)

This article explores why the school curriculum should now be at the center of the debate about quality in education and of such direct concern to the British government. It examines the curricular development work of the 1960s and early 1970s and maintains that the legitimate concerns of many parents, employers, and the wider society received…

Model developed to facilitate student interaction with computers divides school computer applications into four areas: administrative, general curriculum, exceptional education, and vocational and special education. Vocational courses are heart of the model as students learn to repair hardware and design software for use in their own and other…

In an experimental study involving health and social service professionals, a second mailing of a questionnaire to initial nonrespondents in a mail survey was found more cost-effective as a means of increasing returns than attempts to conduct telephone interviews, although telephone contacts suggested several reasons for nonresponse. (Author)

Designing a cost planning requires attention to the external environment, as well as an understanding of the relative influence of facts, as opposed to values, in resource allocation processes. A context for selecting design characteristics of a planning process is established. (MLW)

A study comparing the expected increased life earnings with the educational and other costs of foreign graduate students studying in Australia suggests that in addition to the estimated social benefits, the private benefits to students indicate that the financial aid awarded them is a worthwhile investment. (MSE)