The relative power of several variables in predicting school reading achievement was considered. Issues were raised concerning the efficacy of altering the resources allocated to a school or changing the social and racial composition of the student body as a strategy for raising achievement levels. (EVH)

The ingredients of an academic program development plan, with special attention to the processes and criteria supporting decisions on program priorities, are delineated. External and internal inputs to decision-making are discussed and three case examples are given. Major considerations involved in integrating budgetary decisions are identified.…

Any worthwhile approach to the question of costs in connection with planning must begin by considering not only what kind of costs will be relevant but also what kind of planning they are to be used for. Efforts being used in U.S. and European universities are reviewed. (Author/LBH)

Reviews results of a 39-state survey to determine if funds available for college operations had decreased (7 states), increased (11), or stabilized (21) in 1977. Factors included: unexpected enrollment increases in 1973-77 without increased funding, unanticipated enrollment decline in 1977-78, statewide economic declines, and increased competition…

An address given by Russell E. Train in Los Angeles early 1978 is presented. In this address environmental issues and problems are discussed and growing institutional and public environmental efforts are explained. (MDR)

A system using a magnetic card controller and plastic magnetic striped cards at the University of California at Berkeley allows specific transactions to be recorded for eventual billing. The system can be used to control access to as well as dispense a commodity. For journal availability see HE 509 149. (LBH)

ACIR recommends that state legislatures include all federal aid funds in their own appropriations bills, prohibit the expenditure of federal funds in excess of the amount states appropriate themselves, and specify spending priorities by establishing subprogram allocations. Implications of these recommendations are discussed. (LBH)

This piece analyzes a central and neglected issue: do survey-feedback designs simply encourage respondents to make "unrealistic" demands for organization resources to ameliorate unattractive features of work? (Author)

The author tells one way to overcome the setbacks of school budget cuts, as well as present a program that involves learning experiences for many classrooms. Brief instructions on building physical education equipment are provided. (Editor)

College administrators faced with declining enrollments must take a realistic approach and recognize the effect of any planned actions. Some financial warning signals are listed, and guidelines are offered to adjust management practices and philosophies to the enrollment trends. (Author)

Justice does not require us to provide liberal education at the college level to all who want it, or to require it in professional education, but it does constrain the ways we distribute the advanced liberal education we do provide. Political prudence argues for making such education widely available at the college level. (Author/MSE)

Describes different types of mental health care reimbursement for the chronically mentally ill, noting that every method of reimbursement carries different response incentives and disincentives for providers and patients. Frames an analysis of long-term care financing models that may have heuristic value for systems of public care for this…

It is essential that those who aspire to lead nontraditional programs have a realistic grasp of the political expertise such leadership requires. Leaders of nontraditional programs have five special concerns: securing licensure, reassuring constituencies, marketing, guaranteeing program continuation, and mastering the art of compromise. (MLW)

Southwest Missouri State University has approached the integration of planning and budgeting by focusing on short-term priority setting and using an eight-step model for evaluating decision alternatives. (MSE)

Appropriations requests made by state coordinating boards or individual systems for 1988-89 and the political outlook for higher-education-related legislation are outlined for each of the 50 states. (MSE)