This report provides the findings from each University of Wisconsin (UW) System institution, requested by the Board of Regents, of efficiency-related measures undertaken and recommendations of other efficiency measures that would increase capacity in the future. Following an executive summary, description of the institutions' actions are grouped…

Because of increased pressure for educational improvement, school principals have assumed new roles and responsibilities in school administration. Thus, principals have to prioritize their job responsibilities and allocate their time accordingly. This study investigates the importance school principals assign to their various job responsibilities…

This book proposes that market principles have been, and continue to be, misapplied to American higher education, causing significant economic inefficiencies and undermining the educational process. It argues: first, that the widespread criticism of fiscal and personnel mismanagement leveled against higher education's traditional way of doing…

A system of translation using the computer to assist but not replace the translator is described. Each of the system's three levels incorporates successively more sophisticated translation aids, all under the translator's control. The third level incorporates a full machine translator. (MSE)

Lists crucial procedures devised by a superintendent to produce board meetings that are both open and thoroughly organized. (Author/JM)

The award winners of the National Association of College and University Business Officers-U.S. Steel Foundation's Cost Reduction Incentive Awards, designed to stimulate creative thinking on the part of colleges and universities faced with the sharp rise in energy and other costs, are identified. (MLW)

Compares two time studies which investigated time problems of office assistants and managerial personnel. Suggests that improving performance in the following five areas will help time management: plan, "prioritize," set deadlines, follow through, and think. (LRA)

Shares some insights into the school purchasing process. (MLF)

The work order, when used properly, provides a lasting record of the work actually accomplished and can be a valuable management tool to determine future budgets, predict equipment failure rate, and provide other important information used in decision making. (Author/MLF)

Discusses problems of economic management in higher education and suggests solutions indispensable for economic autonomy and independent planning. Changes in management methods include incentive systems, transparency in functional goals and performance, and more clarity, rationality, and fairness in appraisals. (Author/KC)

Considers some of the negative implications of using a business model for the university, which treats students as customers and education as mass production. (SJL)

The authors examine the implications for educational policies, individual learners, and the community of the current accountability movement, which requires that all educational goals and achievements be quantified and measured. They find that this technocratic model promotes efficiency but is antithetic to such qualities as freedom of choice and…

Discusses and identifies the four primary roles which pricing may perform in the delivery of community services: equity, revenue production, efficiency, and income redistribution. (CT)

Reproduces a study reported in 1899 that compared the relative advantages of producing handwriting through finger, full arm, and forearm movements and that concluded that the forearm movement was the best of the three. (GT)

The turn to energy-conscious design is inevitable. How we use energy affects the environment and eventually the world. (Author/MLF)