This model is designed to determine the optimal resource mix necessary to meet a set of educational goals within a set of technical and physical resource constraints. (Author/IRT)

Briefly discusses three goals on which to concentrate future efforts in public funding for adult learning: (1) more effective use of existing resources; (2) modest increases in funding to achieve equity in situations where the needs are clear and urgent; and (3) better information for future decision making. (BR)

The article introduces the realm of Federal funding, describes program development and grant writing strategies, and lists sources of competitive funds and grantsmanship resources. (NQ)

One of the conclusions of this article is that the major source of resistance to desegregation and the correction of the 14th Amendment abuses has been from that segment of the majority community which is faced with losing some of its special (maldistributed) resources. (Author)

Presents a method for determining actual cost of a work-based training program. Includes a case illustration and outlines basic questions that must be answered to determine actual cost. (CH)

The school calendar is a powerful administrative tool that ideally expresses school aims and objectives by providing an important structural dimension to the curriculum. It also reveals allocation of school resources. This paper reports the results of a timetable analysis for these and ancillary purposes. Includes seven tables, two appendices, and…

Examined the impact of client need scores in the allocation of resources for community mental health services in Massachusetts. Indicated no significant difference in allocation between groups relative to client need, with resources being distributed evenly across geographic areas. (Author/ABB)

Summarizes the strategy used by the Los Angeles Roundtable for Children during its two-year study of child welfare funding and expenditures in Los Angeles County. Looks at: (1) the profile of the county's children; (2) public expenditures in behalf of these children; and (3) publicly funded services targeted for at-risk children. (RWB)

Presents a model, using mathematical formulas, to help educational planners and administrators with the problem of allocating limited resources for general and vocational education. (MLF)

Fundamental to how much should be budgeted for computing is having a sense of how important computing is to the mission of the institution. A number of related questions are asked including how big a commitment an institution should make to computing. (MLW)

The ethical issues faced by international nurse consultants are examined, and the ways in which ethical theories can be useful to nurses dealing with ethical conflicts while serving as consultants of other countries are explored. (Author/MLW)

The strategy of deep selective budget cuts for institutions is not always the soundest policy, since the choice between these and across-the-board cuts is an oversimplification. The literature on rescission shows no instance in which a university administration has cut the same percentage across-the-board. (MLW)

The Netherlands' experience with the Conditional Finance System, introduced in the universities in 1982 make explicit the distribution of research effort and allocate research resources on bases other than enrollments, is discussed. (MSE)

Review of the status of public library user fees highlights arguments against fees (discrimination against poorer elements of society; libraries provide services of value to society as whole and justify public financing); efficient allocation of resources; situation in Canadian province of Saskatchewan; and the typical Canadian library user. (17…

Interviews with state mental health authorities revealed that many states are emphasizing program development and funding for the severely acutely and chronically mentally ill while deemphasizing consultation/education, prevention, and evaluation activities. Funding mechanisms are moving toward greater accountability and funding levels are…