Consists of four articles on the funding of adult education in Finland, with special emphasis on adult vocational education. Describes the various organizations that provide adult education in Finland and discusses their funding sources for 1987. Includes a statement on the financing of vocational adult education by the Finnish government. (CH)

Presents a study of elementary school classrooms and instructional groups that shows how school systems successively transform the composition of schools, grades, and classes in the process of allocating and using resources. Examines how course difficulty constrains instructional group composition, instruction applied to groups, and learning of…

Resource allocation is a key factor in promoting or retarding innovation. In a restrictive economic climate, it is easy to use resource allocation for decremental rationing and to stifle innovative thinking. The technique can also be used to ensure that the institution's human resources are encouraged to identify opportunities for innovation. (MSE)

In a well-organized school system, the statement of philosophy directly determines the choice of educational goals that, in turn, influence instructional objectives and the methods and materials adopted. Schools lacking sound philosophy statements have no guidelines for curriculum decisions and little resistance to passing fads. Several…

A mathematical model for costing college courses, designed for purposes of accountability, subprogram cost analysis, marketing to foreign students (in Australia), and course cost analysis across institutions, is presented and discussed. (MSE)

Now in improved financial circumstances, the Ford Foundation has begun a major review of all of its grant-making and program activities in this country and around the world, an effort usually undertaken during a period of retrenchment rather than of increased resources. (MSE)

In the context of the argument over how universities should be financed in Australia and how the money is used, the economic impact of the University of New England on the community of Armidale is analyzed and discussed. (MSE)

Evidence from Sweden's creation of Norrland University, which uses higher education for regional development, shows that allocation of higher education resources can be used to alter traditional patterns of centralization and that the activities of the outlying institution play as crucial a role as centrally formed policy. (Author/MSE)

The growing proportion of elderly and rising costs of health care for the aged raise ethical issues about the nature of the social obligation to the elderly as contrasted with the young. Reexamination of health care policy must consider the role of values, social justice, and individual self-respect. (Author/NRB)

The system of financing postsecondary education in the Canadian provinces since the introduction, in 1977, of unconditional grants based on the gross national product rather than operating costs is examined. (MSE)

The large growth in disability transfer program beneficiaries and expenditures from 1965-1978 has led to public concern over the incentive effects of and the budgetary expenditures for these programs. This paper examines the two strategies of removing individuals from the rolls via administrative review and reducing the generosity of benefits.…

Policy/Goal Percentaging Analysis is a microcomputer program designed to analyze a set of goals and alternative goal achievement methods in order to choose the best alternatives, or combinations, for maximizing benefits less costs. Designed for IBM/PC computers, this program is useful for a variety of policy decision-making situations. (BS)

Reviews the Council of Chief State School Officers' effort to establish a nationwide system of educational indicators. Suggests the benefits of such a system. (MCG)

By terminating 26 degree programs, 3 departments, and 3 schools and colleges, the State University of New York at Albany generated a pool of resource for reallocation to programs with greater need and priority. The difficulties of accomplishing this and the lessons for other campuses are described. (Author/MLW)

The perceived success of EDUCOM's Financial Planning Model (EFPM) and the relationship between success and organizational services--the integrator functions--that support EFPM's use are examined. The study finds that the integrator functions are significantly related to success. (Author/MLW)