Trustees wishing to determine how well their institutions are doing can tabulate Q factors, which "are determined by the amount of money spent in each budget area to maintain an acceptable level of quality within an institution." (MLW)

More funding is required to reduce accumulated plant deterioration funding requirements. The emergence of strategic facilities planning tying academic planning and student life facility requirements into plans to eliminate plant deterioration is discussed. Some statewide and campus surveys of facility conditions are discussed. (MLW)

Reviews arguments for and against fees for online services and describes a supply side model in which the library absorbs the costs of online searching. The implementation of this policy at an academic library is evaluated and detailed guidelines for implementing such a policy are provided. (CLB)

Demands for educational cost accountability and containment call for careful analysis of costs in delivering special services. Discussed are problems in compiling state and local educational expenditures; methods of categorizing costs between regular and special education; and the Resource Cost Model, which utilizes a program as its unit of…

Many educators are expressing doubts about the propriety and timeliness of the movement to legislate and mandate institutional accountability, but the trend continues with encouraging results. (MSE)

Examines variation in the methods used to assign students to classrooms and teachers in a small but highly diversified sample of elementary schools. Gives explicit attention to parental influence on pupil assignments as well as to effects of having an unusually incompetent or excellent teacher at a particular grade level. (NH)

Israel's higher education system and its history are described, and the mechanisms used by the government to control educational quality through funding and planning are discussed. (MSE)

Causes of inadequate educational results for poor and minority children are enumerated. Consequences of resultant increase in dropping out are listed. Solution involves tackling the following: (1) funding disparities between poor and affluent neighborhoods; (2) achievement gap between whites and minorities; (3) dearth of work-oriented programs;…

State policymakers have the following options in attempting to ameliorate the high school dropout problem: (1) additional money; (2) general aid or targeted aid; (3) incentives or mandates. Research findings on the effect of each of those options are summarized and suggestions for state policies are made. (PS)

The president of the American Council on Education accused the Reagan Administration of encouraging unregulated pursuit of self-interest and diminishing the commitment to the overall social good by excessive support of national defense and decreased support of education. (MSE)

As a basis for interpreting scholarly work on the Black school superintendent, the article does the following: (1) outlines African American history; (2) discusses the political context of the struggle for Black education and the importance of the Black superintendency to it; and (3) develops a framework for the future success of Black…

Institutional policies are needed to guide the responsible use of data, especially in a decentralized operating environment. Factors that influence the development and implementation of policies for decentralized data use are explored. Data use, technological developments, and the needs and responsibilities of users and the institution must be…

The role and actions of the University of Michigan Board of Regents in planning for retrenchment and reallocation of resources during a 1980 financial crisis are chronicled. Reactions of faculty, administrators, and others are discussed. (MSE)

For budget planners, undergraduate tuition is an extremely important price as the largest income item and one over which the institution has substantial control. Although several factors affect price, the programs' cost structures is the most significant. Also, budget developers can unbundle cost elements to price services and programs separately.…

Identifies school financial planning techniques suitable for rural schools districts. Proposes a nine-step process: developing a planning policy, adopting a financial planning resolution, setting up a planning committee, analyzing district financial data, informing the public, developing the plan, presenting it to the public, amending and adopting…