Describes Nigeria's efforts to develop a program of free education and emphasizes the problems encountered in this endeavor. (FL)

The Waycross (Georgia) school system retired its debt and reduced its tax rates, without reducing educational quality, by budgeting for an operating reserve, carefully reviewing programs, reducing its fiscal responsibilities for special programs, and tightening its budget management techniques. (RW)

Reported is an analysis to determine the real costs of undergraduate student projects and to highlight areas in which economies could be made or efficiency improved. (PB)

Outlines a number of categories for a school district to review when designing an effective plan for program reductions in the face of budgetary cutbacks. (FL)

Results of the PROBE Institutional President Survey indicate that inflation, financial concerns, and changes in enrollment are the most important issues facing administrators today. (WD)

Funding cutbacks affecting San Jose (California) High School have severely reduced the school personnel adequately prepared for educating in the inner city. Concentration on legally required basics has forced elimination of classes and programs appealing to student interests and needs, leading to disciplinary and attendance problems. (PGD)

State education policymakers, polled about potential school finance problems for the 1980s, ranked changes in state general aid formulas and changes in the tax structure for education at the top of seven subject areas. (Author/MLF)

Discussed are the problems of retired persons in general and of the retired music educator in particular. Suggestions are made for making use of the expertise of the retired music educator. (KC)

Presents an economic analysis of public finance based on criteria of equity and efficiency. Discusses the operational problems and issues confronting community college practitioners and policymakers. Reviews public finance and cost-sharing in Florida, Illinois, Texas, and California. Recommendations include deemphasizing enrollment-driven…

This paper describes the access problems and utilization patterns of university health services on the part of graduate students. (JD)

Presents a conceptual framework that incorporates the notion of relative deprivation to explain the perceived financial adequacy among the elderly. Financial satisfaction is directly related to relative deprivation while income only indirectly affects one's sense of financial well-being. (Author)

In Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization the Supreme Court concluded that several low-income individuals and organizations representing them lacked standing to maintain a class action challenging the validity of a revenue ruling by the Internal Revenue Service. The impact of this case is discussed along with an alternative course.…

Skepticism about the power of education challenges the educational administrator to (1) attain a better understanding of the sources of dissatisfaction and their implications for change, (2) learn to cope with adversity and make constructive use of it, and (3) define the leadership requirements needed to address education's problems. (MB)

Discusses how sweeping new cuts in higher education funding promise to transform the professional lives of academics, particularly pressuring the liberal arts. (EV)

Discusses the trend toward reduced funding facing public institutions of higher education and the responses it may require, such as a tight focus on institutional mission. (EV)