If we are to reduce wastage in higher education, we must first understand, and then combat some practices found in educational institutions. Specifically, we must discourage: over-staffing, power politics, and statistical juggling. Each institution of higher learning, each community, each state, should examine objectively the possibilities of effecting economies in higher education in at least the following categories: general minor savings resulting from centralized purchasing, secretarial pooling, turning off lights and heat; elimination of duplicate courses; elimination of small classes; reduction of bureaucratic administrative costs and building costs; improvement of scholarship aid; facilities extension for more per-day operations; increase in teaching load; control of size and relevancy of enrollments; and greater emphasis on productivity in higher education. The costs of higher education can be reduced, but only through the combined efforts of the professional, the taxpayer, and the legislator. (Author/PG)