This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC," Volume 2, contains 14 summaries of documents and journal articles on reduction in force, all of which are indexed in either "Resources in Education" or "Current Index to Journals in Education." The materials included deal with various aspects of this topic, such as the impact of declining enrollments on personnel policies, particularly from the administrator's perspective; legal aspects of reduction in force; reduction in force as an important issue in collective bargaining; reduction in force and affirmative action; policies and procedures for implementing reduction in force plans, and encouraging early retirement as one solution to staff reductions. (PKP)