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Chaffee, Ellen Earle – 1981
Administrators in higher education feel mounting pressure to link planning and budgeting as resources become more scarce and environments more uncertain. Instead of turning to theoretically prescribed planning/budgeting systems as solutions, microeconomics provides a means of thinking about individual consumption that helps shed light on the…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Budgeting, College Administration, College Planning
Prichard, Peter – Journal of College Placement, 1980
Suggests ways to inexpensively expand the scope and quality of career services. At Montclair State College career services staff developed quality intercampus alliances, generated nonbudgeted income, and procured free and inexpensive career materials. Nonbudgeted income came from charging fees for programs and developing grants to obtain more…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Counseling Effectiveness, Fund Raising
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Muston, Ray A. – New Directions for Student Services, 1980
Program budgeting systems should be viewed as a comprehensive approach to decision making. They are tools intended to guide the manager through all the essential steps in the planning and resource allocation processes. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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Ford, Michael – New Directions for Student Services, 1979
Examines several components of effective preparation for the planning and implementation of long-term, integrated student services programs. Preassessment issues cluster around: (1) the assessment of student needs; (2) the identification of available staff and institutional resources; and (3) some initial diagnosis of campus political climates.…
Descriptors: Campuses, College Environment, Higher Education, Political Influences
US Department of Education, 2007
Five years ago the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) launched a revolution in our education system by insisting that all students should be proficient in reading and math by 2014 and demanding comprehensive reforms to reach this national goal, including strong assessment and accountability systems, a highly qualified teacher in every classroom, more…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, State Standards, Educational Finance
Miles, Barbara; Zimmerman, Dennis – 1993
This congressional report argues that the costs of the current guaranteed lending program for postsecondary education can be reduced in three ways: (1) by eliminating more-than-competitive returns to private lenders; (2) by reducing administrative costs; and (3) by reducing default costs. It is suggested that the first solution can be accomplished…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Government Role
Winstead, Philip C.; Ruff, Dan G. – 1986
The evolution of the "planning process" from the 1940s to the present is considered, especially as it relates to higher education. It was hypothesized that institutional planning has experienced historical evolution: new planning innovations over the years have added to the existing institutional planning knowledge base. A literature…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Delphi Technique, Futures (of Society)