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Reed, Sherrie; Rose, Heather – Journal of School Choice, 2020
Building from the existing knowledge of charter school spending and staffing, and with a lens toward better understanding the fiscal flexibility afforded charter schools, this study examines staffing patterns in California's charter schools over the last decade. Using detailed professional assignment data for the universe of California schools in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Personnel, Staff Utilization, Employment Patterns
Adams, Matt – Facilities Manager, 2013
This article addresses two of the most repeated questions in APPA (1) How can we convert our reactive maintenance operations to a planned and predictable operation? and (2) In addition, how can we do this with little or no additional resources? It seems reasonable to assume that if a department is short on resources and in a full-blown reactive…
Descriptors: Facilities Management, Educational Facilities Planning, Maintenance, Cost Effectiveness
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Sanubi, Franklins A.; Akpotu, Nelson E. – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2015
The study examines the call for Nigeria becoming one of the twenty most developed economies by the year 2020, as it relates to development planning in Nigeria using the educational system as a unit of analysis. It aims at examining the relevance of this call within the context of existing facilities in the Nigeria educational system--both material…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Planning, Educational History
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Slusser, Laura L. – Knowledge Quest, 2011
The author's first school librarian position was in her hometown elementary school where she had been a library aide in the fifth grade. The principal spelled out the problems with the situation she would be entering--the school library was the least favorite of the resources, many policies and procedures were antiquated, and the collection needed…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Services, Library Administration, Library Instruction
Blake, Christopher G. – Campus Law Enforcement Journal, 2011
College and university administrators must take into account a number of variables in determining the appropriate staffing levels for their campus public safety function, according to a white paper released by International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). The report is entitled, "Establishing Appropriate Staffing…
Descriptors: Safety, Resource Allocation, Predictor Variables, Safety Education
Barbour, Catherine – Principal Leadership, 2012
Schools and districts across the country are being subjected to some of the fiercest budget cuts in recent history, even as principals are held increasingly accountable for significantly improving student achievement, particularly in schools labeled "persistently low-achieving." For the 5,000 lowest-performing schools, there is the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Retrenchment, Budgeting, Educational Finance
Young, Nicholas; Bittel, Peter – School Business Affairs, 2011
Most districts are facing severe budgetary constraints, and special education is one area that is feeling the effects. Special education consumes an average of 20%-30% of school district budgets. Pacing fiscal and systemic controls on special-education spending, and examining para professional placements in particular, will lead to better delivery…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, School Business Officials, Special Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel
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Alleyne, Shirley Brown – Journal of Museum Education, 2010
Museum educators at small museums are sometimes thrust, solo, into building budgets from scratch. In this case study an emerging professional discovers that she has limited funding for an existing program that she was hired to run. She finds that she has to rebuild the budget to discover the program's true costs, and that sustainability depends…
Descriptors: Museums, Costs, Budgets, Administrative Organization
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Bowers, Betsy; Fulcher, Rebecca – Journal of Museum Education, 2010
Revenue generation is a challenge faced by museums in today's economy. The authors encourage educators to take on a larger role in establishing new revenue streams. By applying Jim Collins' "Hedgehog Concept," their unique knowledge of audiences, and their strong ability to work in teams, educators can rethink what they've always done to influence…
Descriptors: Museums, Income, Audiences, Fund Raising
Lawaetz, Peter – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1984
The Technical University of Denmark has tried to free resources in a stagnant or declining budget for development of new subject areas by planned contraction of ordinary activities, with only moderate success due to low mobility and strong specialization of the scientific staff. A more realistic planning system has been introduced, using…
Descriptors: College Administration, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Long Range Planning
von Waldkirch, Thomas – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1985
A Swiss technological institute's 10 years' experience with resource allocation based on competitive research project selection, originally conceived to preserve flexibility in a staffing crisis and found to be an efficient research management tool, is outlined and discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Moberg, Thomas – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1999
Offers advice to administrators and faculty in small colleges on planning, building, and managing campus computer networks. Also included are observations about the network as a strategic asset, funding and staffing issues, and planning for unexpected results. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Computer Networks, Financial Support
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Mortimer, Kenneth P.; Caruso, Annette C. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1984
Reallocation of positive reductions in staffing and urgent retrenchments will require a consistently open process. A forced-choice decision-making environment will focus greater attention on the legitimacy and trustworthiness of the decision-making process. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Decision Making, Futures (of Society)
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Troy, Warwick G.; Magoon, Thomas M. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1979
Describes the development and validation of the staff activity record in an inventory of professional job functions used to describe through daily time recording patterns of personal resource allocation. Relationships among actual time and counselors' estimates of time spent together with preferred use of time are examined. Implications are…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Counseling Services, Delivery Systems, Employees
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Robinson, Barbara M. – RQ, 1989
Describes a conceptual framework and vocabulary that can be used to discuss strategies and choices involved in reference question handling. A model of question handling is presented which provides for developing strategies for handling questions, evaluating the appropriateness of the strategy, and relating levels of service to resource…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Models, Reference Materials, Reference Services
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