This paper establishes the importance of examining resource-allocation behavior at microlevels of educational systems and reports on the progress being made in New York to develop and examine a set of relevant indicators. The paper presents findings that were part of a multistate effort conducted by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education…

A procedure for reallocating faculty positions is described that uses credit hour guidelines that are quantitatively established using instructional method as the unit of analysis (rather than academic unit). Formally recognized guidelines for varying instructional methodologies are also applied to actual instructional experiences of academic…

The development and use of the faculty staffing forumla for Colorado, prepared by the Association of Public College and University Presidents (APCUP), is examined, and a recent major attempt to update or modify the formula is described, along with the outcome. Based on the work of representatives from many campuses, a large scale computer…