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Irgang, Alan; Gelber, Leonard – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
Offers cost-saving suggestions for school management regarding staff, equipment and machinery, materials, and vandalism and theft prevention. (WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Roman, Thomas M. – School Business Affairs, 1980
A guideline to aid business officials who are contemplating or engaged in computerization. (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
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Simmons, Adele – New Directions for Higher Education, 1983
Small colleges can make a virtue of the need to use administrative staff flexibly and to train young staff. Senior administrators must assume a variety of tasks, and young administrators can develop their skills while covering key functions. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, College Administration, Cost Effectiveness
Barbalich, Andrea – Currents, 1991
College and university professionals in publications and public relations recount how they have effectively coped with significant budgetary setbacks. Strategies include more careful and cost-conscious planning, staff reorganization, and reductions in printing and mailing costs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Coping, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Chiteman, Michael D. – 1983
The first step in an effort to expand a writing laboratory program calls for the director and the current staff to investigate the areas in which expansion is desirable and can feasibly occur. This can be done by asking students to identify disciplines in which they would use additional tutorial help, or by addressing the faculty, especially those…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Planning, Financial Support, Higher Education
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Von Seggern, Marilyn – RQ, 1987
This annotated bibliography of materials dealing with the evaluation of library reference services is arranged by category including literature success, quality, and accuracy of answers; cost and task analysis; interviews and communication; classification of reference questions; reference collections; staff availability; use and nonuse of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Interviews
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Horny, Karen L. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1987
Northwestern University Library's 10 1/2 years of experience with computer support for technical services is used to provide a long-term view in this analysis of the impact of automation on staffing. Technical services staff allocations and reductions, the resulting improvements in services, and the savings in salaries are discussed. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Library Automation
Baumgart, Diane; VanWalleghem, John – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1986
Eight field-tested staffing strategies for community-based programs for severely handicapped students are described. Advantages and disadvantages are summarized, and a decision-making process for selecting strategies is discussed. Among recommendations are the need to maximize coordination between school and nonschool instruction and to collect…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Feudo, John – Currents, 1996
Five tactics used by the University of Massachusetts to make alumni operations effective with minimal cost include assuring the campus administration's commitment to alumni club programming, training chapter volunteers on campus and through regional visits, controlling mailing costs, planning events in a cost-effective manner, and deciding whether…
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, College Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
von Schlegell, Abbie J. – Currents, 1992
Volunteer fund raisers for colleges bring enthusiasm, perspective, motivation, and influence to the task of soliciting gifts. They stretch staff time, fill out the fund-raising team, and cost little. Careful definition of responsibilities, recruitment, training, and monitoring and rewards for good work are essential to getting the best results.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Fund Raising
Kedney, Bob; Davies, Trefor – 1993
This paper discusses activity analysis and the identification of options as the first two stages of a structured approach to achieving budget savings at postsecondary institutions, focusing on schools and practices in the United Kingdom. It presents five checklists of opportunities for reducing spending and controlling costs. The checklists cover:…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Check Lists, College Administration
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1983
The District of Columbia Public Schools system has taken action to ensure that supply items will be obtained at the most competitive prices. Because lack of storage facilities prevented bulk purchase of emergency items at competitive rates, the Division of Buildings and Grounds has remodeled a building as a warehouse to store large quantities of…
Descriptors: Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities, Efficiency
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1983
Collected in this guide are 84 cost saving measures submitted by Pennsylvania school districts. Information on each practice includes a description, background, effectiveness, cost requirements, adaptability, and contact for further details. Facilities practices include energy management and conservation measures. Materials/equipment practices…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Actis, Bev – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1993
Planning for a computer use "help desk" at Kenyon College (Ohio) was constrained by very limited resources. However, careful and thorough planning resulted in a low-budget, homegrown, but highly effective facility. Staffing, training, staff communication, and marketing the service were essential elements in its success. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency
Steller, Arthur W.; Pell, Carroll – Updating School Board Policies, 1986
Administrators can improve their school's custodial program by following steps that increase productivity, reduce costs, and provide long-term benefits of higher cleanliness standards. Administrators should work toward improved building cleanliness by insisting on a school board policy that establishes objectives for the custodial department.…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness
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