Broad guidelines are presented for making budget allocations based on approximate impact that changing program enrollments have on each unit's budget, the dollar impact on the unit's budget for faculty position changes, costs of specific program change, and revisions in the base budget, which may be made by requiring justification for refunding.…

Program budgeting is described as a means of enabling higher education to respond effectively to three major accountability concerns. They are (1) the long-term financial implications of a particular programmatic or policy decision, (2) determination of what is being paid for, and (3) understanding that the price being paid for a program is…

This paper reviews the implications of the programming-planning-budgeting system (PPBS) for curriculum planning and decisions at the community college level in the state of New York. Although the state does not currently require that PPBS be utilized by its public community colleges, there is some evidence that suggests that such a mandate may be…

This proposal outlines a three-part capital outlay plan designed to meet specified educational planning principles, to eliminate duplication of control by district and state agencies, and to direct state planning personnel from project justification to planning assistance. The proposal first discusses current problems, including multi-directional…