This issue of "Legislative Review" takes a look at the news in higher education from April 13 to 17, 2009. This Legislative Review reports that: (1) key bills move to conference committees. These bills are SB 2003 (the North Dakota University System (NDUS) budget bill), SB 2038 (the flexibility with accountability legislation), and…

The colloquium examined the strengths and limitations of budget planning and formulation for R&D in the Executive and Legislative Branches of the federal government. Discussions and prepared remarks were presented on: (1) perspectives on the 1977 R&D budget; (2) problems in R&D budgeting; (3) budgeting for basic research; (4) budgeting for…

This conference presented a discussion of problems related to federal budgeting for research and development (R&D). It was organized around three working sessions. The first session considered the 1977 budget for R&D and the future outlook for R&D. The second session was devoted to the Congressional role in R&D budgeting. The third session…

Included in this report on the third conference on federal research and development (R&D) budgeting are the texts of the prepared presentations and summaries of the discussions that followed. Opinions and recommendations are presented on topics such as the level and focus of R&D in industry, the rate of innovation in the United States, the U.S.…

Every year the Education Commission of the States (ECS) Center for Community College Policy holds a policy forum to which state community college directors and association presidents are invited. The goal of these forums is to provide an opportunity for community college state directors and association presidents to discuss critical policy issues…

The items in this report were drawn from the 1982 meeting of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC), which had two objectives: to elaborate those criteria and procedures that should govern the selection of communication projects to be implemented by the program, and to approve and…

This report synthesizes the information presented at three conferences designed to develop guidelines for future funding for Follow Through programs. These conferences were part of a series of activities undertaken by the National Institute of Education (NIE) in 1981 to plan for a new set of Follow Through research and pilot project activities.…

The purpose of this seminar was to give members of the Canadian Teachers' Federation a better understanding of the educational budgetary process. The proceedings of the seminar included welcoming remarks by Russell D. Mosher followed by two addresses--"The Political Context of Budgeting" by Dr. Peter Atherton and "Resource…

This document reports on the conclusions and recommendations of the European seminars organized by the Committee for the Development of Sport, a subcommittee of the Council of Europe. The seminars addressed: (1) "Energy-saving Measures in Sports Facilities"; (2) "Access to Nature in Mountain Regions"; (3) "Sport for…

Presented are papers and discussion summaries from the first research management conference for mental retardation research centers (Denver, 1974). Basic concepts and application principles of management by objectives are analyzed in a two-part paper by E. Douglas Hodo. Reviewed in a paper by Richard Surles and Norm Ellis is a decision system for…

Papers and summaries of discussions from the 1979 forum of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems are presented. Contents are organized into three sections: (1) the links between long-range planning and short-range budgeting, (2) the relationship of program review and evaluation to academic planning and budgeting, and (3)…

The Nation Conference on School Finance, originated by the National Education Association in 1957, has been sponsored since 1972 by the National Educational Finance Project, the Institute for Educational Finance of the University of Florida, and Phi Delta Kappa. A continuing goal of the conference has been to provide a forum for the expression of…

Collected here are 55 papers presented at the 1975 College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE) national conference. Papers are organized to reflect the activities at the conference: 10 papers are grouped in the section for management presentations, 10 papers are included in technical presentations, and 12 papers are included in mixed…

Proceedings of a 10-state 1976 regional conference on the relationship of the state coordinating agency with the executive and legislative divisions of state government in meeting budget needs for higher education systems are presented as part of an inservice education program. The participating states were Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,…

Various topics concerning assessment in higher education are considered in five papers. In "Defining and Measuring the Competencies of a Liberal Arts Education," David G. Winter proposes that liberal arts competencies can be assessed by creative new quantitative strategies and outlines five important criteria, or standards, as well as measures of…