Paper examines in general terms the characteristics of university inputs and outputs, brings to light some of the special features of an education "production process," and examines the role of educational technology. (Author)

Looks critically at the British concept of community education and at the values and assumptions which appear to underlie it, and calls for greater consideration of the value judgments and the political implications involved, before scarce resources are diverted from adult to community education. (Editor/TA)

An economic analysis of the Open University with an attempt to examine the economic implications of establishing an open learning system in the United States. (Author)

Presents a critique of the resource allocation powers of the University Grants Committee in Britain. (PG)

Presents background material to help British high school students study the economics of the fishing industry. Students apply their knowledge of cost and revenue theory to a case study of a European Economic Community fisheries dispute which raises questions about government intervention in international resource allocation issues. (AM)

As a means of obtaining economies in universities, this article defines "cost", describes a method for costing the resources of a university in two ways, and gives the implications of the disparity which arises when "costs" are discussed. (Author/PG)

An alternative system for allocating resources within British universities is proposed which involves (1) a budget for each recognizable academic unit, the size related to the unit's student load by a published formula, and (2) the devolution to units of responsibility for spending their budget on different items. (JT)

This description of the financing of higher education in the public sector raises critical questions of democratic control and financial accountability. Focus is on the Advanced Further Education Pool set up in England and Wales in 1958. (Editor/LBH)

Unlike American proposals for welfare reform which are concerned primarily with reducing costs by altering work behavior among present recipients of public assistance, British attempts to devise an income transfer system are based on the rationale that scarce resources should be concentrated upon those in the greatest need. (Editor)

Great Britain is in a severe budget crisis, causing more serious problems for higher education than for other sectors of the economy. Cuts have been applied to individual universities and programs unevenly. Dissention within higher education has resulted, and the unique higher education financing system is at the controversy's center. (MSE)

A (British) educational "secondment" involves resource allocation from one institution to another and new forms of employee accountability and commitment. This article examines management implications of educational secondments, exploring costs and benefits accruing to 50 secondees, their seconding organizations, and those to which they…

Points out that, contrary to the British Government's argument in the White Paper that services can be changed with no additional funding, the commitment of substantial financial and human resources are needed to provide adequate postadoption services. (SW)

The author suggests a plan by which British Universities and the national University Grants Committee might react positively to enforced economy in use of educational facilities. Under his space budgeting proposal, users would be credited with space entitlement and could bear the cost of extra space out of current budgets. (JT)

The Rate Support Grant in England is described with focus on the way it is allocated and its consequences for education and for democracy. (Editor/LBH)

Events leading to Great Britain's substantial and differential cuts in student numbers and recurrent grants to universities are chronicled and related to the responses of nine universities. The universities' lack of preparation for the cuts and policy implications are discussed. (Author/MSE)