Article described a new organization, Agency for Instructional Television, explored the quality and cost of its programs, and its organization, offering it as a model for the production of educational materials, a model that produced better materials at lower costs. (Editor/RK)

The Bright Futures Scholarship testing program in Florida currently requires all scholarship recipients to make at least five acceleration attempts. The program can produce savings, but only if students pass the tests and use the credits earned to graduate more quickly from college. However, students graduating from Florida public universities in…

Recalling the early history of the School Meals Service begun in England in 1906. (MB)

The web printing process can be successfully used to produce an economical college catalog. (MN)

The author describes and outlines the design of the IPI Project, an innovation based on research which uses current information to improve its techniques, procedures and materials. (Author/MS)

A computer language and hardware for instructional use. (RA)

Discusses the use of program planning budgeting systems in changing or implementing courses or curriculums. (GB)

The retail sales person will not retain and use much more than can be communicated in 90 minutes; therefore, retail training meetings must be more effective. (EB)

Discusses a study by researchers at Columbia University's Teachers College that studied patterns of costs and financing in adult education and training. The objective was to describe the total dollar cost by sponsor type and identify the proportion of total cost covered by various sources. (JOW)

Financial planning and resource allocation for chemistry--which has costs not shared by most other disciplines--in Victoria (Australia) colleges are discussed in light of enrollment trends and these colleges' contribution to the pool of chemistry graduates. Materials and equipment costs and class size are considered. (MSE)

Estimates participation in different types of postcompulsory education and training programs in the United States, compares the costs of and funding for these activities, and considers differences in the attributes of participants among programs. (Author/GC)

Provides data on financial grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to projects on Black culture. Lists grants by institutional recipient and notes that more funds are granted to non-Black organizations than to Black institutions. (Author/MJL)

A cost analysis of the sports program at State College (Pennsylvania) Area School District gathered data on costs, income, numbers of student participants, and hours spent in each sport. The resulting costs per high school athlete per hour lead the authors to conclude that sports expenditures are a bargain. (Author/RW)