This report addresses the Florida Community College System's (FCCS) performance based on measures established by the General Appropriations Act. Discussed are: (1) FCCS' performance on the measures used in the performance-based budgeting (PBB) incentive fund; (2) improvements that can be made to the PBB incentive fund; and (3) changes to community…

Comprehensive school reform is a type of reform process directed at primary and secondary education that relies on the simultaneous change of all elements of a school's operating environment aligned with a central, guiding vision. This new approach was developed in response to the growing dissatisfaction with the traditional piecemeal reform,…

This booklet examines the subject of fresh water and the ways in which it affects every aspect of human life. The document includes an introduction and seven sections: (1) "Agriculture"; (2) "Transportation"; (3) "Culture"; (4) "Engineering"; (5) "Health and Domestic Use"; (6) "Politics and Economics"; and (7) "Industry." Inside each section is an…

Advocates instituting steps to ensure fairness in peer reviews in the awarding of federal grants and creating new standards for awarding grants in those cases where competition is not appropriate. (IRT)

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)

Causes and effects are examined for recent cuts in the budgets of the Office of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and the National Institute of Education (NIE). Through interviews with agency executives the author finds new priority placed on selling themselves and their products to Congress. (JT)

Discussing the definitions and perspectives regarding the notion of productivity in higher education, the author indicates that his effort has highlighted the inadequacy of our current ability to measure and analyze productivity, more specifically to determine and measure the value of the outcomes of higher education. (JT)

Strategic management is concerned with determining the long-term goals of an enterprise and deciding on the most appropriate course of action to achieve them. Strategic planning can revive the entrepreneurial characteristics of a business whose survival otherwise could be threatened. (Author/WM)

Presents a simulation model that might prove to be a powerful predictor of future enrollment for post-secondary study in Manitoba. This simulation involves representing the abrupt changes in individual and group behavior resulting from crosspressures, conflicting circumstances, and their related socio-economic conditions. (Author/WM)

The bases of subunit power and the effects of that power on organizational decisionmaking are examined in a large midwestern State university. Departmental power is found to be most highly correlated with the department's ability to obtain outside grants and contracts. (Author/WM)

While the current inflation problems are neither totally new nor unique, economic history shows that neither are these problems necessary nor inevitable. (Author)

Research indicates that one critical factor in successful and continuous staff development is consistently strong leadership and support. Leaders need to provide clarity, establish time lines, and keep an end product in sight. Specific administrative tasks include obtaining board support for the inservice education program, securing the needed…

This document reports on a study of the training needs that result from actual or impending corporate takeovers, based on needs assessments at three corporations conducted by students as part of a university class over a period of 10 weeks. The first section describes the study's background and methodology. The qualitative research methodology…

Alaska became suddenly and surprisingly rich in the early 1980s, with oil revenues from Prudhoe Bay paying for almost all state operations, picking up some of the costs of local government, creating a huge state savings account, paying all Alaskans annual cash dividends, and eliminating the need for state personal income taxes. The smaller…

"The Average costs of a California School 1985-1986," a report by the California State Department of Education, divided a hypothetical school district's budget according to four cost centers, which included the classroom, school site, school district, and state costs. A review of the initial report and an indepth analysis of each cost…