Presented is a model used for placing prudent limits on tenured faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. In this tenure model, the concept of funding durability is at the center of the long-term resource allocation process, setting the stage for academic planning within each school. (JMD)

Discusses the need for designing a system of accountability for use in decision-making about allocations of resources for student services. Programs and staff adjustments should be made in response to the changing student population. (MB)

Erie County Community College (New York) has developed a zero-based program budgeting system to meet current fiscal problems and diminished resources. The system allocates resources on the basis of program effectiveness and market potential. (LH)

An industrial training cost-effectiveness model developed at Bowling Green State University and used in several practical situations is evaluated with definitions of terms, structured training program costs, training returns, and data collection and analysis procedures. The authors emphasize that money spent for structured training is an…

Argues that collective bargaining and accountability are compatible rather than mutually exclusive. Lists real and perceived problems relating to the integration of the concepts, and suggests ways to overcome those problems by shifting the locus of bargaining from local school districts to the state level. (Author/JG)

The lack of educational opportunities keeps the migrants poor. They need the education and skills to perform better paying agricultural work, or else settle somewhere and do other types of skilled work. (Author/NQ)

Attempts to define the number of children in need of special education services and the costs of special education. Discusses six types of state funding in searching for an adequate funding formula and some basic problems of special education. (RK)

The paper summarizes and presents counter arguments against positions claiming that randomized experiments in early childhood are unnecessary, impractical, or unethical. It is concluded that more frequent use of randomized experiments in early childhood special education would provide more effective program evaluation data for resource allocation…

The classical Aristotelian approach to justice and the aims of liberal education are discussed, focusing on distributive justice and access to education, education for leadership, and standards of achievement. (MSE)

The history of the debate over federal efforts to reduce indirect cost recovery in federal research grants to universities is outlined and discussed by a former university administrator involved in the policy's formation. (MSE)

Consists of four articles on the funding of adult education in Finland, with special emphasis on adult vocational education. Describes the various organizations that provide adult education in Finland and discusses their funding sources for 1987. Includes a statement on the financing of vocational adult education by the Finnish government. (CH)

Presents a study of elementary school classrooms and instructional groups that shows how school systems successively transform the composition of schools, grades, and classes in the process of allocating and using resources. Examines how course difficulty constrains instructional group composition, instruction applied to groups, and learning of…

Resource allocation is a key factor in promoting or retarding innovation. In a restrictive economic climate, it is easy to use resource allocation for decremental rationing and to stifle innovative thinking. The technique can also be used to ensure that the institution's human resources are encouraged to identify opportunities for innovation. (MSE)

In a well-organized school system, the statement of philosophy directly determines the choice of educational goals that, in turn, influence instructional objectives and the methods and materials adopted. Schools lacking sound philosophy statements have no guidelines for curriculum decisions and little resistance to passing fads. Several…

A mathematical model for costing college courses, designed for purposes of accountability, subprogram cost analysis, marketing to foreign students (in Australia), and course cost analysis across institutions, is presented and discussed. (MSE)