This paper presents a model that uses projected pupil enrollment to estimate gross space needs and associated costs for various classifications of educational activities. The simulation consists of two linked programs, one using a version of the modified "cohort-survival" technique and the other estimating space and money necessary to…

Educational Information System (EIS) is a proposed computer-based data processing system to help schools solve current educational problems more efficiently. The system would allow for more effective administrative operations in student scheduling, financial accounting, and long range planning. It would also assist school trustees and others in…

A computerized system, developed at Florida State University, is designed to locate students and resources on a geographic network. Using addresses of resources and students as input, the system quickly and accurately locates the addresses on a grid and creates a map showing their distribution. This geographical distribution serves as an…

There is much to be gained by using systems analysis in educational administration. Most administrators, presently relying on classical statistical techniques restricted to problems having few variables, should be trained to use more sophisticated tools such as systems analysis. The systems analyst, interested in the basic processes of a group or…

A chapter for a larger volume which discusses the rise of the multiuniversity and the possibilities for planning in systems analysis. The system described is the C.A.M.P.U.S. system, an acronym for Comprehensive Analytical Methods for Planning in University Systems. Three subsystems are discussed--(1) program planning and budgeting, (2) simulation…

Statistics show that the number of student transfers has now doubled the number of entering freshmen at 4-year institutions. To acquire representative national data on the kinds of students who transfer and what determines whether they are admitted or not, a survey was made of 146 selected colleges that closely represent 4-year accredited…

This case problem is designed for use by planning, budgeting, or administrative personnel in state or regional vocational educational organizations. The problem involves planning, programming, and budgeting which is best accomplished in small group settings. Each small group should ideally consist of persons with a variety of duties and…

The references included were drawn from the documents received and processed to date by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities. The thirteen documents include treatments of the following areas--(1) the financial planning phase of a total campus plan, (2) legislative control, (3) allocation formulae, (4) the unit cost approach, (5)…

The Five College Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) was appointed in 1968 by the Presidents of the University of Massachusetts and Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges to "review cooperative arrangements among the five institutions, assess their strengths and weaknesses, propose long-range goals for cooperation, and establish…

Prepared from addresses and papers selected from those presented at the 13th Annual Association for Institutional Research Forum in May 1973, this collection deals both with the broad national issues facing postsecondary education, and with matters that are directly related to campus functions, such as computer simulation models. The tone of these…

This paper develops several theoretical implications of a lexicographic preference ordering and then examines the relevance of these results for resource allocation analyses in elementary and secondary education. Because of this unique ordering, no substitution effects are possible, and the income effects are constrained and influence the demand…

This report describes the proceedings of a Conference on Internal Pricing for University Resource Allocation held in Berkeley, California, July 7-9, 1971. The conference was attended by approximately 25 economists and university administrators, who were organized into panels to discuss the theory and implementation of internal pricing. The report…

This report covers the proceedings of a hearing on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a bill to authorize grants for vocational rehabilitation services. A discussion of funding, state and federal responsibilities, grants, administration, evaluation, and the establishment of an Office for the Handicapped ensues. The bill calls for research, training,…

This monograph provides guidelines to help those school districts considering a more decentralized form of management. The authors discuss the levels at which different types of decisions should be made, describe the changing nature of the educational environment, identify different centralization-decentralization models, and suggest a flexible…

The study gives the findings from a careful review of the available literature on autonomy on the job, its related behavioral responses, and the socioeconomic factors in the background of the worker which vary from low to high autonomy jobs. The document also provides a list of major organizational variables which social scientists have identified…