The Indian University Grants Commission, charged with regulating academic standards and disbursing government funds, has not exercised its authority, with serious consequences. Rectifying the situation will be difficult. (MSE)

The Hong Kong University and Polytechnic Grants Committee both reflects the uniqueness of Hong Kong's situation and is inhibited by it. Its academic members are all from overseas, which limits collective discussion and affects its reliance on a local secretariat that acts as a de facto department of higher education. (MSE)

Conducted two studies in which subjects (N=216) faced the dilemma of how to harvest resources from a shared pool when faced with external catastrophies and given opportunities to steal. Results showed that tying the individual's outcome to the rest of the group is good for the group. (LLL)

The development and validation of an indicator of educational need that would be suitable for guiding decisions concerning resource allocation to educationally disadvantaged schools in Australia is described. The data used came from national samples of records of student characteristics and from census information on district funding. (MSE)

Draws on case studies from eight states to examine the initial operation of federal block grants. Finds that Chapter 2 worked better in its first year than its critics had predicted and that local education agencies frequently used their "united" money in innovative ways to meet local educational needs. (GC)

Reviews current themes in sentencing and prison policy. The eight articles of this special issue discuss selective incapacitation, prison bed allocation models, computer-scored classification systems, race and gender relations, commutation, parole, and a historical review of sentencing reform. (JAC)

A case study is presented of an institutionally-based project for resource allocation and planning. The University of Michigan uses interinstitutional data to address the problem of assessing the equitability of staffing and funding among its schools and colleges. (Author/LBH)

This statement by the AAUP Committee T on College and University Government defines the role of the faculty in decisions as the allocation of financial resources according to the principle of shared authority and offers some principles and derivative guidelines for faculty participation in this area. (LBH)

Three opinions are offered: (1) The federal government should be seeking ways of strengthening state, local, and institutional leadership by placing federal resources at the service of state and local agencies. (2) Social policy should not be handled by the states. (3) Keeping a proper balance between local and federal administration requires…

One method of calculating unit costs for the teaching function is explained. A formula is developed for allocating expenditures on the basis of a timetable analysis and tested on data from Lanchester Polytechnic and Loughborough University for the academic year 1972-73. (Author/LBH)

An ACE-sponsored task force investigated the impact of federal social and environmental programs on colleges and universities. Major findings are reviewed and implications discussed, such as: (1) the cost of federal regulation, (2) who pays the costs, (3) the right of higher education to special consideration, and (4) how higher education should…

Community colleges have traditionally received funding based on student enrollment, which is usually considered an input in the educational process. Recently, however, legislation enacted at the federal and state levels specifies that funding is to hinge, as least in part, on student performance--an output measure. Performance standards improve…

This document provides basic information on school libraries from 1953-54 to 1999-2000 and is based on the report Fifty Years of Supporting Children's Learning: A History of Public School Libraries and Federal Legislation from 1953-2000 (NCES 2005-311). The full report is divided into four sections that present categories of historical data about…

In an effort to explore whether resources matter in Mississippi, this study investigates the relationship between: (1) student achievement; and (2) human and fiscal resources among school districts. In considering these relationships, it is important to recognize that the cost of providing an adequate education may vary with the socioeconomic…

In December 2002, the Department of Education launched the Office of Innovation and Improvement. That office was charged with promoting promising innovations in education and expanding parental options and information. Even in those early days of the "No Child Left Behind Act" the Department knew that the law had the potential to set in…