Provides practical suggestions for meeting the anticipated increased costs (6-8 percent) that will normally accompany new dimensions of community education. (Author/JH)

Earlier version of paper was presented at the 1969 Annual Meeting of the New York Political Science Association. (RJ)

In spite of differing state laws, irreconcilable special interests and varying degrees of success, Statewide planning and coordination for higher education are here to stay. (Editor)

Defines the concept of comprehensive high school, reviews the inadequac

Since student activities play a strategic role in fulfilling many of the goals of secondary education in the twentieth century, they should be given the same support given academic activities. (JM)

Discusses the dangers of having education as the sole route to social mobility and advocates the development of alternate socioeconomic models to meritocracy" (where the power lies with those with merit), such as mixed job- education experiences. (JM)

Two key issues of making trade-offs and finding program balance in the process of college planning with limited resources are discussed. It is proposed that the faculty are central in the politics of making changes, and that communication and trust are essential to faculty participation. (MSE)

A survey of attitudes toward Britain's University Grants Committee as intermediary between government and universities shows that it secures the maximum self-government for the institutions at any given time. Economic and political pressures have dampened enthusiasm for the agency, but do not warrant abandoning it. (MSE)

Four questions must be addressed in assessing the direction of higher education: (1) What should potential learners learn? (2) Who should have the opportunity for systematic higher education? (3) How should a desirable pattern of institutions be determined, organized, and governed? and (4) How should resources be provided, distributed, and…

Higher Education needs a rebirth of academic management to combine educational policy and planning with financial administration. The approaches to strategy-making at four institutions at Hood, Hartford, Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Teachers College are described. (MLW)

A three-equation simultaneous regression model was developed with regular education spending, the prevalence of handicapped children, and handicapped spending as endogenous variables. A tentative test of the model was made using recently available data from the Wisconsin special needs assessment survey and supplementary special education aids…

A historical, incremental method for allocating resources in the Institute for Advanced Studies in recent years is being replaced by a new approach involving the identification of purposes and pursuits and evaluation of their importance. Greater responsiveness to unit needs is the objective. (MSE)