An enterprising food service director has introduced student taste test panels and they have had great impact on the district's lunch program. (Author)

A Seattle architectural firm is providing clients with market studies, financial feasibility analyses, and management systems that can be incorporated into long-range economic planning. (Author)

The research reported here deals with the formulation and subsequent evaluation of different promotional programs for a batch-processed current awareness service provided by the Mechanized Information Center (MIC) at Ohio State University. (7 references) (Author)

Fort Wayne uses step allocation accounting and unit cost rates to locate the indirect costs of special -- and regular -- programs. (Author/JN)

A specialist in school finance discusses budgetary accountability by way of a factory analogy and an alternate route analogy. (Editor/RB)

Author presents a cost analysis instrument for use in music education. (MB)

The authors discuss the factors that predetermine research into the effectiveness of education and the role of economics in educational research. (Editor/HS)

The 109 Libraries responding to a questionnaire aided the American Library Association's Committee on Photocopying Costs in Libraries to document the patterns or variant factors that affect photocopying rates in U.S. libraries. (MF)

The technique described enables an on line computer based information retrieval system to aid indexers by selecting possible indexing terms to be assigned to a new document entering the system. The economic aspect of implementing the technique in a working information retrieval system is considered. (16 references) (Author/MM)

A description of a television-managed learning system" which aims at improving cost effectiveness in instruction. (Author/AK)

Concludes that opportunity costs are the major costs in manpower programs, perhaps even outweighing the training allowance. (BH)