Linkage of human and financial resources in an interdisciplinary management design process can mount, through use of federal funds, a creative attack on an educational dilemma. (Author)

For libraries to use their limited resources in the most efficient manner, decision rules should be utilized to permit library resources to be directed toward those activities which yield the highest returns. 8 references. (AB)

A brief look at the need for university presidents and administrators to become more aware of how expensive computer resources should be managed and allocated. (AA)

The author's comment on a previous article by Vladimir Stoikov which discussed the feasibility of new employees in a seasonal industry accepting an income lower than the normal compensation because they anticipated that in the future they would acquire enough seniority to remain permanently employed in the same activity. (BC)

Discusses factors causing the development of the new field of issues management. Issues management is the application of futures research techniques to help institutions use their resources to forecast, address, and respond to emerging social, political, and regulatory issues. (AM)

Discusses the United Kingdom's Research Assessment Exercises (RAE) affect institutional grants for university-based research projects. Explains the RAE system, discussing its advantages and disadvantages, outlines a framework within which it can be analyzed, and examines some of the available evidence about the impact of the RAE. (SWM)

Uses aggregate data to explore the relation between country wealth and various aspects of educational development, focusing particularly on primary schooling. Finds, for example, that resources for primary schooling become more plentiful as countries grow richer, and that falling teacher salaries relative to GNP is the overwhelming source of this…

Describes simulation-based learning in medical education and presents four these that make a framework for simulations: (1) best standards of care and training; (2) error management and patient safety; (3) patient autonomy; and (4) social justice and resource allocation. (SLD)

Proposes an alternative to resource-dependent approaches to strategic behavior, in which actors seek cooptive relations to alleviate constraint. An actor can gain (two-step) leverage by building a cooptive relationship with a player that controls a limiting party's behavior. Data on dependence relations, political alliances, and confidential…

We examine an economy whose consumers have different discount factors for utility, possibly not exponential. We characterize the properties of efficient allocations of resources and of the shadow prices that would decentralize such allocations. We show in particular that the representative agent has a decreasing discount rate when, as is usually…

The references in this bibliography provide an overview of recent scholarship on community college finance and resource development. In addition to documents that present a national portrait and comparative analysis of community college funding models and resource management practices, this bibliography also includes recent publications that…

An increasing number of Americans today are finding themselves in the position of being both a full-time employee and a part- or full-time caregiver for an adult relative. Often, their job responsibilities and their caregiving duties collide, creating undue stress and costing both the employer and the employee hundreds of thousands of dollars in…

The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) follows education budgets and legislation during regular and special legislative sessions. The Legislative Reports follow education and budget issues from governors' proposals through final legislative actions in each of the 16 SREB states. The reports include bill numbers and legislative Web site…

Research at the University of Leeds has evaluated how well changes to healthcare proposed in the Government White Paper "Valuing People" (Department of Health 2001) were being implemented in one locality and their impact on people with learning disabilities. The project had a developmental aspect and incorporated two workshops over the…

This article examines the interaction between school accountability and local control over revenue raising and resource allocation. In particular, it asks whether accountability policies are more or less effective at improving student outcomes in states with stronger local control. Local control is operationalized with multiple measures, including…