Existing commercially developed resource planning models have been developed for institutional use without much attention to the local situation. The approach to faculty resource planning that this article outlines is broadly based and involves the local university community. (Author)

A discussion of needs for additional research to determine how instructional technology can be best employed. (Author)

This paper summarizes views on the costs of evaluation developed as part of CSE's Evaluation Productivity Project. In particular, it focuses on ideas about the kinds of costs associated with factors known to effect evaluation utilization. The first section deals with general issues involved in identifying and valuing cost components, particularly…

Information concerning a theory about allocation of resources among units at colleges is presented. This information, which is primarily in tabular and graphical form, is based on a report of the special conference topic panel entitled "Clues for Leaders of Universities from Environmental Studies: Applying Theory and Research to…

A study was made of the clinical experiences, offered by Southeast Missouri State University, for students preparing to be teachers. The study was conducted to determine if modifications in the current system would make possible reallocation of resources, while at the same time preserving the quality of clinical experiences for the students. The…

How to compare the costs of activities you are responsible for with the benefits resulting from those activities. (Author)

The effect of subunit power on resource allocation decisions in one university is examined. Measures of departmental power in a university are found to be significantly related to the proportion of the budget received, even after statistically controlling for such universalistic bases of allocation as work load of the department, national rank,…

The type of model this paper is concerned with consists of four parts: a set of variables describing the part of the educational system to be analyzed; a set of relationships among variables, expressed as equations; estimates of the parameters governing the relationships; and solution procedures for the model. In the first section of this paper,…

An economic analysis of the Open University with an attempt to examine the economic implications of establishing an open learning system in the United States. (Author)

A look at how university libraries require complex retrieval systems which require financial support. (HB)

Queueing theory is used to model processes as either waiting or balking processes. The optimal allocation of resources to these processes is defined as that which maximizes the expected value of the decision-maker's utility function. (Author)

Discusses the extensive use of formulas in the state support of public higher education and its implications for library services. (Author/PF)

Presents a critique of the resource allocation powers of the University Grants Committee in Britain. (PG)