From a period of expansion to a period of retrenchment, British policy towards universities called for new approaches to university planning. Major internal reviews of some universities are examined, and approaches combining short term planning with longer term strategic objectives are outlined. (Author/MLW)

This paper reports results of a 1979 survey of heads of evaluation units in public school districts and state departments of education. The survey was primarily concerned with current versus ideal procedures for determining program evaluation budgets and evaluators' perceived reasons for the low fiscal priority given evaluation activities.…

Input-output research has made valuable contributions to our understanding of schools; however it does not provide reliable evidence concerning how school resources should be allocated. Two input-output studies described indicate that the intuitions of experienced school officials should be heeded by researchers when designing input-output…

The components of effective urban school desegregation are familiar to researchers. These are examined and explained. They include racial ratios, assignment policies, long term effects, school preparation, age to begin, faculty and staff desegregation, implementation, allocation of resources, and government policies. Social scientists can provide…

Colleges and universities, it is suggested, can acquire valuable resources by trading their own services for goods they need. In return for access to a neighboring business firm's word processors, a college can give the firm's employees free courses. (Author/MLW)

Summarizes some ways Massachusetts schools have trimmed their budgets in response to Proposition 2 1/2 and offers suggestions concerning how other schools or districts could go about doing the same. (JM)

Data on levels of computer-related expenditures for two-year colleges are presented. The data show institutions whether their computer-related expenditures, as a percentage of total operating expenditures and in dollars per credit headcount student, are high, medium, or low relative to expenditures of other similarly sized institutions. (MLW)

A model is presented that provides a basis for judgments concerning the efficiency of academic staff utilization, the equitable deployment of staff in matrix organizations, the utilization of staff in complex settings such as the professional school, and the assessment of spare, reallocable teaching capacity. (Author/MLW)

Institutional research is discussed as part of a planning, management, and evaluation system. It is suggested that unless it links directly to planning, institutional research will cease to exist as a separate organizational entity in this period of constrained resources. (Author/SF)

Indicators of fund-raising costs and productivity are discussed and trends in fund raising are assessed. It is suggested that less of the educational and general expenditures are going to college and university advancement programs, but that gift-dollar costs remain constant. (Author/SF)

The testimony of Robert G. Gillespie before the House Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology is presented concerning a bill to establish a national commission to study the scientific and technological implications of information technology in education. (SF)

For all three school district wealth groups examined, the results suggest that collective bargaining activity is exerting pressure on school administrators to expand the level of the total operating budgets by increasing district taxation. Collective bargaining is significantly related to higher expenditure within the teacher salary area.…

This article reports secondary school results from a national survey questioning art educators on supply expenditures per student by grade, supplementary financial arrangements, access to materials, actual and ideal financial support for art, and program quality. Elementary school survey results were reported in the October, 1978 issue of this…

The growth of Black political strength in Richmond, Virginia in the 1960s and the attempt to maintain White control of the city by the annexation of suburban areas are discussed. (Author/RLV)

Education will get a higher ranking in national priorities only through showing that schools are accountable, productive, and necessary to society and the economy. (Author/MLF)