Planning Programming Budgeting Systems (PPBS) is a useful management tool for libraries if directed toward service to the library user. The statement of objectives constitutes a foundation for application of PPBS, and guidelines for how to state objectives and goals, and how to handle them are given. A list of sixteen types of questions that…

In response to increasing pressures for improvement in the management of resources, many institutions of higher education have investigated the application of planning- programming- budgeting- systems (PPBS) some have adopted it to meet the demands imposed by jurisdictional agencies, and a few have introduced it frequently in modified form into…

This is a proposal submitted by the Ohio State University Research Foundation for design of a planning and assessment system for the Division of Manpower and Institutions (now Division of Research and Development Resources), U.S. Office of Education. It responds to a need for an expanded planning, management, and assessment system that would…

An innovative health program arrangement between the University of Maine at Presque Isle and a local hospital is described. The program served to provide cost effective health services for the university and outpatient clinic space for the hospital. (DS)

Describes a procedure that establishes transportation contract service rates without the time and anguish of long meetings. (Author/MLF)

A basic look at zero base budgeting and some of the reasons for its use in education. (Author)

The economic equivalency index (EEI) is a statistical construct used for quantifying the value of leisure experiences to the individual and is a potentially valuable tool in justifying leisure service expenditures in park and recreation systems. (MJB)

Maintenance budgets in Seattle's neighborhood park system have been kept low through a program of work contracting that delegates routine park maintenance responsibilities to workers hired part time by the local neighborhood committees. (MJB)

The Student Health Service at SUNY/Stonybrook overcame underfunding difficulties by cooperative programs with the school of medicine (staff and materials), student participation (technical, clerical, and administrative) and campus health consumer groups (counseling, ambulance club, health store), at no cost, or low cost, to the university. (MJB)

Presents a dramatic scenario involving a legislative budget committee hearing to illustrate the often conflicting demands for program accountability and student development confronting student services departments at colleges and universities. (Author/NB)

The survey of deaf service centers in eight southeastern states looked at how these centers were established; what services they typically provide; their staffing component; the size of their operating budgets; and what unavailable services deaf people most frequently need. (Author/DB)

Reviews congressional debate concerning the 1977 National Science Foundation proposed budget. Reports major congressional debate centered on the proposed funding for the Science for Citizens program. (SL)

Multiple funding creates special management problems for the administrator of a human service agency. This article presents a useful analytic technique adapted from business practice that can help the administrator draw up and balance a unified budget. Such a budget also affords reliable overview of the agency's financial status. (Author)

Although the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), in operation for 5 years, has made rapid progress in reducing the number of children in the United States without health insurance coverage, pending reductions in federal funding, the expected reversion of SCHIP funds back to the U.S. Treasury, and growing state budget crises will…

The three-part book takes a critical look at the rise and fall of management fads in higher education since the 1960s. Part 1 introduces the fad concept and analyzes the development of seven new management systems in higher education. The chapters for Part 1 include: Chapter 1 "Seeking the Grail: The Never-Ending Quest"; chapter 2…