Article evaluates the impact of the National Institute for Pedagogical Research (INRP) on the French educational system. The role of the INRP is not to produce curricula or approve textbooks but to provide materials used by the Minister of Education. One of the INRP's programs, seminars for teachers, is discussed at some length. (RB)

Legislation that passed and died in the 99th Congress is outlined, including acts concerning curriculum and related programs, research, foreign students, faculty and other personnel policies, public agencies, presidential libraries, tax reform, the G.I. Bill, and graduate medical education. (MSE)

Examines the consequences for housing assistance to the elderly of shifting from current income eligibility criteria to a permanence of poverty standard. A multivariate model of the probability of being permanently poor shows the elderly to have disproportionately high probabilities of persistent need. (Author/JAC)

Explains the need to reexamine volunteer programs in light of budgetary problems now found within corrections. Describes two contemporary volunteer programs and uses data pertaining to these programs to further clarify the current status and possible future directions of correctional voluntarism. (JAC)

Considers the problem of allocation resources among various locations in an information system where phases of a process are carried out. Approach taken combines queueing theory and dynamic programming. (JB)

Sources of aid and assistance for Jews in an urban American city were examined. (NQ)

The effects of health insurance coverage on resource allocation to hospitals is analyzed. (BH)

This paper introduces the concept of a behavioral externality and relates it to the decisionmaking process in decentralized organizations. (Author)

The survey described indicated that most libraries are already spending some monies on staff development, continuing education and professional growth, with costs distributed throughout the budget. However, the continuing education of the staff is seldom thought of as a subsystem of the total library system. (8 references) (NH)

Discusses methods of allocating an educational budget. Alternative avenues of expenditure on post secondary education are treated as investment projects and their benefit-cost ratios are compared. (Author)

Characterizes the essential habits of mind and scholarly needs of humanists as these affect issues in acquisition, allocation of funds, book preservation, computerization, and problems of access to and use of collections. (Author/FM)

The effectiveness of using a computer to identify problems, allocate resources, and plan expansion in recreational programs is discussed. (JD)