A regional approach to Federal aid and grant consolidation provides the best management system for the nation's educational resources. (RA)

This article appeared in the Fall, 1968, "Journal of Outdoor Education , under another title.

Speech given before the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (22nd, Chicago, Ill., Feb. 1969)

As background to a series of articles on the effects of disarmament on employment, the author assesses the present importance of armaments industries in the world economy, including the number of people directly or indirectly employed in military equipment production and services. He also discusses employment problems posed by disarmament.…

Intended for college level geography courses, this game simulates the division and trade of world resources. These resources include all essential tangible and intangible elements--e.g., food, energy, technology, and political concessions--that are negotiated or exchanged on world commercial and political markets. Instructions for designing game…

Describes the management planning and control system (MPCS) model for handling program cutbacks (reverse resource allocation), which incorporates elements of zero base budgeting, goal programing, and the effectiveness evaluation-resource allocation process. Applies MPCS to cutbacks at the College of Business Administration at the University of…

Research findings suggest at least ten guidelines for the practice of school system budgeting. (Author/MLF)

Examines the determinants of power and budget allocations on two campuses of a large, state university system. Faculty positions and budget allocations were a function of student enrollment and departmental power, and departmental power was related to the amount of a department's grant and contract funds as well as to its enrollment. (Author/IRT)

A superintendent offers suggestions on what school districts should and should not do to increase the effectiveness of the schools during a time of reduced financing. (IRT)

A comprehensive view of resource allocation requires the realization that educational resources are nonhomogeneous, can be allocated in meaningful ways at different levels and by different decision makers, and can be substituted for one another within certain boundaries. Students determine whether resources are actually used to produce educational…

Presents a procedure for determining the optimal number of conditions to use in multifaceted measurement designs when resource constraints are imposed. The procedure is illustrated for the case in which the costs per condition vary within the same facet. (Author)

Many college relations and recruitment professionals calculate a few basic metrics to track and adjust their activities, or to demonstrate to senior management their success or need for additional resources and support. Suggests that there are far more telling ways for college relations and recruitment professionals to find out if they are getting…