All state-supported two- and four-year institutions in Tennessee and a sample of nine other southern states were surveyed. Responses from 84 of 95 indicated that salaries for noncredit instructors were determined largely by course-related factors and credentials; written guidelines could strengthen policy unless developed narrowly; and a sliding…

Based on one educator's interactions with writing center personnel over the past dozen years--and not based on empirical research--the following are among the most common perceptions that writing center personnel hold with regard to central administration: (1) central administration prefers to keep writing centers powerless and marginalized; (2)…

California's many school districts vary widely in makeup but all of them share certain characteristics. This booklet gives a synopsis of how these districts manage their educational dollars. An overview of California's schools, looks at enrollment figures, profiles of students, the distribution of district revenue, and categorical aid. The booklet…

Horizontal vs. vertical cuts, that is the key question. Faculties favor the horizontal (put us all in the same boat), but the deep vertical cut (e.g. staff and program reduction) is, the author argues, most likely to cure an institutional illness. (Editor/JT)

The purpose of this bibliography is to help researchers and practitioners in higher education to locate relevant literature concerning the problem of linking planning with budgeting in the administration of higher education. Citations from the separate literature on planning and budgeting were selected according to how well they demonstrate the…

Administrators in higher education feel mounting pressure to link planning and budgeting as resources become more scarce and environments more uncertain. Instead of turning to theoretically prescribed planning/budgeting systems as solutions, microeconomics provides a means of thinking about individual consumption that helps shed light on the…

This document, in tabular form, is a summary, by state and project location of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII grant award totals for 1975. Data presented for each project includes: project location and name of local educational agency, Office of Education grant number, previous years in force, number of years negotiated,…

During 1974-76 the campus of the State University of New York at Albany engaged in an elaborate decision-making process that resulted in the phasing out of some academic programs and the loss of many faculty and staff. To comply with externally mandated budget reductions the university found it necessary to set priorities among its programs and to…

This is the summary report of a study conducted to measure the impact of the cutbacks necessitated by Proposition 13 on the availability and quality of vocational education in California, recommend reforms in the priority-setting process for vocational education given reduced levels of support, and recommend changes in regulations and/or…

This book offers an independent analysis of the New York City education budget for 1981 by the Educational Priorities Panel (EPP). It represents an alternative to the mayor's budget, which calls for $89 million in cuts, and the board of education budget. The first two chapters contain background information on the EPP and an explanation of the…

This document explains the West Virginia system of continuing education, describes the role of West Virginia in the Four State Project for staff development, and provides a list of resource documents available in the West Virginia Department of Education. In the first section an abstract of the program is presented along with a discussion of the…