Describes a planning and accounting system that has resulted in improved costing and planning in a mental health clinic. (Author)

The conversion of catalog records to machine-readable form is described. The conversion system is outlined. Conversion costs and actual and contemplated results are listed. (Author/NH)

The author attacks present school systems as hindrances to education, arguing that everyone has a right to an equal part of a nation's educational budget. One solution he proposes is to offer everyone an equal share of public resources by providing both children and adults with one month of intensive education each year, and supplementing this…

Earnings of 604 participants in Neighborhood Youth Corps programs in five urban areas of Indiana and of 166 eligible nonparticipants (the control group) were examined in this benefit-cost analysis showing that to increase earnings of individual participants, the optimum strategy was to encourage dropouts to remain in the program as long as…

This article, adapted from doctoral dissertation entitled "Cost-Benefit Analysis in a University Setting: The Housing of Students," discusses the use of a systems approach where students are housed in various facilities: nonuniversity apartments, fraternities or cooperatives. (IR)

A special interview in which Dr. William H. Curtis, project director of the Research Corporation of the Association of School Business Officials, tells about the progress of the project and the problems encountered. (CT)

"...enrollment had the greatest degree of relationship with current-student-cost per contact-hour. Although this was an inverse relationship, it was significantly great enought to be a contributing factor." Other facters were administrative expense and expense for operation of plant, instructional expense, and rental of buildings.…

A summary of the financial aspects of library system operation, based on financial data extracted from the Public Library Association's "Public Library Systems in the United States: A Survey of Multijurisdictional Systems. (JB)

Discusses a study by researchers at Columbia University's Teachers College that studied patterns of costs and financing in adult education and training. The objective was to describe the total dollar cost by sponsor type and identify the proportion of total cost covered by various sources. (JOW)

Nursing administrators can minimize promotion trauma and its unnecessary cost by building awareness of the transition process, clarifying roles and expectations, and attending to the promoted employee's needs. This article will help nursing administrators develop a concept of manager care combined with programs for orientation of new managers,…