Guidelines are offered for setting priorities on neglected maintenance deficiencies: breaking down the aspects of buildings into various categories, and weightings within these categories; conducting a campus audit; and convincing the administration that the maintenance work recommended is vital to the institution's continued operation.…

Institutional administrators and research specialists must help improve and implement accountability measures if institutions are to retain academic autonomy. Current trends point to increased pressure for public accountability of higher education in the future. (MLW)

A statement of the priorities and purposes of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry to provide a basis for decision making in allocating its funds and resources is provided. Priorities inclue lobbying, maximizing external visibility, identification of funding sources, profession planning, central repository, and internal information…

The dilemma of providing for continued development of new academic programs in the context of severe budgetary constraints is examined. Two curricular planning strategies that provide for academic growth with minimum resource proliferation are detailed--development of umbrella academic programs and creation of curricular aggregates. (AF)

The most dramatic impact of Proposition 13 on California school districts was that the state, in follow-up actions, reduced the number of matters that could be decided locally. (Author/MLF)

This paper argues that program evaluation research should be broadened to deal systematically with the economics of resource use at the level of the individual social service delivery agency. The argument is strengthened by the recognition that input use can be established by the same methods used to measure service delivery. (Author/MV)

A procedure for investigating intradistrict distributions of educational inputs is presented and applied to data for the Philadelphia school district. The relationship among public schools of a large number of inputs and the distribution among the schools of the proportion of blacks and the proportion of low-income pupils is examined. (Author/EC)

This article describes the process of assessing needs in schools by analyzing existing conditions, stating desired goals, recognizing discrepancies between the two, analyzing the discrepancies, setting program objectives, and arriving at major solution procedures. (JD)

This paper summarizes part of the IOM study that determined the average annual education costs per student, for the first professional degree. Colleges of pharmacy, medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, veterinary medicine, podiatry, optometry, and nursing were included. The data are assessed with particular reference to the University of Kentucky.…

Placing the space costs with the operating budget of the college or department enables the administration to see more completely the total cost of the academic program and encourages energy conservation. (Author/MLF)

Based on the authors' experiences in formulating a planning model for Oklahoma State University, this article emphasizes the importance of maintaining both quality and vitality throughout the planning process. All units of the university are encouraged to evaluate their relative merit according to established criteria, and are allowed to compete…

Describes a library fund-raising plan that uses a team approach. Outlines the three phases of planning which focus on assessment, where the organization wants to be, and the means to achieve these goals. Illustrates fund-raising strategies in detail; includes sample planning worksheets, references and further reading. (AEF)

State spending on higher education has risen up to 30% in some states, with much of the new money paying for technology, upgrading community colleges, and providing funds to college shortchanged previously. Only Alaska and Hawaii showed net decreases. Data on 1997-98 dollar appropriations and percentage changes for each state institution and for…

Responses from 601 of 2,190 North Dakota residents in 8 school districts involved in consolidation indicated that community participation has declined in vacated communities. More respondents from vacated communities believed consolidation changed retail sales and number of businesses. Quality of life scores were not significantly different in…

Using New York State data for 1970-94, considers how the teacher salary structures in public school districts have changed and whether salary increases have been allocated to achieve the greatest gain in education quality. Instead of using salary incentives to entice and retain the most able college graduates, most districts have inefficiently…