An attempt to clarify some of the meanings and implications of the new vocabulary as it now impinges upon not only our everyday lives but also upon the decisions we make and those which are made for us. (Author)

Continuous change in education is requiring educational administrators to plan for the distant future with as much precision as they now do for the immediate future. Recently, major advances in the planning-budgeting process have become available to educators in the form of PPBS. Fiduciary budgets, which have been used in most schools since the…

The planning program described here focuses on the value of the planning process itself, and emphasizes that planning done by groups offers greater flexibility, creativity, and information than can be provided by a single individual. At the same time, the program stresses the importance of the planning activity as a central library function. The…

The author suggests how to plan, evaluate, and budget for training programs through the use of checklists, and how to establish criteria to judge results while training is in progress. (MF)

PPBS (Planning, Programming, Budgeting System) is applied to a medium sized information service. The overall objectives of the service, and the particular objectives of each activity are defined; and the method of allocating costs shown. (2 references) (Author)

Outlined here are the major objectives and components of zero-base budgeting, along with suggested steps for implementing key aspects of it in schools. (Author)

This research examined the funding request process whereby higher education institutions seek financial support from state government. The study tested whether a model based on state goals and priorities for higher education could distinguish a funded request from an unfunded request. The research was qualitative and followed a comparative case…

This issue of "Legislative Review" takes a look at the news in higher education from April 27 to May 8, 2009. This Legislative Review reports that: (1) SB 2003, the North Dakota University System (NDUS) budget bill, was approved by Governor Hoeven and the 2009 Legislative Assembly; (2) several major capital projects included in the State…

Developed during World War II, the systems approach evolved rapidly after the war into several new phases, one of which is program budgeting. There is no clear set of rules constructed along do-it-yourself lines associated with the systems approach. There are, however, general procedures which are to be followed. The first step, defining the…

A program budget is an alternative to the traditional line-item budget. Such a budget would interpret the expenditures of the school system in terms of the programs the school system provides rather than in terms of the resources it utilizes. This report outlines a structure for such a Program Budget System (PBS) in the Worcester, Massachusetts,…

A survey of 125 school systems in the United States was conducted to investigate methodologies used for developing needs assessment programs at a local level. Schools were asked to reply to a questionnaire which attempted to detail and identify how needs assessment programs are set up, what methodologies are employed, the number of resultant…

This booklet is a simplified guide for program planning and is intended to complement a somewhat lengthier companion booklet on program evaluation. It spells out in outline fashion the basic elements and steps involved in the planning process. Brief sections focus in turn on different phases of the planning process, including problem…

President Carter's approach to financial management is discussed as it applies to the trend of returning greater numbers of exceptional children to the instructional mainstream. (SBH)