This discussion of geriatric rehabilitation stresses the importance of holistic and permanent rehabilitation with a fluent transition from the acute phase to the rehabilitation phase under one specialist's care and in one institution. Recommendations include mixed age groups in one ward; systematic education of relatives; follow-up rehabilitation…

Family and consumer scientists can assist people with effective resource management during stages of divorce. Different resource issues arise at different stages: when contemplating transition to single life, during the legal process of divorce, and in the post-divorce adjustment. (SK)

Discusses the instructional design process when an additional need is identified in the middle of a project that has already been geared to another need. Topics include determining how critical the additional need is; resources available, including budget impact; time factors; and client satisfaction. (LRW)

Describes how leaders and instructors in the Art Department of Longview Community College in Kansas City, Missouri, found a solution to incorporating a desired renovation feature (a sink in the ceramics and clay studio) within budget constraints. (EV)

Offers benchmarks to help campuses evaluate their efforts in supplying information technology (IT) services. The first three help understand the IT budget, the next three provide insight into staffing levels and emphases, and the seventh relates to the pervasiveness of institutional infrastructure. (EV)

Presents four steps that PTAs can use in developing a budget: determine the programs and projects to be carried out for the coming year; make realistic estimates of how much each will cost and how they will be funded; seek approval from the board and membership; and establish a system for keeping track of how well the projected budget is matching…

At the Elwood School District in Huntington, New York, administrators found it was actually a more efficient use of school resources to set aside plans for a gifted program in favor of offering enrichment activities for all students. (MLF)

The top 100 colleges and universities in total federal obligations for fiscal 1989 are ranked, with total dollar amounts of federal aid listed. Altogether the institutions will receive almost $9.5 billion of the $15.5 billion allocated to all institutions. (MSE)

Describes a statistical model that can be used to compute an institution's expected enrollment yield and an average discount to obtain a net tuition and fees forecast for the coming year; using this information, resource allocation decisions can be made earlier and with confidence. (EV)

The authors argue that people's tendency to diversify their allocations of money and consumption choices over alternatives gives rise to decisions that vary systematically with the subjective grouping of available options. These subjective groupings are influenced by subtle variations in the presentation of options or elicitation of preferences.…

Forming the intention to complete an activity later is the standard definition of a prospective memory task. Recently, a debate has arisen concerning the degree to which near-term intentions usurp resources away from other ongoing activities. In four experiments the authors tested how much interference was caused by holding a variety of different…

Mathematical procedures that promise an envy-free, equitable, and efficient solution to distributional conflicts have received widespread attention. Two fair-division mechanisms, adjusted Knaster and proportional Knaster, which are similar to the well-known adjusted-winner procedure, are compared with the less fair divide-and-choose mechanism.…

In this article, the author discusses the incentive system in German higher education. He states that the underdeveloped incentive and management mechanisms in German higher education result in mistaken allocations in the higher education system in general and in some individual institutions in particular. He believes that the only way to optimize…

Increases in college tuition have long outpaced growth in family income--in effect, placing higher education out of reach for an increasing number of American families. Economic factors account for that trend, but also ensure that it cannot be sustained much longer.

To address the economic crisis facing the country, the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law on February 17, 2009. This sweeping legislation provides $789 billion to jumpstart the economy and boost employment. This act includes $463 billion in new spending and $326 billion in tax relief directed at those…