The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 was premised upon a fundamental but doubtful analogy between race discrimination and age discrimination. The law is thus inconsistent, confusing, divisive, and poses practical problems regarding interpretation, enforcement, and resource allocation. (Author/GC)

Criticizes the National Science Foundation (NSF) for funding research for which the American public, the author holds, would not approve the expenditure of its taxes. Gives examples of NSF funded projects that either duplicate existing knowledge, provide relatively unimportant information, or potentially bias future policy. (GC)

Provides a point-by-point rebuttal of John M. Ashbrook's article (UD 508 063) which criticized the social science research funding practices of the National Science Foundation. (GC)

There is limited evidence that districts are able to provide more Title I services when they are given greater discretion in the intradistrict allocation of Title I funds. (Author/IRT)

Max Roach and the author discuss Roach's efforts to gain recognition of the complexity and importance of American musical forms, particularly jazz, by American university music departments. In addition, Roach describes his approach to marketing his music, an approach which avoids the economic exploitation often suffered by American jazz musicians.…

Investigates the extent to which kindergarten children (mean age 5.8 years) allocate their processing resources selectively to the relevant components of a visual array. (MP)

Looks critically at the British concept of community education and at the values and assumptions which appear to underlie it, and calls for greater consideration of the value judgments and the political implications involved, before scarce resources are diverted from adult to community education. (Editor/TA)

Reviews macro and micro issues in determining research priorities for nursing education. Illustrates how decisions can be shaped by such ethical principles as caring, utility, justice, and faithfulness. Considers distributive justice as a guide for resource allocation. (SK)

Studied the perceptions of chief financial and information officers of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software implementation best practices. Usable responses from 159 respondents show consensus for the most part between the perceptions of the two groups and describe some best practices that represent common ground. (SLD)

The traditional view that an activity's comparative impact on collective welfare ought to guide resource allocation is refuted. A paradigm of a multisystem society with the non-fungibility of investment resources an essential issue in project appraisal is presented. (SLD)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association revenues and expenditures are summarized and the percentage changes from 1988 to 1989 are tabulated. (MSE)

Reviews evidence and argues for view that managerial pay allocations are influenced by degree of dependent on subordinate and by threats to that dependent. Explores issues of managerial discretion and pay allocation and pay as a means of managing dependencies. Identifies major sources of objective and subjective dependence on subordinates.…

The article stresses the value of recognizing that the most important educational resource is the human resource of teachers, parents, and children and of involving these people in all aspects of the special educational program. (DB)

A sequel to an earlier article about the first round of Dutch retrenchment in higher education looks at the response to the second round, with the introduction of the concept of selective retrenchment and growth, a new approach to resource allocation. (Author/MSE)

Discusses the cost-billing procedures implemented by a private company library. Formulae for billing are explained in the context of provision of commercial services at competitive market prices within a balanced budget. (JKP)