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1. A Locally Created ERM: How and Why We Did It (EJ809268)
Author(s):
Doering, William; Chilton, Galadriel
Source:
Computers in Libraries, v28 n8 p6, 46-48 Sep 2008
Pub Date:
2008-09-00
Pub Type(s):
Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Peer-Reviewed:
No
Descriptors: Academic Libraries; Higher Education; Budgeting; Retrenchment; Database Management Systems; Database Design; Online Vendors; Electronic Mail; Librarians
Abstract: The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Murphy Library provides access to approximately 200 subscription databases. As with many academic libraries, methods and tools for managing these resources were sorely needed. However, the budget has been cut repeatedly over the past few years--thus the possibility of purchasing a commercial electronic resource management (ERM) system was a pipe dream at the very best. In this article, the authors describe how Microsoft Access was used to develop a basic, effective, and inexpensive ERM that is freely available for others to use (http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/erm). The niche for this ERM is likely to be smaller libraries and libraries that cannot afford or that choose not to purchase a commercial ERM. This ERM may also serve as an interim management system until purchased ERMs function better and are worth their large price tags. (Contains 1 chart and 1 table.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
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2. Hard Times Hit Schools (EJ808792)
McNeil, Michele
Education Week, v28 n1 p1, 16-17 Aug 2008
2008-08-27
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Legislation; Educational Finance; Budgeting; Retrenchment; Economic Climate; Lunch Programs; Fuel Consumption; Bus Transportation; School Districts; Job Layoff; Public Education
Abstract: Hard-to-grasp dollar amounts are forcing real cuts in K-12 education at a time when the cost of fueling buses and providing school lunches is increasing and the demands of the federal No Child Left Behind Act still loom larger over states and districts. "One of the real challenges is to continue progress in light of the economy," said Gale Gaines, the vice president for state services for the Atlanta-based Southern Regional Education Board, a nonpartisan consortium with 16 member states. That may be a difficult task in the dozen states--including Alabama, Kentucky, Rhode Island, and Nevada--that have made targeted cuts to certain education programs, according to a June report by the Denver-based National Conference of State Legislatures. The NCSL found that 31 states reported budget gaps, ranging from $10 million in Hawaii to $2 billion in Arizona--nearly 20 percent of that state's general-fund budget. The report also predicted that state budget situations would get worse, and those predictions are proving to be correct. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
3. Districts Cut Back Busing, Seek Ways to Save Energy (EJ808791)
Aarons, Dakarai I.
Descriptors: Bus Transportation; Energy Conservation; Energy Management; Energy; School Districts; Job Layoff; Costs; Busing; Administrators; Superintendents; Budgeting; Retrenchment; Faculty Workload; Economic Climate
Abstract: A struggling economy and skyrocketing fuel costs are making their grim presence felt as school districts across the country open their doors. With fewer dollars to spend, everything from teaching positions to bus transportation is on the chopping block. As students go back to school, many will find themselves in more crowded classrooms with texts and technology quickly becoming obsolete, while school officials redirect dollars in hopes of plugging deficits and avoiding massive layoffs. A recent survey of superintendents by the American Association of School Administrators shows school districts are zeroing in on transportation and the use of heating and air conditioning as they attempt to cope with rising energy costs. Cutting or consolidating bus routes was tops among the actions districts said they were taking. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
4. Three Spokane Moms Save Their School Libraries (EJ809946)
Whelan, Debra Lau
School Library Journal, v54 n9 p36-41 Sep 2008
Descriptors: Web Sites; School Libraries; Media Specialists; Boards of Education; Mothers; Advocacy; Financial Support; Libraries; Librarians; Budgeting; Retrenchment; Library Associations; Discussion Groups; School Districts; Legislators; State Legislation
Abstract: In this article, the author reports on how three women saved their school libraries and created an advocacy model for all. The dynamic trio: Lisa Layera Brunkan, the great researcher with exceptional people skills, Susan McBurney, the master organizer with a Ph.D. in linguistics, and Denette Hill, the numbers lady with fantastic business acumen, from Spokane, Washington, began their campaign for funding for school libraries and their fight against any further cuts to librarians by blasting emails to everyone they knew and launching an online petition. Although their efforts to fight against cuts to librarians were rejected by the school board, the three moms expanded their mission and assembled a diverse coalition called the Washington Coalition for School Libraries & Information Technology. They enlisted the help of the Washington Library Media Association to spread the word, posted on Craigslist.org community boards, and reached out to various media outlets. Soon after, they unveiled one of their most powerful tools: a comprehensive Web site (www.fundourfuturewashington.org), complete with a blog, research, testimonials, and ways to support the cause. What keeps them going is the motivation that stemmed from the discovery that this issue was actually a statewide problem: other school districts across Washington were slashing media specialists' positions and hours. The sense of battling unfairness was the glue that held them together, and a major reason why their campaign avoided the blame game. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
5. A Perfect Storm: Annual School Spending Report (EJ809987)
Pascopella, Angela
District Administration, v44 n10 p36-38, 40, 49-50 Sep 2008
Descriptors: Fuels; Taxes; Elementary Secondary Education; Educational Finance; School Districts; Public Policy; Costs; School District Spending; Administrators; Fuel Consumption; Teacher Salaries; Budgeting; Retrenchment; Enrollment; Public Schools
Abstract: If it was not the worst budget cycle in decades, it was one of the worst for school district administrators trying to juggle union-negotiated salary increases, higher fuel and food prices, and federal mandates with less money, district leaders and education experts say. While most districts have increased budgets for the 2008-2009 school year over last year, the increases do not meet the higher costs of fuel, insurance and food, according to the American Association of School Administrators' (AASA) public policy department members. Few districts will see decreased budgets this year, below the 2007-2008 school year, but if the budget includes fewer funds from the state or local sources, districts still have to make cuts. And if fuel and food costs are higher than budgeted, they have to make more cuts. It is a perfect storm of conditions for districts in part because of the collapse of homeowners' loans and the nation's mortgage fiasco, which lower local property revenues that help fund school district budgets; state money reductions in part due to lower sales tax revenue because consumer spending is low; and districts' own rising costs for fuel and food, according to Daniel Domenech, AASA executive director. This article discusses creative ways that some K-12 districts have taken in order to cut and stretch their budget dollars. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
6. Voluntary Cuts: New Tactic to Preserve State Support (EJ815930)
Fain, Paul
Chronicle of Higher Education, v55 n8 pA25 Oct 2008
2008-10-17
Descriptors: State Aid; State Universities; Educational Finance; Retrenchment; Budgeting; Government School Relationship; Efficiency; College Faculty; Productivity; College Administration
Abstract: Budget seasons have been less uncertain at the University System of Maryland, where leaders have taken a different approach: voluntarily paring back costs. Their efforts are paying off, in more ways than one. The cost-savings plan, dubbed the Effectiveness and Efficiency Initiative, begun in 2004, has saved $94-million so far at the 11-campus system, which includes two research institutes and two regional branches. More important, it has also bought the university a heap of good will in Annapolis, the state capital. Before the plan was adopted, says State Sen. Edward J. Kasemeyer, many of his colleagues were skeptical that the university was doing enough to constrain spending. But the grumbling has been replaced by trust and a sense of teamwork, he says. In return, lawmakers have been generous with the system, consistently ponying up for higher costs attributed to enrollment increases. The university has been able to freeze tuition for three years, which has led to backslapping news conferences of university leaders and politicians. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
7. How Colleges Can Keep Strategic Plans on Course in a Stormy Economy (EJ819028)
Chronicle of Higher Education, v55 n9 pA16 Oct 2008
2008-10-24
Descriptors: Strategic Planning; Change Strategies; Institutional Survival; Retrenchment; Higher Education
Abstract: This article provides suggestions on how colleges can keep strategic plans on course in a stormy economy. These are: (1) Move quickly; (2) Develop contingencies; (3) Be flexible; (4) Make hard choices; and (5) Recognize opportunities.
8. Their Budgets Slashed, Public Colleges Share the Pain with a Glut of Applicants (EJ822627)
Mangan, Katherine
Chronicle of Higher Education, v55 n14 pA1 Nov 2008
2008-11-28
Descriptors: Financial Problems; Public Colleges; Educational Finance; College Faculty; Budgeting; Retrenchment; Enrollment; Unemployment; Financial Exigency; Community Colleges; Career Change; College Applicants; Anxiety
Abstract: This article reports that as students flock to public two-year and four-year colleges amid an ailing economy, they find the colleges struggling with financial problems of their own. Midyear budget cuts are forcing many institutions to lay off faculty members, cut course sections, and freeze enrollment. Rising unemployment, slumping values of stocks and home equity, and tightening credit markets are adding to student anxiety. And when laid-off workers turn to community colleges to brush up on skills or switch careers, they often find that the classes they need are full. [For companion record, see EJ822626. These articles appear under the banner "Rising Enrollments Buoy Some Colleges, Burden Others" in this volume/issue.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
9. Think inside the Clock (EJ823295)
Crawford, Marilyn
Phi Delta Kappan, v90 n4 p251-255 Dec 2008
2008-12-00
Descriptors: Educational Indicators; Federal Programs; Budgeting; Retrenchment; Educational Change; Professional Development; School Schedules; Time on Task; Block Scheduling; High School Students; Individualized Education Programs; Administrators
Abstract: The largest issue for schools is not extending the school day or year--as useful as those policies might be--but of meeting time requirements within the constraints of the budgets and personnel given them. Policy makers rarely understand how their policies impact practice. Author Marilyn Crawford suggests a policy-talks-to-practice strategy that can close that gap. (Contains 1 endnote.)
10. To Cut Costs, Ought Colleges Look to For-Profit Models? (EJ803887)
Blumenstyk, Goldie
Chronicle of Higher Education, v54 n40 pA19 Jun 2008
2008-06-13
Descriptors: Higher Education; Paying for College; Costs; Retrenchment; Salaries; College Faculty; Colleges
Abstract: It's not just the climbing walls and the salaries for star professors driving up the cost of college. In some cases, costs go up because the culture and management of traditional institutions are simply not structured to promote efficiency and savings. At for-profit colleges, it's a different story. There, the "incentives to save money are centralized." As a result, several for-profit colleges employ strategies rarely used by traditional institutions--such as paying instructors by the student rather than the class--that help them make money. In this era of tight budgets and growing national scrutiny of rising college costs, might some of the same bottom-line practices work as cost-cutting approaches for nonprofit colleges? This article looks at three strategies that help for-profit colleges succeed financially and in some cases pedagogically--strategies that might reduce costs in traditional higher education. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
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