FINANCING EDUCATION IN A TIME OF DECLINING ENROLMENTS

Authors

  • Peter J. Atherton Brock University

Abstract

Analysing the problems threatening education systems in a time of sharply declining enrolments, Dean Atherton is concerned to propose ways and means both to main tain the system at a reduced level and also to cushion the financial shocks. For the first he examines various devices for retaining teachers in employment, rather than releasing them only to rehire later when elementary enrolment climbs again, in eight years' time. For the second he proposes a combination of some tinkering with present formulas, and a more fundamental change in the basis of financing, that would be grounded, not on enrolment figures, but on those programs that a system decides to be basic to its offerings.

Author Biography

Peter J. Atherton, Brock University

A graduate of the Department of Educational Administration of the University of Alberta, Peter J. Atherton has taught and published in the area of Educational Finance for a number of years. He is currently Dean of the College of Education, Brock University, and is serving on the Educational Finance Task Force of the Ontario Commission on Declining Enrolments.

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Published

1978-01-01

How to Cite

Atherton, P. J. (1978). FINANCING EDUCATION IN A TIME OF DECLINING ENROLMENTS. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 13(001). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7175

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Vol. 13 No. 001 (1978)

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