This book explores the resource allocation process in contemporary private research universities through six richly detailed case studies. It includes an extensive discussion of historical approaches to university resource allocation. The cases are based on in-depth interviews with university presidents, provosts, deans financial officers, and department chairs. The evolution of university resource allocation systems is discussed in relation to institutional history, mission, culture, priorities, leadership, and prevailing financial condition.

Contents:
1. Children's rights and adult's responsibilities: reinterpreting educational ethics 2. Four and five year old children's understanding of time and the future 3. Future studies: a catalyst for social and eductional change 4. Future studies and early childhood education 5. Applying future concerns to the early childhood curriculum 6. Applying future values to the early childhood curriculum 7. Early childhood professionals as agents of change