Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- TABLES AND FIGURES -- Figures -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Chapter One THE COSTS OF EDUCATION -- PURPOSE, PROCESS AND PRACTICE -- COSTS AND DEFINITIONS -- Chapter Two EDUCATION AND THE ECONOMY -- CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES -- EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC INTER-DEPENDENCIES -- ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS -- THE FUTURE OF WORK AND EDUCATION -- EDUCATION, TRAINING - INVESTMENT, CONSUMPTION -- Chapter Three DISTRIBUTING RESOURCES -- FOUR TERRITORIES OF DECISION -- CENTRAL GOVERNMENT -- LOCAL AUTHORITY -- LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY -- INSTITUTIONS -- Chapter Four RESOURCES AND THE CURRICULUM -- A DYNAMIC CURRICULUM -- THE DOMINANCE OF THE RATIOS - PTR AND SSR -- MANAGING THE CURRICULUM WITH PTR AND SSR -- SSR AND THE COLLEGE CURRICULUM -- PTR AND THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM -- INFLATING AND PROTECTING THE CURRICULUM -- THE CURRICULUM AND OTHER RESOURCES -- THE EDUCATIONAL-RESOURCE INTERACTION -- Chapter Five TEACHERS AS A RESOURCE -- MATCHING STAFF TO THE CURRICULUM -- SELECTING, TRAINING AND DEVELOPING STAFF -- USING THE RESOURCE -- PAYING FOR TEACHERS -- Chapter Six RESOURCES, PLANNING AND THE INSTITUTIONS -- CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES -- FLEXIBILITY -- PLANNING -- MANAGEMENT CONTROL -- 'VALUE FOR MONEY' CONSIDERATIONS -- Chapter Seven CONTRACTION, PRIVATIZATION AND OTHER CHOICES -- POLITICAL CHOICES -- COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PRIVATIZATION -- PRISONERS OF DECISION-MAKING -- THE EXPANSION OF EDUCATION -- INDEX