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Peer reviewedHanda, Madan; Skolnik, Michael – Educational Planning, 1975
Suggests that economic studies, insofar as they have for the past decade concentrated on the importance of rate-of-return analysis, have not contributed much to guide public policy decision-making. (Author)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textTuscher, Leroy J. – 1973
The purpose of the study was to provide "baseline" data for determining the feasibility of further investigation into the use of quantitive judgmental data in evaluating school programs for determining program budget allocations. The specific objectives were to: 1) Apply a Cost-Utility Model to a "real world" situation in a public secondary…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Nutter, Roger V.; And Others – 1979
A study was conducted to develop a cost management control procedure to assist Navy managers in making decisions about initial training development and implementation in surface ship acquisition programs. Objectives were (1) develop and illustrate a cost management control procedure for centralized collection, storage, and control of cost data for…
Descriptors: Administration, Case Studies, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Cerrito, August E. – 1973
The purpose of this handbook is to help clarify some of the procedural aspects leading to implementation of a program budgeting system and thereby assist those boards of education and administrators contemplating installation of program budgeting and, ultimately, a comprehensive program, planning, budgeting, system within their districts. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Boards of Education, Budgeting, Budgets
Simpson, William A. – 1984
A procedure for developing a costing model is described. Limitations of a cost analysis are also reviewed, with attention to the problems of handling joint products, obtaining accurate faculty effort data, measuring educational outputs, and calculating marginal costs. A researcher charged with developing a costing model is faced with the task of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Instruction, Cost Estimates, Decision Making
Lundy, Harold W. – 1985
The way that planning tools can be used to evaluate the economic consequences of implementing new academic programs at Grambling State University (GSU) is considered. The focus is projecting cost behavior for planning and decision making. The following planning tools are examined: cost-volume-revenue analysis, cost behavior analysis and least…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Planning, College Programs, Cost Estimates
Frances, Carol; And Others – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1987
This handbook is intended to assist governing boards of higher education institutions in using key indicators (quantitative or qualitative information that describes the condition of some aspect of the institution) to: evaluate the strategic position of their institutions, compare the institution to its peers, and monitor changes in its condition…
Descriptors: College Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Finance
