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Erin N. Spencer; Mia Ocean; Matt Saboe; Simon Condliffe; Keith Hazen – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
U.S. rural community colleges serve approximately 3.4 million students, yet there is very little research on these institutions. We conducted a mulitple case study to develop a typology of rural community college locations. We gathered and analyzed publicly available data (n = 25) and private institutional data (n = 6) and conducted in-person…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Rural Schools, Off Campus Facilities, Classification
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Pomson, Alex; Gonshor Cohen, Frayda; Mattenson, Pearl; Rotem, Zohar – Journal of Jewish Education, 2020
This paper is a first effort to systematically document programmatic interventions in five of the ten communities participating in The Jewish Teen Education & Engagement Funder Collaborative, a joint philanthropic effort launched in 2013. The paper identifies patterns and trends reflected in the programmatic choices made by each community. It…
Descriptors: Jews, Judaism, Intervention, Adolescents
Valdez, Erin Davis; Borrego, Jorge – American Enterprise Institute, 2022
Texas State Technical College (TSTC) single mission is graduating students who can go on to attain higher-paying jobs. The state's funding formula was specifically designed to hold TSTC accountable to accomplish this mission. Texas statute stipulates that TSTC will offer "courses of study in technical-vocational education for which there is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Institutional Mission, Salaries
Paris, Benjamin; Hall, Jamie – Heritage Foundation, 2023
Many welfare programs give greater benefits to unmarried individuals than to a married couple of otherwise identical income. The resulting marriage penalty discourages marriage and rewards single parenthood. Combined marriage penalties across federal and state welfare programs can reach tens of thousands of dollars per year for a given family. One…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Barriers, Preschool Education, Federal Aid
Melnicoe, Hannah; Koedel, Cory; Ramanathan, Arun – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2019
Voters in Marin County have long been willing to pass parcel taxes to fund their schools. In 2016, taxes faced unprecedented opposition from local activists; taxes in Kentfield and Mill Valley were defeated or passed by previously unheard-of narrow margins, respectively. What changed? This case study uses district financial and demographic data as…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Finance Reform, Taxes, Retirement Benefits
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Connor J. Fewell; Michael E. Hess; Charles L. Lowery – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2019
This single case study examined the perceptions of William L. "Bill" Phillis, the Executive Director of the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding, concerning an unconstitutional funding model, subsequent sociopolitical barriers, and their impact on students and school districts from underprivileged socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Equity (Finance), Case Studies, Models
Kissel, Julie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of the study was to understand the institutional forces that constructed and shaped the function, nature of funding, and governance of Washtenaw Community College (WCC). This qualitative, historical case study built on organizational theory used archival research to identify themes and the institutional building blocks for the junior…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Community Colleges, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Caruso, Emily; Schunko, Christoph; Corbera, Esteve; Ruiz Mallén, Isabel; Vogl, Christian R.; Martin, Gary; Arrázola, Susana; Bandeira, Fábio Pedro; Calvo Boyero, Diana; Camacho Benavides, Claudia; Cardoso, Thiago Mota; Chan-Dzul, Albert; Conde, Esther; del Campo García, Carlos; Huanca, Tomás; Sampaio, José Augusto Laranjeiras; Oliveros Lopez, Sara; Porter-Bolland, Luciana; Ruiz Betancourt, Olga – Journal of Research Practice, 2016
This article explores the relationship between institutional funding for research and community-based or co-enquiry research practice. It examines the implementation of co-enquiry research in the COMBIOSERVE project, which was funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme for research and innovation, between the years 2012 and…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Research, Community Involvement, Inquiry
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Griggs, Gerald – Education 3-13, 2016
In March 2013 the government announced that it was to provide funding to improve provision of Physical Education and sport in primary schools in England. Entitled The Primary Physical Education and Sport Premium, this ring-fenced annual funding has been allocated to schools that are free to choose how the money is spent but are accountable for its…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Physical Education, Funding Formulas, Incentive Grants
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Marsh, Alan J. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
This study explores the funding variations by English local authorities (LAs) in January 2014 for pupils with special educational needs and disability (SEND). Two quintile groups (n = 30) are used for comparing LAs with low and high levels of statements and case studies are presented to further explore the allocations. The research findings…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Special Needs Students, Disabilities, Resource Allocation
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Julien Lafortune; Laura Hill; Niu Gao; Joseph Herrera; Emmanuel Prunty; Darriya Starr; Bruce Fuller; Julian Betts; Karna Malaviya; Jonathan Isler – Grantee Submission, 2023
To address lingering pressures in the aftermath of the pandemic, California public schools received record funding, largely bolstered by nearly $60 billion in federal and state one-time stimulus funds. This report takes a comprehensive look at the allocation and uses of these federal and state educational recovery funds in California.
Descriptors: Expenditures, State Aid, Federal Aid, Pandemics
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Bouillard, Philippe – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2016
Universities are currently under considerable pressure to reach their stakeholders' expectations. Management tools that use strategic plans, key performance indicators and quality assurance methods are increasingly deployed. This paper aims to demonstrate how resource allocation can be aligned with institutional strategic plans with a very simple…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Resource Allocation
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Perry, Robin Ernest – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Although the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) is a specific focus of Stoesz's article, a more expansive and thought-provoking critique is made of the NCWWI within the context of a purported overreliance and dependency on the Children's Bureau, concerns regarding the quality of social work education, and the development of a…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Labor Force Development, Reader Response, Social Work
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Quinn, Rand; Steinberg, Matthew P. – State Education Standard, 2015
Sooner or later, talk of closing achievement gaps turns to education finance--specifically, fixing widespread disparities in school funding within individual states. The difference between the resources that a district needs to educate all students and the amount the district actually spends is called an adequacy gap. The availability and use of…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, State Aid, Achievement Gap
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Opoczynski, Renata – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
While accountability in higher education has been a topic of debate for decades, in recent years the discussions have shifted to emphasize efficiency and economic measures of success. A prominent example of this accountability movement is the increase in popularity of performance funding policies. One of the most recent states to implement…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Performance, Higher Education, Funding Formulas
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