The national reclamation program was to encourage people to settle on the land, to enable them to own the land they farmed, and to spread the benefit of subsidized irrigation water to as many independent farm families as possible. The San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project, the largest pumped water diversion and water storage project, was…

Surveys of educational needs have revealed an under-supply of teachers trained to teach handicapped students. In 1969 Pennsylvania State University founded a program to instruct teachers in curriculum development and the delivery of services for handicapped students. Since the aim of the program was to develop a model to deliver such instruction…

This paper describes a study that calculated program costs for bilingual education programs operating in New Mexico school districts during 1974-75 and compared those costs to costs for regular educational programs. Data were collected through a survey of all 88 public school districts in New Mexico. Per-pupil program costs for the regular school…

Cost-income studies are designed to serve two functions in instructional program evaluation. First, they act as the indicator of the economic value of a program. This economic value in conjunction with the other educational values needed in program evaluation allow for the most realistic appraisal of program worth. Second, if the studies show a…

Presented is a systematic approach for analyzing cost effectiveness of gifted and talented educational programs in terms of categorizing funds, prorating expenditures, designing a data collection form, determining cost effectiveness, and considering multiple variable implications. All costs are reported to be subsumed under six major categories:…

To ascertain the actual cost of an honors program for any given year at Alcorn State University, two methods were used: cost per student, and the cost per credit hour. The cost per student can be a misleading figure and that is particularly apparent when used in conjunction with the cost per credit hour. For example, in 1975-76 the cost per honor…

Under power equalization, local school tax revenues would be supplemented with State aid in such a way that all school districts that levy the same local tax rate would receive from State and local sources combined the same total income per pupil. To accomplish this the State would supplement local tax collections in low wealth school districts…

In the controversy regarding the relationship of the cost per student to the size of the school, some argue that economics of scale exist while others insist that they do not. The purpose of this study was to estimate the net relationship between the enrollment size of an area vocational technical school and the expenditures per student. The…

Since the State of Maryland does not provide funds for the construction of dormitories, dining halls, student activities, buildings, and similar ancillary services, an outline of cost responsibilities for such facilities in the state college system is presented. Based on a discussion of the financing methods for ancillary projects, the role of the…

A report entitled "Resources of Canadian Academic and Research Libraries," by Robert B. Downs, (ED 019 095) was the subject of conference held in Montreal, in April 1968, sponsored by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries. This document consists of two key…

In the past decade institutions have been troubled with problems of increasing enrollment and increasing expenditures. This study proposes to identify common cost patterns as a guideline in determining approach to full utilization of resources. This research will assist government policy makers to identify institutional educational resource…

A symposium was held in 1971 at Syracuse University on the topic of measuring library effectiveness. The first speaker, Allen Hershfield, introduced the topic with emphasis on the importance and critical need for measurements of library effectiveness. The next speaker, Ernest DeProspo, was concerned with methodological problems and the relation…

Guidelines and forms used in staff and development efforts in Florida's public community colleges are provided. Following these are a tabulation and brief summary of the staff and program development activities at each of the community colleges. After the title and a brief description of each program, the following types of information are coded…

In light of current cutbacks in funds for college Speech Departments, intercollegiate forensic competition activities should be ended, a move which would result in savings that can be applied to retaining current faculty, salary levels, and other necessities. Intraumural and community-related speaking opportunities can be provided to replace…

According to the weighted pupil philosophy, the essence of equal educational opportunity is not in providing equal amounts of funds for the education of each child, but in providing the varying amounts of funds needed to insure a financial basis for giving each child an equal opportunity to obtain an education which meets his needs. This paper…