Fulton County (Georgia) is using construction management for all of its school construction jobs. This strategy allows the board to select a manager purely on the basis of merit and to have more control over subcontractor selection (including selection of more minority contractors) and management. (MLF)

Examines four methods of assessing the cost effectiveness of new technology in school districts. Evaluation methods include teacher self perception surveys and assessments of technology's affects on student learning. (GR)

Data envelopment analysis was used to estimate technical, allocative, scale, and cost efficiency in Queensland institutes of technical and further education in 1992 and 1996, before and after mergers that decreased them from 31 to 16. Substantial improvements occurred in all measures of efficiency. (SK)

Outlines the development of online programs at Empire State College since 1994, when the Center for Learning and Technology was established. Emphasizes the issues and challenges faced by the institution in seeking to provide high-quality, cost-effective distance education. (Author/SK)

Discusses how to use benchmarking as both a quantitative and qualitative tool when reviewing management development in light of changing business strategy and organizational design. Highlights include cost effectiveness, a benchmarking framework, and the impact on human resource development (HRD) functions. (Author/LRW)

Defines the criteria of economy, effectiveness, efficiency, and equity for making choices about resource allocation, locates them within a conceptual framework, and examines reasons for the increasing interest in them. Explains and illustrates the evaluation methods of cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, and cost-consequences analyses.…

Presents an algorithm for integrating evaluative concerns of cost effectiveness, equity, quality, and sustainability in program evaluation and offers suggestions for refining the system of measurement and analysis. (SLD)

Derives benefit-cost rations for 14 disability cohorts served by the Vocational Rehabilitation Program. Estimates earnings impacts in a quasiexperimental framework using an internal comparison group. Earnings data are from a panel constructed by linking data from the Rehabilitative Services Administration with data from the Social Security…

Examines the monitoring results from two large-scale metering and energy information projects: Texas LoanSTAR Program; and the Texas A & M Campus Project. Data suggest implementing an energy metering system is cost effective, particularly if the system can be coupled with skilled engineering applications such as energy cost allocation and…

Discusses how school furniture is evolving to meet the needs of the changing designs of college and university libraries. Advice is offered on trimming the furniture, finishes, and equipment costs of using high-end furniture. (GR)

Presents two case studies that show how IBM addressed performance support solutions and electronic learning. The first developed a performance support and expert coaching solution; the second applied performance support to reducing implementation time and total cost of ownership of enterprise resource planning systems. (Author/LRW)

Discusses transforming outmoded educational facilities to meet the new and diverse educational needs of students. Examines how to assess an old facility's potential for new uses and discusses creation of added-value benefits to an older building through careful renovation and study of its cost benefits. (GR)

Discusses "going green" concept in school-building design, its cost-savings benefits through more efficient energy use, and its use by the State University of New York at Buffalo as solution to an energy retrofit program. Examples are provided of how this concept can be used, even for small colleges without large capital budgets, and how…

Describes the process for outsourcing photocopying including developing a clear request for proposal, monitoring and responding to vendor performance, and ensuring quality controls in academic libraries. (Author/PEN)

Describes experiences at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley (Missouri) with the use of wireless technology and a local area network for library bibliographic instruction. Discusses faculty input and attitudes; technical challenges; and experiences at other community colleges that have found wireless connections more economical than…