During 1974-76 the campus of the State University of New York at Albany engaged in an elaborate decision-making process that resulted in the phasing out of some academic programs and the loss of many faculty and staff. To comply with externally mandated budget reductions the university found it necessary to set priorities among its programs and to…

The conclusions and recommendations of nine other reports concerning the educational needs of Iran and the role of television in meeting these needs are summarized. Chapter 1 discusses educational needs, the effectiveness of television in education, and the recommended role for Educational Radio and Television of Iran (ERTI). Chapter 2 deals with…

A nationwide survey sought to analyze hospital orientation and inservice education programs to determine their nature and costs with focus on differences in orientation costs for new nurses with three different types of preparation (diploma, associate degree (AD), and baccalaureate) and for cost differences in hospitals of varying sizes.…

The state of a higher education evaluation project aimed at improving efficiency and increasing the capacity for self-renewal in higher education at the beginning of 1978 is described. The working methods of the project include: building up a knowledge base from literature and from foreign and Swedish universities and colleges; examining problems…

The University of Wisconsin-Extension set out to determine the concrete benefits of continuing education to the employer and the employee. This is a synopsis of the findings. (Author)

The article recommends (1) the formulation of course objectives and valid measuring instruments for evaluation and (2) the determination of training needs. The solution is a four-step procedure to identify: parameters for ranking training needs, types of training programs needed, criteria for evaluation, and ways training contributed to…

Excerpts from article entitled "Citizens for the 21st Century, reprinted from SPECIAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE SUPORT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS," September, 1968.

Research findings on and program design features of Project Head Start have apparently influenced the Reagan administration's decision to continue the funding of the program. Research appears to indicate that the intervention program has a lasting impact on participants. Additionally, researchers have demonstrated that program benefits can…

This paper introduces a rationale and format for the introduction of microcomputers into the classrooms of British Columbia on a cost-effective basis. The three purposes of the paper are (1) to briefly present the activities of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC); (2) to describe in general terms how British Columbia might…

Phase 1 of this report summarizes a simulated approach to analysis of energy consumption in five selected Alberta schools. Phase 2, the greater part of the report, deals with the selection of cost-effective modifications in two schools representative of the greatest range of schools presently in the system. In each of the schools, the energy…

By initially demonstrating that rising energy costs are threatening to force educational decision-makers to curtail educational programs, this paper suggests a number of energy-saving options for school administrators and presents a case study of energy conservation. Suggestions concerning energy conservation in school facilities are drawn from…

The four papers in a symposium on the cost effectiveness of community schools are presented here, with a brief introduction. The first paper outlines the procedures necessary for an analysis of cost-effectiveness and identifies the problems in applying this analysis to community schools, including variable selection and measurement and value…

Inclass Reactive Language (INREAL) was a Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) funded demonstration model to improve the language and related learning skills of 3 to 5 year old language handicapped and bilingual (Spanish) children by a naturalistic, nonstigmatizing method. A second goals was to redefine the role of the speech…

This paper considers some of the problems in implementing a cost-effectiveness analysis in training and education, and provides a specific example of an analysis that partially meets the cost-effectiveness analysis requirements. A computer-based study management system (SMS), which was implemented on a limited basis, was evaluated in the context…