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Download full textSimison, Diane; And Others – 1981
A study reviewed the measurement problems that would confront a study team performing a national cost-benefit analysis of vocational education and presented alternative strategies to overcome these measurement problems and to provide input into assessing the feasibility of conducting a national cost-benefit study. To meet these objectives,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
System Sciences, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC. – 1979
This document contains the four state-of-the-art papers that serve as planning materials for construction of the planning guide for the project, Accessibility to Vocational Education Programs and Facilities for Handicapped Persons. The first paper suggests techniques by which school administrators can identify barriers to vocational education…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Disabilities
Weiss, Rita S. – 1980
Evaluation of the 1974-77 INREAL (INclass REActive Language) demonstration model project, initially serving 518 children (aged 3-5 years), focused on the Colorado program's objectives of increasing language handicapped and bilingual (Spanish) children's language development significantly and preventing later language-related learning problems in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Students, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
Alfred, Richard L. – 1980
The concept of socioeconomic impact, as it relates to two-year colleges, is examined in terms of studies that have been conducted. Measures of socioeconomic impact, such as personal income, occupational status, levels of education, are discussed and studies focusing on these measures are cited. Additional studies are pointed to which define…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Colleges, Community Development, Cost Effectiveness
Kettner, George – 1979
This document describes and analyzes the 1976-1977 Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data. PIR is a comprehensive data collection effort directed at the programs of all Head Start grantees of which there were approximately 1,100 in 1976-1977. The unit of analysis in this study is the grantee rather than the agencies delegated by grantees…
Descriptors: Class Size, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis
Riley, Bob E. – 1979
This two-part report discusses the implementation of the four-day week on college campuses and summarizes the results of a survey conducted to investigate: (1) the history of the four-day college week in Texas; (2) how Texas colleges using this system integrate their operations into the four-day week; and (3) the future acceptance of the four-day…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Adoption (Ideas), Community Colleges, Commuting Students
1979
These proceedings contain eleven presentations made at the 1979 Adult Education Dissemination Conference (July 16-18) in Roanoke, Virginia, to disseminate results of demonstration projects funded by the Adult Education Act, Title VI, P.L. 95-561 and Amendments, Section 310. A brief report on a special project workshop (March 4-7, 1980) in Roanoke…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Beginning Reading
ABT, CLARK C.; MILLER, PETER S. – 1967
A MODEL INTENDED TO PREDICT THE RELATIVE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SAME SCHOOL-COMMUNITY SETTING IS DEVELOPED. THE MODEL IS AN ATTEMPT TO AID IN DECISIONS CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS OF TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. COSTS ARE ESTIMATED FROM BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Benefits, Compensatory Education, Computer Oriented Programs
Eddy, Margot Sanders – 1979
The experiences of a variety of postsecondary institutions using different academic calendar options are examined. Several calendar options are described: the traditional semester, the early semester, 4-1-4, the quarter system, the trimester plan, composite plans, and year-round plans. The traditional semester calendar begins in mid-September and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Students
Hample, Stephen R. – 1979
Nonfaculty salary (instructional support) costs for Montana State University (MSU) are examined with specific reference to the adequacy of the 25 percent nonfaculty salary allowance for other costs. Two concepts are examined: nonfaculty salary expenses within the instruction program (direct instructional support costs) and both direct support…
Descriptors: Accounting, Budgeting, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
Powills, Judith A.; And Others – 1979
Language arts teachers participated in an inservice program, The Writer's Clinic, and evaluated their students' improvement in writing ability using holistic essay scoring techniques. Seventh and eighth grade students were administered an essay composition pretest in December; the same essay topic was given as the post test in May. Students were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cost Effectiveness, Essay Tests, Essays
New York State Div. of the Budget, Albany. Education Study Unit. – 1977
The purpose of this report by a panel of school finance specialists appointed by the governor to guide a budget study in New York State is to summarize studies on the existing apportionment system of public school aid and to suggest short-term steps for improving the equity of the present system. Parts 1 and 2 discuss the present operating aid…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Early Childhood Education
Kaiser, Harvey H. – 1979
In an effort to stimulate and assist higher education administrators to think and do something about the erosion of buildings taking place on many campuses, this publication serves as a basic overview of the problem. Rising energy costs, continuing inflation, and worsening financial conditions in general only compound the situation that has been…
Descriptors: Building Obsolescence, Building Operation, Campus Planning, College Administration
Cross, K. Patricia – 1979
Developmental education and underprepared entering college students are discussed in light of the increasing diversity in college student bodies. It is noted that larger numbers of older students are gaining access to higher education. Although specialists in the field of developmental education are equipped to deal with the problems of these new…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Students, Conference Reports
North East Association for Institutional Research. – 1977
The conference focused on various perspectives of the role of institutional research in a time of retrenchment: policy analysis, economic assumptions, resource management, academic planning and cooperative statewide planning. Among the themes addressed were: enrollment projections and financial planning; institutional efficiency and effectiveness;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, College Planning, Conference Reports
