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Adriana Vamosiu; Marvin A. Titus; Jon Sandy – Higher Education Policy, 2024
We investigate operating costs at 682 public community colleges in the United States over a 15-year period (2004-2018). The results reveal that costs are spatially correlated across neighboring institutions, indicating the need for a spatial analysis. An institution's actions are associated with changes in costs for that particular institution…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Operating Expenses, Correlation, Economic Factors
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Titus, Marvin A.; Vamosiu, Adriana; Buenaflor, Shannon Hayes; Lukszo, Casey Maliszewski – Research in Higher Education, 2021
This study utilizes an extensive panel data set spanning 15 years (2004-2018) and 752 public community colleges to investigate operating costs and persistent cost efficiency at public community colleges in the United States. We employ a generalized true random effects (GTRE) regression model that takes into account spatial correlation of costs…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Community Colleges, Costs, Cost Effectiveness
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Kim, Jeongeun – Research in Higher Education, 2018
College rankings have become a powerful influence in higher education. While the determinants of educational quality are not clearly defined, college rankings designate an institution's standing in a numerical order based on quantifiable measurements that focus primarily on institutional resources. Previous research has identified the…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Institutional Characteristics, Classification, Educational Quality
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Nicks, Robert E.; Martin, Gary E.; Thibodeaux, Tilisa N.; Young, J. Kenneth – Education Leadership Review, 2018
There has been much debate by and among federal and state education agencies, state legislatures, courts, and educators regarding the identification of school district expenditures that best facilitate effective and efficient schools. The issue of equitable funding is far from being resolved (Education Week, 2017). Contradictory studies associated…
Descriptors: School District Size, Expenditures, Standardized Tests, Scores
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Chernyavskaya, Yana S.; Kiselev, Sergey V.; Rassolov, Ilya M.; Kurushin, Viktor V.; Chernikova, Lyudmila I.; Faizova, Guzel R. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of research: The relevance of the problem studied is caused by the acceleration of transition of the Russian economy on an innovative way of development, which depends on the vector of innovative sphere of services and, to a large extent, information and communication services, as well as it is caused by the poor drafting of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Cost Effectiveness, Factor Analysis