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Doughty, Philip; And Others – 1981
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…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Community Services, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
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Keenan, Jennifer; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1992
A project developed to increase public and professional awareness of fragile X syndrome in New Jersey resulted in increased efforts at diagnostic screening, provision of client and family support services, and prevention. The program proved to be a cost-effective method for increasing community awareness of a genetic disease on a statewide level.…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Programs, Congenital Impairments, Cost Effectiveness
Inverness Research Associates, 2007
The people at Inverness Research Associates spent 12 years studying Community Science Workshops (CSW) in California and in six other states. They gathered statistics on the scale, scope, and cost-efficiency of CSW services to youth. They observed youth at work in the shops--taking apart computers, repairing bikes, growing plants, and so on--and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Science Activities, Workshops, Nontraditional Students
Galpern, Lois; Hills, Tynette W. – 1982
The two major sections of this report discuss issues in employer-sponsored child care, specifically describing four child-care service alternatives. Issues emphasized in the discussion include the advantages of employment-related child care, financial considerations, and implications of various forms of sponsorship. Additional issues discussed are…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Resources, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care Centers
Bastedo, Michael N. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2006
Increasingly, states are restricting tuition growth through political pressure and statewide governing and coordinating boards. During the 1990s, California, Virginia, and New York all cut or restrained tuition, and recently Michigan, Florida, Illinois, and New Jersey have restricted tuition growth either through legislation or intense…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Tuition, State Aid
New Jersey State Commission on Higher Education. – 1996
This first systemwide report on New Jersey higher education examines how well the state is meeting its goals for higher education affordability and accessibility, institutional excellence, and effectiveness in addressing societal and economic needs of the state. The six sections of the report include: (1) an introduction, which stresses the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, College Faculty, Community Colleges