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Okanik, Barbara A. – Education Canada, 1994
Outlines the economic and academic advantages and disadvantages of year-round college schedules. Economic factors include cost savings, rising enrollments, quicker graduation due to accelerated programming, higher annual costs, administrative problems, higher tuition, and barriers to student seasonal employment. Academic factors include continuous…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Problems
PDF pending restorationShields, Carolyn M.; LaRocque, Linda J. – 1996
This paper reviews research literature on year-round schools (YRS) for the British Columbia Ministry of Education. The literature review is organized around the goals of the British Columbia Ministry of Education: (1) impact on student in terms of academic achievement, attitudes, and behavior; (2) costs and benefits; (3) facility use; (4) impact…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
