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Hemelt, Steven W.; Stange, Kevin M.; Furquim, Fernando; Simon, Andrew; Sawyer, John E. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018
The private return to postsecondary investment varies widely by field, but the resources required by different fields are not well known. This paper establishes five new facts about college costs using novel department-level data. First, costs vary widely across field, ranging from electrical engineering (109 percent higher costs than English) to…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Finance, Differences, Class Size
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Engleberg, Isa N.; Emanuel, Richard C.; Van Horn, Tasha; Bodary, David L. – Communication Education, 2008
A comprehensive research project conducted by the Community College Section of the National Communication Association (NCA) investigated the status of communication education in U.S. community colleges. Contacts from 290 public community colleges in the U.S. responded to a survey targeting five areas of inquiry: (a) institutional, (b)…
Descriptors: Class Size, Community Colleges, Teacher Qualifications, Teaching Load
Timpe, Eugene F. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1979
This article gives guidelines for the evaluation of foreign language departments that should lead to an upgrading of the profession. (CFM)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Class Size, College Language Programs, Departments
Dutton, Jeffrey E.; Hutchinson, John – 1982
A procedure for reallocating faculty positions is described that uses credit hour guidelines that are quantitatively established using instructional method as the unit of analysis (rather than academic unit). Formally recognized guidelines for varying instructional methodologies are also applied to actual instructional experiences of academic…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Credits, College Faculty, Departments