This paper describes a model for evaluating and acquiring instructionally effective and cost effective educational computer software in university psychology departments. Four stages in evaluating the software are developed: (1) establishing departmental goals and objectives for educational use of computers; (2) inventorying and evaluating…

This manual describes a systematic process for conducting an educational needs assessment at the building level which includes suggestions for the formation of an advisory group and the use of two Likert Scale surveys. The advisory group is composed of parents, students, and educators; this group carries out the tasks of understanding, planning,…

This paper represents a backdrop from which to consider the development of a planning and budgeting model for local education agencies. The first part of the presentation describes the demands and external pressures that affect resource allocation decisions in school districts. The ability of local school officials to link the cost consequences…

Zero-base budgeting is presented as the functional alternative to the community college funding crisis which may be precipitated by passage in June 1978 of the Jarvis Amendment (Proposition 13) in California. Defined as the management of scarce resources on a cost/benefit basis to achieve pre-determined goals, zero-base budgeting emphasizes…

The potential value of the use of television in teacher training in Iran to help fill the gap between the present work force of teachers and the number needed for full enrollment of the nation's children at the elementary and secondary levels is considered. A computer model which has been developed to permit quick and easy assessment of the impact…

The costs of owning and operating physical facilities are consuming an increasing share of the budgets of colleges and universities. In the past, academic and operating units of colleges have viewed their space as a free commodity and often used it extravagantly. Space costing is a method of cost accounting the space and operating and maintenance…

The software and courseware developed on the campuses of a big system such as The California State University and Colleges (CSUC) might be the nucleus of a computer network to deliver cost-effective lessons to the students on all campuses. This paper describes the methodology by which small Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) systems could be…

THE EFFICIENT USE OF THE UNIVERSITY'S LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES INVOLVES ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS THAT SPREAD ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF CHOICE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO IDENTIFY BASIC CONCEPTS INVOLVING THE ALLOCATION OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES. THE BUDGET IS EMPHASIZED AS A TOOL WITH WHICH THE DECISIONMAKER CAN FOCUS AND SHARPEN HIS GRASP OF…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO DEVELOP AND TEST A METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE COSTS OF DAY CARE CENTERS ON A COMPARABLE BASIS. THE METHODOLOGY EMPLOYED WAS THE SELECTION OF A GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVE CENTERS IN THE BOSTON AREA AND USE OF THESE AS A TESTING GROUND. THE EMPIRICAL FINDINGS OF THE SIX CENTERS SELECTED FOR STUDY ARE ANALYZED TO PROVIDE…

Educational resources are scarce and should be used efficiently. To do this, decision-makers in higher education need clearly defined objectives, creatively elaborated alternatives, and information about the costs and effectiveness of those alternatives. This paper describes a new management tool which is designed to provide better information…

To facilitate college and university officials in financing the eduational needs of the nontraditional students, a method for collecting and determining the cost of providing units of instruction through various delivery mechanisms available to colleges and universities is presented. Twelve ways of delivering instructional units, eight types of…

This document is the second volume of the feasibility study report for the Wisconsin Elementary Teacher Education Project. It provides in part 1 data on program, planning and budgeting, including cost figures for preparing students in the present and new programs, marginal expenses, and costs for implementing the program on other campuses. Part 2…

This document reports the results of a study commissioned by the American Federation of Teachers to examine the needs of the public schools during the decade ahead, and to propose a plan by which federal, state, and local resources can be marshalled to meet these needs. The essential aim of the proposed plan is "to achieve by 1977 an average…

Although two economic methods, cost effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis, are frequently mentioned as useful tools for educational decision making, only one, cost effectiveness, has potential for making a contribution to this field. A benefit-cost analysis tries for each alternative to measure benefits and costs, which are then discounted to…

This conference paper discusses the role of the Planning, Programing, and Budgeting System (PPBS) in planning for educational programs. Proper PPBS analysis includes (1) correct problem definition, (2) consideration of alternative solutions, (3) ascertainment of peripheral effects of the alternatives, and (4) estimations of the cost and…