The paper reviews issues related to the financing of special education for physically and mentally handicapped children. Considered are the following issues said to be unresolved despite improvements in special education and increases in funding: definition and prevalence of handicapped children and the nature of their service needs; service…

Four products were developed during the second year of the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) cost effectiveness study for California community colleges. This project report presents: (1) a revised cost analysis form for state-level reporting of institutional program effectiveness data and per-student costs by EOPS program category…

Prospect Identification, Research and Staff Service is described as a system to identify and provide information in depth on the 20, 50, or 200 individuals or organizations who can make impact on the institution if motivated to help. Usually an institutional prospect research system will limit its efforts, in the interest of cost effectiveness, to…

Described is the final phase of a study directed at the development of an on-the-job training (OJT) costing methodology. Utilizing a modification of survey techniques tested and evaluated during the previous phase, estimates were obtained for the cost of OJT for airman training from the l-level (unskilled to the 3-level (semiskilled) in five…

One in the series described in SO 008 058, this team report is a discussion in two parts of the economics of nonformal education. Part 1 deals with the national allocation of resources to the educational processes. Gathering reliable empirical data on cost-benefit and/or rates of return for allocation decisions is a critical problem. Despite this…

This dissertation begins with a description of some methods employed in making public-sector resource-allocation decisions, with conclusions on the appropriateness of each method for evaluating the ongoing programs of a school system. The second section has been rewritten and published as "A Comprehensive Theory of Cost-Effectiveness" (EA 002…

This annotated bibliography contains 97 entries to aid those interested in the problems and techniques of comprehensive program planning. It is designed for educators who feel that systems analysis, cost-benefit studies, and mathematical models have some relevance in the planning processes of a large school system. Three major sections are…

Planning for development in education is a process which requires fundamental changes in the world view, attitudes, knowledge, and skills of people. To satisfy future requirements for educated persons, the education system must be viewed as an instrument for the attainment of human goals, and planning must determine how many persons must learn…

In this speech, the author discusses the implications of implementing a system for analyzing the utilization of instructional resources. The system translate established instructional theory into components and procedures of the instructional process, thus providing a vehicle for further development and testing of instructional theory. It also…

Under the present practices, the objectives and activities of socially oriented projects have rarely been specified with enough clarity and concreteness. Alternatives have been insufficiently presented for consideration by top management. In a number of cases, the future costs of present decisions have not been laid out systematically enough and…

A number of issues related to the development of evaluation methodology are discussed. These issues are as follows: the definition of the purpose, general strategies for the development of methodology, and methodological research. The evaluation methodology developed is for the purpose of providing data for decision making. Some specific…

Methods for recording and comparing student enrollments among dental schools and in relation to other health profession education programs are reported. Differences are noted and it is suggested that to gain a proper perspective on the allocation of resources for an educational program, all aspects of the program must be described and evaluated as…

Comparing large numbers of varying types of programs is a national-level problem that requires a uniform, total program perspective. A cost-per-student figure that has policy relevance for health professions education program needs to analyze the education output unit; be comparable across programs, schools, and institutions; and provide more…

Reviews arguments for and against fees for online services and describes a supply side model in which the library absorbs the costs of online searching. The implementation of this policy at an academic library is evaluated and detailed guidelines for implementing such a policy are provided. (CLB)

Demands for educational cost accountability and containment call for careful analysis of costs in delivering special services. Discussed are problems in compiling state and local educational expenditures; methods of categorizing costs between regular and special education; and the Resource Cost Model, which utilizes a program as its unit of…