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Almeida, Cheryl; Steinberg, Adria; Santos, Janet – Jobs For the Future, 2013
Almost 7 million young Americans (age 16-24) are insufficiently attached to school or work. Based on conservative estimates, we can generate over $1 billion just by helping a mere 0.1 percent earn a high school credential and complete their first year of college through Back on Track Designs. This brief lays out the cost of setting up these GED-…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, High School Equivalency Programs, Transitional Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Trombley, William, Ed. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2007
The primary purpose of "National CrossTalk" is to stimulate informed discussion and debate of higher education issues. This issue contains the following articles: (1) The Celtic Tiger: Ireland Invests Heavily in Higher Education, and Benefits Mightily (Jon Marcus); (2) Western Classic: Nevada's James Rogers Is a Non-Traditional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Politics of Education, Models
Clancy, Monica – 1999
In the current competitive economy, with welfare reform underway and increasingly limited public resources, Colorado citizens deserve assurance that tax dollars are receiving a maximum return on investment for public expenditures for child care. This report examines the state of child care in Colorado. Part 1 presents information on 1998-1999…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Children, Day Care
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, 2006
The Commission initiated a funding to review national funding models for higher education led by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). Each institution contributed to the cost of the study and participated in the effort. NCHEMS' key recommendation is to move the funding discussions for higher education away from a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Operations Research, Convergent Thinking, Funding Formulas
Miller, Lawrence J.; Roza, Marguerite; Swartz, Claudine – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2004
Recent policy changes at the state and federal levels have made schools the focus of accountability. However, under current district budgeting practices, it is difficult to assess how resources are distributed between schools and whether every school is afforded the same opportunity to meet its educational goals. This paper addresses one key…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Educational Finance, Budgeting, Resource Allocation
Geiger, Joseph J.; Feagler, Virginia M. – 1980
A state-level library acquisitions model is described, and the results of a two-year implementation by Colorado appropriating agencies are analyzed. The model was developed to address two problems: (1) determining library collection standards for each campus; and (2) presenting campus acquisition needs in a way that differentiated campus roles and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Role, Educational Finance, Government School Relationship
Lyell, Edward H. – 1979
The historical pattern of resource allocation in American higher education as exemplified by public colleges in Colorado was examined. The reliance upon average cost information in making resource allocation decisions was critiqued for the special problems that arise from student enrollment decline or steady state. A model of resource allocation…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Budgeting, Conference Reports, Cost Estimates