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South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, Columbia. – 1983
A review of the South Carolina master plan for higher education is presented. The following issues are addressed: coordination and governance, roles and missions of state colleges and universities, enrollment projections, program review, prerequisites for freshman admission, quality incentives, desegregation of state institutions, finances, and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Desegregation, College Planning, College Programs
Coulson, John E.; And Others – 1977
The report summarizes the results of a national evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Basic and Pilot programs during their third year of operation, 1975-76. It also provides longitudinal data on the achievement of students participating all three years, 1973-74 through 1975-76. Examined were the needs of ESAA students and schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment
Stevenson, Mike; Walleri, R. Dan – 1980
The process, findings, and utility of an institutionwide budget unit analysis conducted at a community college during the 1979-80 year are described. Financial projections were developed by applying a modified version of the Information Exchange Procedures Model, and evaluation data were derived from the system developed to meet the requirements…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
A major portion of Texas' State Compensatory Education (SCE) evaluation resources for 1979-80 was devoted to activities related to the statewide assessment of fifth and ninth graders' skills in reading, mathematics, and writing (the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills Project). For purposes of this report, evaluation activity and information is…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services
HAYES, ALFRED S. – 1964
THIS CONFERENCE REPORT BEGINS BY POINTING OUT THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SPREAD OF LITERACY AND THE INTERESTS AND ASPIRATIONS OF NATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE IN THE INITIAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND PERSONNEL FOR NATIONAL LITERACY PROGRAMS. A NEED IS SEEN FOR IMPROVED INTERDISCIPLINARY UNDERSTANDING, CLOSER…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Ancillary Services, Community Development, Educational Objectives
Erickson, Edward W.; And Others – 1972
The study's main objectives were: to describe management techniques and incentives used to operate successful proprietary vocational schools; to compare these techniques and incentives with those existing at community colleges; and to review Federal policies affecting the utilization of proprietary vocational schools. Data and information for the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Educational Administration
Barsby, Steven L. – 1970
The relative efficiency of various manpower programs as seen through cost-benefit analysis is assessed, and the contribution that cost-benefit analysis has made in evaluating manpower programs is discussed, taking into account a variety of methodologies presented in different studies. Vocational rehabilitation appears to yield the highest…
Descriptors: Career Development, Citations (References), Cost Effectiveness, Federal Programs
Young, Robert C. – 1972
To better plan and evaluate vocational education programs at the state level, a mathematical formula was evolved for allocating resources to local education agencies (LEA's) which would reflect: (1) manpower needs, (2) vocational education needs, (3) relative ability to pay, and (4) excess costs. A "curricular priority matrix" and a…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Levine, Donald M. – 1972
The Conference sought to provide a user-based and -oriented assessment of performance contracting for education. It focused on delineating the current interest in performance contracting, the technique's demonstrated strengths and weaknesses, and its potential as an alternative approach to school system resource allocation. Six commissioned papers…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Institute of International Education, New York, NY. – 1976
The report highlights issues discussed at a meeting of the International Councils on Higher Education held in Mexico in 1975. The purpose of the meeting was to promote exchange of ideas and experiences among higher education experts from Latin America and the United States. A major portion of the Mexico conference was devoted to an assessment of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
West, Anne; Noden, Philip – 2000
This paper focuses on school reform in England and in particular on the attempts to increase diversity and choice through specialist schools. It examines the extent to which diversity and choice have been introduced into the state (public) education system and then presents key findings to emerge from an evaluation of the flagship government…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Diversity (Institutional), Educational Change
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1991
Presented is the transcript (translated into English) of a round-table discussion on student assessment and program evaluation in French-language literacy education in Canada. Panelists are government officials and specialists in Canadian francophone literacy education from several provinces (Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick). Each briefly outlines…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), College Role, Community Colleges
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1994
This publication provides the basic statistics needed to illustrate the impact of North Carolina's Basic Education Program (BEP), an educational reform effort begun in 1985. Over 85% of the positions in the BEP are directly related to teaching and student-related activities. The new BEP programs result in smaller class sizes in kindergartens and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Counties, Educational Change
Holdaway, Edward A.; And Others – CSSHE Professional File, 1991
From 1980 to 1991, the University of Alberta undertook systematic reviews of all its academic and support units mostly for program improvement purposes, but also to acquire information for planning and budget decisions. This report responds to a 1988 request to examine the University's 1980-1988 experience with program reviews and to recommend…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Outcomes Assessment, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
Sinclair, Beth; Gutmann, Babette – 1992
This report summarizes the 1989-90 State Performance Reports for the Chapter 1 Basic Grants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) and the Chapter 1 State Agency Neglected or Delinquent Program. The Neglected or Delinquent Program served youths in state-operated adult and juvenile correctional facilities and facilities for neglected children. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Delinquency, Educationally Disadvantaged
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