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Conn, Katharine M. – Review of Educational Research, 2017
In this article, I identify educational interventions with an impact on student learning in Sub-Saharan Africa. After a systematic literature search, I conducted a meta-analysis synthesizing 56 articles containing 66 separate experiments and quasi-experiments and 83 treatment arms. I evaluated 12 types of education interventions such as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Teaching Methods, Meta Analysis
Hovey, Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In recent years the majority of California community colleges evaluated for re-accreditation received sanctions requiring documented improvement in the integration of college planning and budgeting processes. This study explores the challenges colleges face and the best practices utilized by successful colleges in implementing integrated…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Income, Prediction
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Childs, T. Stephen; Shakeshaft, Charol – Journal of Education Finance, 1986
This meta-analysis found a minimal relationship between student achievement and educational expenditures except for direct instructional expenditures such as teachers' salaries and supplies. The amount spent is less vital than how the money is spent. (Compare gymnasium renovation with purchasing a new math program.) Nonschool factors may also be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
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Kaplan, Gabriel E. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2004
Using national survey data, the author finds little relationship between decision-making authority and the actual decisions that are made.
Descriptors: Governance, Correlation, Institutional Environment, National Surveys