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Glenn Ledder; Stefano Manzoni – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
Decomposition of organic matter controls the flow of carbon and nutrients in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Several kinetic laws have been proposed to describe decomposition rates, but they neglect adaptation of the microbial decomposer to environmental conditions. Here we formalise decomposition as an optimal control problem by assuming that…
Descriptors: Microbiology, Calculus, Undergraduate Students, Barriers
Ambargis, Zoë; Mead, Charles Ian; Rzeznik, Stanislaw J.; Swenson, David; Weisenberger, Janet – Association of American Universities, 2014
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities' (APLU's) Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Prosperity (CICEP) views university contributions to the economy across a spectrum of activity--from educating students and creating the talent necessary for the 21st century workforce to developing innovation ecosystems and…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Land Grant Universities, Economic Development, Economic Impact
National College Access Network, 2016
The phrase "data-driven" has been used with increasing frequency in the college access and success field in recent years. However, as with many frequently used phrases, its importance can get lost or written off as a buzzword. Being data-driven revolves around decisions being shaped by information and evidence rather than hunches, gut…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Data, Data Collection, Information Management
Schuman, Sam – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2014
In an ominously steady progression over the past decades, education in general, higher education in particular, and even honors education have increasingly been contextualized in the realm of the marketplace. Cost/benefit analyses of colleges and universities are examined; institutions in terms of their price to consumers (students and their…
Descriptors: Productivity, Honors Curriculum, College Credits, Input Output Analysis
Manning, Terri M.; Crosta, Peter M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2014
Community colleges are under pressure to increase completion rates, prepare students for the workplace, and contain costs. Colleges need to know the financial implications of what are often perceived as routine decisions: course scheduling, program offerings, and the provision of support services. This chapter presents a methodology for estimating…
Descriptors: Program Costs, Graduation Rate, Decision Making, College Planning
Kerna, Ashley; Frisvold, George; Jacobs, Laurel; Farrell, Vanessa A.; Houtkooper, Linda; Misner, Scottie – Journal of Extension, 2015
Many Extension programs are turning to the input-output software IMPLAN to demonstrate economic impacts. IMPLAN is a powerful tool that can be used to estimate the total economic activity associated with an industry, event, or policy. One possible application, therefore, is to use program spending data to estimate the economic effects of…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Input Output Analysis, Economic Impact, Economic Development
Yelamarthi, Kumar – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2016
Many interesting research and design questions occur at the intersections of traditional disciplines, yet most coursework and research programs for undergraduate engineering students are focused on one discipline. This leads to underutilization of the potential in better preparing students through multidisciplinary projects. Identifying this…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Robotics, Engineering Education, Technology Education
Undie, John Atewhoble; Okafor, Victor – African Higher Education Review, 2014
In fundamental economics, individuals acquired education for two broad reasons, as an investment and as consumption. The investment function of education has continued to create tension for job search leading to cases of unemployment. Entrepreneurship education and establishment of mega universities have been identified as panaceas. This paper…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Entrepreneurship, Access to Education, Universities
Gordon, David; Vaughan, Richard – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
The production function explains a basic technological relationship between scarce resources, or inputs, and output. This paper offers a brief overview of the historical significance and operational role of the production function in business and economics. The origin and development of this function over time is initially explored. Several…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Business Administration Education, Role Perception
van der Gaag, Jacques; Abetti, Pauline – Brookings Institution, 2011
This policy brief outlines how national education accounts (NEAs) are created, and why they are a vast improvement over current financial tracking systems in the education sector. Examples from the health sector illustrate the benefits of national accounts for improving public services, and their ubiquity highlights the poor state of affairs of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Health Services
Holzer, Harry J. – Hamilton Project, 2011
To improve the employment rates and earnings of Americans workers, we need to create more-coherent and more-effective education and workforce development systems, focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on disadvantaged youth and adults, and with education and training more clearly targeted towards firms and sectors that provide good-paying…
Descriptors: Grants, Education Work Relationship, School Business Relationship, Job Skills
Volkwein, J. Fredericks – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
Despite their apparent popularity among those seeking degrees and credentials, today's colleges and universities face several interrelated public criticisms and concerns. When these competing concerns about student success, productivity, cost, and educational effectiveness all collide at the campus level, they create an array of campus tensions…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Criticism, Public Relations, Stakeholders
Jones, Craig H.; Slate, John R. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2009
In this article, we discuss the development of online courses in higher education in terms of the in- structional quality and economic costs. In our conceptual analysis, we point out problems in developing online courses with sufficient quality due to limited funds being made available for online course development. Moreover, economic costs exist…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Economics Education
Hawkins, Brian L. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2007
In the spring of 2005, the author, the retiring president of EDUCAUSE, was asked to be the keynote speaker at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference. The conference theme was "Winds of Change: Charting the Course for Technology in Challenging Times." What that brought to his mind was the era of the great sailing ships of the eighteenth and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Technology, Educational Trends, Educational Technology