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Neighbor-Effects and Economies of Scale and Scope at Public Community Colleges
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Adriana Vamosiu; Marvin A. Titus; Jon Sandy – Higher Education Policy, 2024
We investigate operating costs at 682 public community colleges in the United States over a 15-year period (2004-2018). The results reveal that costs are spatially correlated across neighboring institutions, indicating the need for a spatial analysis. An institution's actions are associated with changes in costs for that particular institution…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Operating Expenses, Correlation, Economic Factors
Equal Talents, Unequal Opportunities: A Report Card on State Support for Academically Talented Low-Income Students
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Plucker, Jonathan; Giancola, Jennifer; Healey, Grace; Arndt, Daniel; Wang, Chen – Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, 2015
Year after year, in every state and community in our nation, students from low-income families are less likely than other students to reach advanced levels of academic performance, even when demonstrating the potential to do so. These income-based "excellence gaps" appear in elementary school and continue through high school. It is a…
Descriptors: Gifted, Talent Development, Low Income Students, High Achievement
The Impact of a Universal Class-Size Reduction Policy: Evidence from Florida's Statewide Mandate
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Chingos, Matthew M. – Economics of Education Review, 2012
Class-size reduction (CSR) mandates presuppose that resources provided to reduce class size will have a larger impact on student outcomes than resources that districts can spend as they see fit. I estimate the impact of Florida's statewide CSR policy by comparing the deviations from prior achievement trends in districts that were required to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Class Size, Academic Achievement, State Policy
HBCU Efficiency and Endowments: An Exploratory Analysis
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Coupet, Jason; Barnum, Darold – International Journal of Educational Advancement, 2010
Discussions of efficiency among Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are often missing in academic conversations. This article seeks to assess efficiency of individual HBCUs using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a non-parametric technique that can synthesize multiple inputs and outputs to determine a single efficiency score for…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Educational Finance, Efficiency, Data Analysis
Do Inequalities in Parents' Education Play an Important Role in PISA Students' Mathematics Achievement Test Score Disparities?
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Martins, Lurdes; Veiga, Paula – Economics of Education Review, 2010
This paper measures and decomposes socioeconomic-related inequality in mathematics achievement in 15 European Union member states. Data is taken from the 2003 wave of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). There is socioeconomic-related inequality in mathematics achievement, favoring the higher socioeconomic groups in each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economics, Economic Factors, Mathematics Achievement
Explaining the Relationship between Resources and Student Achievement: A Methodological Comparison of Production Functions and Canonical Analysis
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Knoeppel, Robert C.; Rinehart, James S. – Educational Considerations, 2008
The purpose of this study was to compare multiple regression with canonical analysis in order to introduce a new, policy relevant methodology to the literature on production functions. Findings from this study confirmed the results of past inquiries that found a relationship between the inputs to schooling and measures of student achievement. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Literature Reviews, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables