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Kuehn, Daniel; Anderson, Theresa; Lerman, Robert; Eyster, Lauren; Barnow, Burt; Briggs, Amanda – Urban Institute, 2017
This report presents the findings of the cost-benefit analysis of Accelerating Opportunity, an initiative designed to help adults with low basic skills earn industry-recognized credentials in high-growth occupations and succeed in the labor market. It compares the value of the benefits associated with AO--principally labor market benefits--with…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Student Costs, Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, Annapolis. – 1982
In 1981, the Maryland State Board for Community Colleges (MSBCC) conducted a study of the funding of remedial education in the state's community colleges, with the intent of recommending alternative approaches to community college funding for consideration by the legislature. Presidents of each of the 17 community colleges were contacted and asked…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends, Financial Support
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Federally Aided Programs. – 1991
Focusing on New York, this document begins by providing information on the funding cycles and application processes for federal and state grant programs as well as special legislative projects. Five forms with accompanying information on the form's purpose, submittal time, and special instructions are included: (1) Proposed Budget for the…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Winter, Gene M.; Fadale, LaVerna M. – 1989
During the winter of 1988-89, a study was undertaken of state-aidable noncredit course offerings at the State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges. This type of offering, produced by allowing certain noncredit enrollments to generate aidable full-time equivalent students, has provided a wide variety of educational opportunities and has…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Noncredit Courses, Participant Satisfaction
Bezruki, Don; Barkelar, Craig; Dunning, Sarah; Lathrop, Jessica; Semeiks, Ilga; Sommerfeld, Robert – 1999
This report reviews special education costs and funding for Wisconsin public school districts, as well as the funding relationship between special education and regular education. In addition, it compares Wisconsin's method of allocating categorical aid to methods that other states use in allocating special education funding, and presents survey…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Disabilities, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education