Cost-utility analyses are slowly becoming part of randomized control trials evaluating physical and mental health treatments and (preventive) interventions in child and adolescent development. The British National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, for example, insists on the use of gains in Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) to compute the…

Some practical advice from the British perspective on buying cameras for the school. (HB)

Levy and grant provisions under the Engineering Industry Training Board in Great Britain are discussed as a basis for procedures in analyzing and reporting on training costs and benefits. (LY)

The author pursues the discussion about fees for adult classes engendered by recent events, legislation, and publications, on the basis that "adult education must be regarded as a public investment good rather than a private consumer good. (Author/MF)

Paper examines in general terms the characteristics of university inputs and outputs, brings to light some of the special features of an education "production process," and examines the role of educational technology. (Author)

The authors of the present document had as their purpose to determine somewhat the worth of a college education. In order to do this, they show (1) how much a university education costs; (2) what the rates of return on this cost are and who the beneficiary of these returns is; (3) how costs might be reduced with expanded enrollment; and (4) how…

An economic analysis of the Open University with an attempt to examine the economic implications of establishing an open learning system in the United States. (Author)

Argues for the use of rigorous common sense in the management of schools' increasingly scarce financial, human, and physical resources. Encourages use of an output budgeting system by department heads and teachers before purchase or deployment of resources. (Author/WD)

In 1972 there were 33,000 Telex installations in the United Kingdom with 240,000 predicted by 1983. The feasibility of using these Telex systems for on-line accession of computer based information systems was investigated in this report. Comparisons between the Telex system and the Teletypewriter or Teleprinter system now in use reveal that the…

As a means of obtaining economies in universities, this article defines "cost", describes a method for costing the resources of a university in two ways, and gives the implications of the disparity which arises when "costs" are discussed. (Author/PG)

Data on costs of 48 secondary schools in one district in Great Britain are analyzed. The findings give some support to the hypothesis that per pupil costs are lower in larger schools, but the pattern is not consistent. Other consequences of size may be more important than cost. (Author/IS)

An action learning program involved supervisors in the development of a process improvement project for their work area. Most of the 44 participants were highly satisfied with the training; many had attained National Vocational Qualifications and achieved cost savings for their organizations. (SK)

A (British) educational "secondment" involves resource allocation from one institution to another and new forms of employee accountability and commitment. This article examines management implications of educational secondments, exploring costs and benefits accruing to 50 secondees, their seconding organizations, and those to which they…

Evaluation of the British Graduate Enterprise Programme, which assisted first-time owners with business startup, found that fewer new businesses would be started without training, training costs were matched or bettered by profits by the third year of business, and training funds spent by government attracted twice as much in bank or private…