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BARNES, GRANT A.; TYNDALL, D. GORDON – 1962
THE AUTHOR STATES THAT UNIT COSTS ARE MEASURES AND STANDARDS OF BUDGETING AND ARE USED TO DIRECT ATTENTION TO PROBLEMS AND AID IN THE SOLUTION OF THOSE PROBLEMS. UNITS FOR COSTS COULD INCLUDE STUDENT CREDIT HOUR, DEPARTMENT COSTS, COST BY LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION, ETC. COSTS IDENTIFIED WITH INSTRUCTION WOULD BE FACULTY TIME. WORKLOAD AND COST…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making
Download full textHollander, T. Edward – 1975
Perspectives concerning data collection in postsecondary education management and planning are considered. It is suggested that one of the dangers in data collection operations is collecting data without knowing why. It is argued that unless one knows in advance what is being measured and the purposes of measurement, data should not be collected.…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Planning, Data Collection, Databases
Virgo, Julie A. C. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Focuses on techniques used to gather data on costs of library and information services. Uses of library cost data are identified, including setting prices for services, making informed management decisions, and communicating with funding agencies. (CLB)
Descriptors: Accounting, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Decision Making
Martorana, S. V.; And Others – 1985
In 1985 a project was developed to strengthen policy guiding regionalization of occupational programs in New Jersey county community colleges. The project had three major goals: to establish a policy for the regionalization of selected occupational programs offered by the colleges; to describe ways that programs could be identified for regional…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Collection, Decision Making, Enrollment
Hord, Shirley M., Ed.; Adams, Ronald D., Ed. – 1981
The first paper in this collection of symposium papers presents the results of a survey of nearly 800 educational institutions and provides information on institutional characteristics, institutions engaged in teacher education evaluation, scope of data collected, methods of data collection, relationship between size of program and method of data…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria
Newton, Fred E.; McDowell, Sonya – 1981
Designed to provide Oregon vocational directors and teachers with a process for collecting information to be used in evaluating and planning vocational education programs, this handbook presents guidelines for both local annual planning and long-range planning. Various items to consider when reviewing an existing program are covered, including…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Planning
Winter, Gene M.; And Others – 1976
This guidebook is designed to assist postsecondary occupational educators in the conduct of local program evaluation efforts. The Reality-Based Evaluation (RBE) system for program evaluation has been designed to be flexible within a general recommended structure and is intended to be adaptive rather than adoptive. A major tenet of RBE is that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Analysis
Katchian, Anahid – 1979
Experiences in systems-development for state information systems are summarized for eight pilot-test state agencies, as part of the State Level Information Base project. Attention is directed to the evaluation of information needs; hardware and software choices; survey administration; data organization, storage, and linkages; and staffing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Planning, Computer Software, Computers
Bassett, Roger – 1979
Experiences of pilot-test state agencies in developing an information system are summarized, as part of the State Level Information Base project. The background and functions of each of the eight pilot-test state agencies are described, along with the information systems approach, and planning responsibilities (comprehensive planning, budgeting,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, College Planning, Continuing Education
Deboeck, Guido; Kinsey, Bill – 1980
The study summarizes discussions and conclusions of the Regional Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural Development Projects in East Africa (Nairobi, Kenya, April 1979), whose purpose was to share lessons learned from field experiences in managing information for rural development. An initial section summarizes information in papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Data Analysis, Data Collection
