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Stoneberg, Bert D. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2015
Public school critics often point to rising expenditures and relatively flat test scores to justify their school reform agendas. The claims are flawed because their analyses fail to account for the difference in data types between dollars (ratio) and test scores (interval). A cost-benefit analysis using dollars as a common metric for both costs…
Descriptors: Public Education, Cost Effectiveness, Input Output Analysis, Educational Policy
Congressional Budget Office, 2009
H.R. 3221 would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, which authorizes most federal postsecondary education programs. It would prohibit new federally guaranteed loans from being made under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and would increase direct spending for the Federal Pell Grant Program and other programs. The elimination of…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Student Loan Programs, Federal Programs, Student Financial Aid
Bennett, Daniel L.; Lucchesi, Adam R.; Vedder, Richard K. – Center for College Affordability and Productivity (NJ1), 2010
During the 2008-2009 academic year, there were nearly 1.8 million students enrolled at more than 2,800 for-profit institutions of higher learning in the United States. Students in for-profit colleges and universities accounted for over 9% of all students enrolled in postsecondary education. The numbers have continued to grow, and today (2010) the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Opportunities, Schools, Economics
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McPartland, James; Sprehe, J. Timothy – Social Science Research, 1973
A definition of inequalities in school inputs weighted according to their importance for educational outputs is applied to the data from the 1966 Educational Opportunities Survey. The extent and source of inequalities due to race and religion are examined. The results are discussed in terms of findings from more restricted definitions of…
Descriptors: Black Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
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Okachi, Katsuji – Journal of Education Finance, 1985
This study investigates the income-cost effects resulting from public and private higher education expenditures in Japan. Economic returns are presented according to sex, public or private sector, and areas of study, and the method of government expenditure on education in Japan is evaluated. (TE)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics, Educational Policy, Finance Reform
Dorn, Sherman – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2008
Five sister reports published by the Friedman Foundation over the past two years have ignored the relevant research literature in asserting that private-school voucher programs can reduce the social costs of dropping out while increasing graduation rates. The reports are state-specific, targeting five different states. But each report follows a…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, School Choice, Educational Attainment, Competition
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DeWitt, Scott W. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2006
In 2002 the members of the National Technology Leadership Initiative (NTLI) framed seven conclusions relating to handheld computers and ubiquitous computing in schools. While several of the conclusions are laudable efforts to increase research and professional development, the factual and conceptual bases for this document are seriously flawed.…
Descriptors: Debate, Computer Uses in Education, Relevance (Education), Handheld Devices
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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
Hess, Frederick M. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2004
The United States currently spends a good deal more on education per student than most industrialized nations, yet testing shows that achievement has not kept pace with spending. Nevertheless, school administrators continue to press for greater federal spending and claim that reforms cannot be implemented otherwise.
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Expenditure per Student, Correlation, Academic Achievement
Bilow, Scott – 1986
The relationship between the costs of schooling and the size of school districts is discussed. The first section of this paper provides a critical survey of what economists have written about economies of scale and questions whether bigger is really cheaper or more efficient, as is generally found in commercial endeavors. The second section…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics