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Eyster, Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Community colleges, which are public, two-year institutions of higher education, have become a major provider of education and training that directly leads to a job in a particular occupation. To help community colleges build capacity to provide job training, the federal government has funded several grant programs over the past 15 years. Recent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Programs, Job Training
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Gambin, Lynn; Hogarth, Terence – Accounting Education, 2016
Lack of progression to higher education amongst those who complete an Advanced Apprenticeship in England and the country's need for higher level skills led to the introduction of Higher Apprenticeships in 2009. Whilst Higher Apprenticeships would be expected to facilitate learner progression, the volume of these has remained low. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Apprenticeships, Cost Effectiveness
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Badrtdinov, Nail N.; Gorobets, Daniil V. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the investigated problem is conditioned by absence of the single approach to the common criteria and mechanisms of a pedagogical educational establishment's assessment; the current assessment principles of planning and management are out-of-date. The aim of this article is to analyze theoretical approaches and concepts of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Management Development, Higher Education, Planning
Gromada, Anna; Shewbridge, Claire – OECD Publishing, 2016
This paper examines student learning time as a key educational resource. It presents an overview of how different OECD countries allocate instruction time. It also develops a model to understand the effective use of allocated instruction time and examines how different OECD countries compare on this. The paper confirms the value of sufficient…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Time Factors (Learning), Time Management, Resource Allocation
Kelly, Andrew P. – Bellwether Education Partners, 2014
The creation of the massive open online course (MOOC), a new form of digital learning, has enthralled some, infuriated others, and changed the conversation about higher education in the United States and abroad. To some, MOOCs herald the dawn of a new era in human capital, one that will mean the end of college as we know it. Enthusiastic observers…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Masaiti, Gift; Shen, Hong – European Journal of Educational Research, 2013
This research paper explores the concept of "cost sharing" which became more prominent in Zambia education with the advent of democratic form of governance in 1991. As a way of responding to the ever diminishing tax revenues, government through the education policy of 1996, allowed higher education institutions including public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, State Universities, Governance
Lynch, Virginia N. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Use of external vendors to implement school reform and address student achievement in urban secondary schools has not been studied. This quasi-experimental longitudinal study focused on changes in student achievement among urban 9th grade students during the 2010-2011 school year. The theoretical framework was the transformational model of using…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High School Students, Urban Schools, Educational Change
Hassel, Emily Ayscue; Holly, Christen; Locke, Gillian – Public Impact, 2014
To help all students reach their potential, district leaders must ensure that every student has consistent access to excellent teaching. Opportunity Culture compensation and career path structures help make that possible, and this guide shows how. "Teacher Pay and Career Paths in an Opportunity Culture: A Practical Policy Guide" shows…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration), Career Development, School Districts
Hassel, Emily Ayscue; Holly, Christen; Locke, Gillian – Public Impact, 2014
To help all students reach their potential, district leaders must ensure that every student has consistent access to excellent teaching. Opportunity Culture compensation and career path structures help make that possible, and this guide shows how. "Teacher Pay and Career Paths in an Opportunity Culture: A Practical Policy Guide" shows…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration), Career Development, School Districts
Goetz, Michael Eric – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study explores the cost-effectiveness ratios associated with individual tutoring, intensive reading/language arts instruction, and a focus on core subject areas. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K) database, this study analyzes these programs using a three-level hierarchical linear model (HLM) with a nationally…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Tutoring, Reading Instruction, Language Arts
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Jimenez-Castellanos, Oscar; Topper, Amelia M. – Review of Educational Research, 2012
This article systematically reviews the cost study literature as it relates to the treatment of English language learners (ELLs). Despite the substantial number of costing out studies that have been conducted over the past several decades, the school finance literature has failed to focus on ELLs--the fastest growing segment of the school-age…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Finance, Second Language Learning, Journal Articles
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Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo; Ariga, Kenn; Iwahashi, Roki – Education Economics, 2012
Many European countries have delayed the time when school tracking starts in order to pursue equality of opportunity. What are the efficiency costs of de-tracking secondary schools? This paper builds a stylized model of the optimal time of tracking, estimates the relevant parameters using micro data for 11 European countries and computes the…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Costs
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Malm, Eric; Defranco, Joanna F. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2012
Colleges and universities have spent significant financial and human resources deploying and promoting educational technologies, including Learning Management Systems (LMS). A large body of research now exists on the impact of technology on student learning, including the roles of blended learning, hybrid classes, and distance learning. Yet,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Integrated Learning Systems, Educational Technology, Influence of Technology
Picus, Lawrence O.; Odden, Allan; Goetz, Michael – Foundation for Child Development, 2009
This study estimates the costs of providing a high-quality PreK-3rd education approach in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Relying on an Evidence-Based approach to school finance adequacy, it identifies the staffing resources needed to offer high-quality integrated PreK-3rd programs and then estimates the costs of those resources. By…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Finance, Costs, Cost Effectiveness
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Zarick, Lisa M.; Stonebraker, Robert – College Teaching, 2009
College students seem especially adept at procrastination. Large percents report that it causes lower quality papers and projects, lower exam scores and, to a lesser extent, late or missing assignments. Using survey data collected from a broad cross-section of students and faculty we argue that procrastination can be modeled as a logical, albeit…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Hypothesis Testing, Time Management, Predictor Variables
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