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Scott-Clayton, Judith – Urban Institute, 2017
The federal role in higher education has grown over the past two decades, and now a new administration has the opportunity to strengthen policies that support students and their colleges and universities. To help inform these decisions, the Urban Institute convened a bipartisan group of scholars and policy advisers to write a series of memos…
Descriptors: Tuition Grants, Federal Aid, Efficiency, Higher Education
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Giacumo, Lisa A.; Breman, Jeroen – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2016
This article provides a systematic literature review about nonprofit and for-profit organizations using "big data" to inform performance improvement initiatives. The review of literature resulted in 4 peer-reviewed articles and an additional 33 studies covering the topic for these contexts. The review found that big data and analytics…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Literature Reviews, Job Performance, Job Simplification
Shimanoff, Perry S. – American School and University, 1980
School districts can reduce payrolls and be more efficient by installing work simplification programs. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Simplification
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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Planning and Research Branch. – 1977
This study examines the required levels of custodial services for schools in the County of Athabasca. Standard work units were described and applied to the tasks specified for each school. As a result, it was found that the level of custodial staffing is presently below requirements. Recommendations were set forth for increasing the custodial…
Descriptors: Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness, Custodian Training, Educational Programs
Lavine, Eileen M.; Moore, Audrey – 1977
A feasibility study was aimed at developing a strategy for implementing and utilizing the job analysis methodology which resulted from the Health Services Mobility Study (HSMS), particularly as it can be applied to the field of diagnostic radiology. (The HSMS method of job analysis starts with task descriptions analyzing the tasks that make up a…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Efficiency