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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
Massey, Philip Minter – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation examines the impact of internet technologies on the field of health communication. Access and use of health communication technologies has and will continue to become increasingly important to manage and treat chronic conditions and other ailments, particularly in the context of health care reform that promotes improved quality…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Technology, Computer Mediated Communication, Cost Effectiveness
Bangser, Michael R. – 1985
The report describes the STETS (Structured Training Employment Transitional Services) project, a program designed to prepare mentally retarded young adults for competitive employment. The report summarizes major lessons and policy implications of the STETS demonstration. An initial section describes the evolution of public policy in transition…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment

Morris, Jon R.; Ammentorp, William – Educational Research Quarterly, 1977
Dynamic analysis offers a comprehensive view of the cost benefit and cost effective dimensions of policy problems. It also provides the computational power to investigate the long term effects of policy decisions on the flow of resources in organizations and government agencies. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Policy

Taylor, Raymond G., Jr. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Presents a model that calculates the conditions under which a library may adopt a highly service-oriented online catalog access policy at minimum additional cost. The use of arrival rates, service rates, and queueing calculations to arrive at a cost-effective policy is explained. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Library Expenditures, Library Policy, Library Services
Palola, Ernest G., And Others – 1975
A major challenge in higher education is to build evaluation models that first of all spell out various effectiveness measures and then related cost data. The Program Effectiveness and Related Costs (PERC) framework addresses this problem. The five components of PERC are outcomes, costs, students, learning programs, and faculty. An overview and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing

van Leeuwen, Marko J.; van Praag, Bernard M. S. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2002
A model for calculating on-the-job training costs and benefits was developed and applied to Dutch employer/employee data. The model was used to generate scenarios for policy measures to stimulate lifelong learning, depicting costs and benefits for those in the market for training as well as macroeconomic consequences. (SK)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Employment Practices, Foreign Countries
Saltman, Roy G. – 1977
The findings, recommendations, and conclusions of a policy-oriented, multi-disciplinary study of copyright in computer-readable works are reported. The foundations of copyright are examined for basic principles, and the theory of public goods is applied to develop the rationale for copyright protection. The judicial history of copyright in the…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Copyrights, Cost Effectiveness

Hazen, Dan C. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1990
Discusses the growing emphasis on preservation in academic libraries and examines the assumptions underlying the prevalent approach of one-time reformatting using microforms. A model for preservation policy and planning based on needs assessment and prioritizing is presented, and alternatives to current practices are considered. (10 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Financial Support, Higher Education
Millsap, William – 1980
A social anthropologist suggests that other decision making models besides the consensual one (which assumes that the public behaves in accordance with values and attitudes) should be adopted by education as a result of shrinking resources, and discusses approaches to making decisions resulting from P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Community Role, Compliance (Legal), Cost Effectiveness
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1969
A seminar on direct teaching by television, held in Rome in December of 1966, created such interest that it was decided to call a second seminar, restricted to adult education, which was held at Scheveningen, July 1-5, 1968. The subject was the assessment of needs and evaluation of results. The purpose was to compare, at a European level, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Needs, Educational Television
D'Oyley, Vince – 1972
Educational planning involves both the notions of ordering any unordered educational system and that of replanning an institutional and policy framework according to new criteria. Planning refers to that situation where there are relatively few or no constraints on the planning process from existing educational institutions or current policy…
Descriptors: Accountability, Committees, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change

Putney, Frederick B.; Wotman, Stephen – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1978
Management modeling techniques are applied to setting operational and capital goals using cost analysis techniques in this case study at the Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery. The model was created as a planning tool used in developing a financially feasible operating plan and a 100 percent physical renewal plan. (LBH)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Budgeting, Case Studies

Hardwick, David F.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1981
Data are presented from a Canadian study to show that the cost of laboratory testing is escalating and represents a sizable proportion of hospital costs. Policy interventions will require thorough analysis and will require sophisticated control programs at various levels in the laboratory inquiry system. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Evaluation Methods, Facility Utilization Research

Dugan, Robert E.; Dodsworth, Ellen M. – Government Information Quarterly, 1994
In 1993, the Georgetown University library spent over four dollars to support its depository program for every dollar the Government Printing Office spent to distribute the information. Methods used to calculate costs, cost-sharing issues, and suggested action are discussed. Appendixes include a summary of the cost-compilation model and a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates