This paper presents new benefit-cost estimates for the Tulsa universal preschool program. These calculations are based on estimated effects from previous papers of Tulsa pre-K on high school graduation rates and college attendance rates of students who were enrolled in kindergarten in Tulsa Public Schools in the fall of 2006. In this paper,…

We meta-analyze for impact and cost-effectiveness 94 studies from 47 conditional cash transfer programs in low- and middle-income countries worldwide, focusing on educational outcomes that include enrollment, attendance, dropout, and school completion. To conceptually guide and interpret the empirical findings of our meta-analysis, we present a…

District costs for teachers' health insurance are, on average, higher then employer costs for private-sector professionals. How much of this is attributable to collective bargaining? This article examines the question using data from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the state of Wisconsin. In…

The use of technology to facilitate education and the provision of an entire higher education degree has exploded in the last two decades. Social work educators have been a part of that trend and have started to utilize distance education (DE) technologies. There is a growing literature regarding the efficacy of DE instruction in social work, and…

Presented are the results of one university's experience with three different models of determining institutional program costs. The three models discussed are the National Center for Higher Education Information Exchange Procedures (NCHEMS IEP), the Ohio Board of Regents Resource Analysis Procedure, and the Association of American Medical…

This paper presents an updated cost-benefit analysis of the High/Scope Perry preschool Program, using data on individuals aged 40. Children were randomly assigned to a treatment or control group. Program costs are compared against treatment impacts on educational resources, earnings, criminal activity, and welfare receipt. Net present values are…

A cost study was undertaken of the costs incurred by, or allocable to, the Interlibrary Lending (ILL) section of the UCLA Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library Service (PSRMLS) from June 1, 1976 through May 31, 1977 for filled and unfilled book and journal requests. Mathematical methods were used to establish accurate values of total direct…

Presented here is a model developed at Santa Barbara City College (California) for assessing vocational and non-vocational program costs. The primary purpose of the project was to compare costs during 1971-72 for these two types of programs. On an institutional average, vocational instructional costs appeared to be higher than non-vocational,…

Policy, or program, analysis has the responsibility for providing policymakers with timely information about the consequences of alternative courses of action. In elementary and secondary education, however, the policymaking effort is complicated by the organizational gap often present between the policymaker and the practitioner or user. An…

This study, based on data for the 1970-71 school year, develops a uniform method for comparing costs of alternative school feeding systems. The study attempted to determine relative costs of providing meals under alternative production and distribution systems, establish standards relating to food costs and labor efficiency that could be used in…

This document presents the results of testing upon two groups of graduate-level, preservice, elementary school, student teachers to compare the cost and effectiveness of a performance based teacher education program with a subject-centered teacher education program at the San Diego State University. Six null hypotheses were tested to determine…

An experiment is described for ascertaining whether the idea of comparative profit and cost indicators for enterprises could be applied to universities. A wide spread between the indicators for the same subjects in different higher education centers is shown. Specific expenditure and capacity indicators, and indicators of student throughput are…

IN A STUDY TO IDENTIFY THE KINDS OF COST AND RELATED DATA THAT CAN BE OBTAINED TO AID PLANNING AND EVALUATING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, THE ATTRITION OF THE SAMPLE OF 16 COMPREHENSIVE AND 16 VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ASKED TO PARTICIPATE AND THE DATA COLLECTION PROBLEMS MADE THE AUTHORS SKEPTICAL OF ANY SUBSTANTIVE RESULTS. LIMITED DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM…

The study compared graduates of cooperative vocational education programs and graduates of in-school vocational-technical education programs in 12 Missouri secondary schools to determine their annual earnings differences, the benefit/cost ratios of the programs, and the relationship of selected socio-demographic variables to earnings. Cooperative…

With Swedish help, industrial education courses in wood technology, wood technology/metal technology, and power mechanics/electrical technology have been introduced into 35 Kenyan government-maintained secondary schools. The programs received Swedish assistance from 1969 to 1981. An evaluation has revealed that the aims and objectives of the…