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Geers, Frederick – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1986
The author states that a more systematic evaluation of labor market training is advisable. This includes permanent and refined monitoring of the trainee population for effective planning and proper longitudinal studies of different target groups in relation to the regional and national labor market policy. (CT)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Job Training, Labor Market, Program Costs
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Leventhal, John M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
This review of the past 20 years in child abuse and neglect prevention discusses the effectiveness of both general and targeted prevention services, especially home visiting; 9 ingredients of a successful home visiting program; the need for additional resources to cover home visiting services; and cautions against overselling or underselling…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Services, Home Visits
Sosniak, Lauren A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Do proficiency tests show whether students are gifted? Are programs for the talented properly funded? Confusion among programs for gifted students indicates that guidelines should be established, including weighing the gifted label for each program and linking programs to special talents. References included. (CJH)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Gifted
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1995
This report presents: (1) a review of the evidence that vaccine cost has prevented children from being immunized on time; (2) an evaluation of the implementation of the Vaccines For Children (VFC) program, including whether this program, as implemented, is likely to meet the needs of the under-immunized children; and (3) some options for improving…
Descriptors: Child Health, Disease Control, Health Care Costs, Immunization Programs
Hoffman, Frank O. – Personnel Journal, 1984
The author states that the real purpose for a training department's existence should be to help determine if training might be the best solution to a problem or a key contribution to an opportunity. How to cut training costs is explored. (CT)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Guidelines
King, Richard A.; Pohland, Paul A. – 1981
Researchers analyze the cost effectiveness of educational administrator training programs for Native Americans at four universities: Harvard, Pennsylvania State, Minnesota, and New Mexico. The programs vary in scope, duration, clientele, admissions, and five other characteristics. The programs' average costs per student are computed and are…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, American Indians, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Administration
Levine, Hermine Zagat – Personnel, 1985
Reports the results of a magazine readers survey on questions concerning career planning. Answers are reported on such topics as career paths, career ladders, career planning programs, mentoring programs, and program costs. A sample college graduate development program is included. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Career Planning, Employee Attitudes
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Glass, Stephen – Policy Review, 1995
Explains why privately-run lunch programs are providing better nutritional value at less cost than state-run programs. Several examples are provided of schools where lunch program privatization has increased participation and cafeteria discipline, improved nutritional and food quality, and has done so with financial efficiency. (GR)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Dining Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship
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Mosenthal, Peter B. – Reading Teacher, 1986
Discusses the fallacy in the Procrustean approach of fitting reading instruction to reading theory. (FL)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement
Toutkoushian, Robert K. – 1994
This paper examines issues involved in selecting a strategy that could be carried out by institutions to achieve salary equity between male and female faculty. It compares potential strategies based on equity of salary adjustments, political constraints, cost to the institution, and whether the plan removes inequities. Steps in determining…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Models, Problem Solving
Rooney, Michael – 1998
To examine the impact of technological innovation on student involvement in college, six community colleges were visited to interview faculty, staff, administrators, and students. The visits and interviews focused on current applications of technology, future plans, implications for professional development and staffing, implications for student…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Innovation
Shavelson, Richard J.; Winkler, John D. – 1982
Claims that computers and other high technology can replace teachers and staff, thereby reducing educational costs, are unwarranted for several reasons. First, most cost analyses focus on hardware costs, which are not the major factor directing the cost of computer assisted instruction (CAI). Second, technology is more likely to change the skill…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Programs, Computers
Carpenter-Huffman, Polly – 1980
Cost effectiveness of on-the-job training (OJT) can be determined by measures of effectiveness and by cost assessing the relationship between output and input. Defining effectiveness to be a measure of what an activity produces leaves two main groups of problems unresolved: hierarchies of effectiveness and multiple outcomes. The most significant…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Input Output Analysis, On the Job Training
Imber, Michael – American School Board Journal, 2003
As David Tyack and Larry Cuban demonstrate in "Tinkering Toward Utopia," the history of U.S. education reforms is that of mixed success and failure. Characteristics of reforms that take hold in schools include those that involve building new facilities, are easy to administer, and are legally mandated. Another major school reform…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Reform, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational History
Gainer, William J. – 1989
The General Accounting Office (GAO) commented on H.R. 2039, which would amend both the adult and youth titles of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). GAO's analysis suggested the following: (1) although H.R. 2039 proposes to target greater resources to those who are hard to serve by requiring that 50 percent of adult JTPA participants have one…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
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