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Download full textHarris, Marshall A. – 1972
This statewide study achieved the following objectives: (1) It developed a methodology for conducting a benefit-cost analysis of vocational education programs in Florida; (2) It examined, compared, and analyzed public and private costs and benefits of four Florida vocational programs, (3) It compared public and private benefits and costs for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Development, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedQuinn, Bill; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1984
Two approaches to math instruction were compared in the fifth grade of the Jordan (Utah) School District. For middle- to lower-socioeconomic-status (SES) pupils, the Goal-Based Educational Management System Proficiency Mathematics approach was substantially more cost-effective. For high-SES pupils, a more traditional text-oriented approach was…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary School Mathematics
Scrivener, Susan; Walter, Johanna – 2001
A random assignment study evaluated two welfare program case management approaches, traditional and integrated, and was conducted as part of the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work (WTW) Strategies, an evaluation of 11 welfare-to-work programs in 7 sites nationwide. More that 7,000 single parent welfare applicants and recipients deemed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Management Systems
Peer reviewedCaldwell, Bettye M. – Early Education and Development, 1992
Discusses five major issues raised by the papers in this special issue. Also considers curriculum and conceptual issues not dealt with in the issue. Describes the need for a combination of education and care, or "educare," in early childhood programs. (BG)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Developmental Continuity
Peer reviewedRussell, Susan Dana – Young Children, 1993
Based on the results of a study of conditions in child care centers in North Carolina, a model project to upgrade child caregivers' levels of education and compensation was developed. Describes the implementation, outcomes, and evaluation of this project. (BB)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Compensation (Remuneration), Day Care, Demonstration Programs
Morra, Linda S. – 1995
Approximately two-thirds of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL's) fiscal year 1995 (FY95) budget of $34.3 billion consists of mandatory spending on income maintenance programs. Of the remaining $10.7 billion financing DOL's other functions, approximately $6.9 billion is allocated to employment training activities and $2.93 billion is allocated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgeting, Budgets, Cost Effectiveness
Brock, Thomas; And Others – 1993
The history of unpaid work experience shows that work requirements for welfare recipients have often been proposed and attempted. The consistent trend has been to place greater emphasis on employability services. Studies of nine welfare-to-work programs providing unpaid work experience indicate that the level of participation is limited by factors…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Participant Satisfaction, Program Attitudes
Colorado Northwestern Community Coll., Rangely. – 1991
At Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC), all educational programs, as well as student services and support functions, are formally reviewed/evaluated in depth at least once every five years. This nine-part outline, providing a step-by-step description of the program review process at CNCC, includes the following sections: (1) the value…
Descriptors: Aviation Technology, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria
Bruininks, Robert H.; And Others – 1990
This study merged and expanded data from two research databases containing information on former students with mental retardation ranging from mild (N=34) to moderate (N=78) to severe (N=86). Data were obtained from the "Benefit-Cost Evaluation Project" and the "Post School Transition Project." The subjects came from different…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Efficiency, Environmental Influences
Direct linkRohs, Frederick R. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2004
Measuring the Return on Investment (ROI) in training and development has consistently earned a place among the critical issues in the human resource development (HRD) field. Leadership educators may soon find that program sponsors and administrators asking for ROI information as well. This paper reports the ROI of the Southern Extension Leadership…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Leadership Training, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Lane, Marvin – 1989
This report on Lamar Community College's Horse Training and Management (HTM) program assesses the quality of the educational experience provided by the program, the quality of the faculty and students, institutional financial commitment to the program, contribution of the HTM program to state and local economic development, and external funding…
Descriptors: Animal Husbandry, Budgets, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Lah, David; And Others – 1986
The Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) was one of two federally funded youth conservation corps programs that existed prior to 1981. The other program, the Youth Conservation Corps, was a summer program, whereas the YACC operated on a year-round basis. In operation between 1977 and 1982, the YACC received funds of approximately $232 million…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Demonstration Programs
Levinson, Cynthia Y. – 1984
Many administrators are meeting specific instructional needs of their students without always or solely relying on classroom teachers by utilizing distance education, i.e., instruction that takes place while the learner is physically distant from the instructor and/or the materials. Distance education is particularly appropriate in rural and small…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Radio, Inservice Teacher Education
Reisner, Elizabeth R.; And Others – 1983
A study evaluated the Projects With Industry (PWI) program. (Authorized in 1968 to provide funding opportunities to organizations for the purpose of assisting severely disabled persons in obtaining competitive employment, the PWI program has provided support to projects that involve private sector representatives in the design of placement,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Employment Services
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div. – 1989
In this study of rental assistance programs for low-income households administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the General Accounting Office (GAO) compares the costs and benefits of housing certificates and housing vouchers. The certificate program, established in 1974, and the voucher program, authorized in 1983, aim…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
