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Mullin, Christopher M. – Journal of Education Finance, 2013
An increase of over 100% in program expenditures for the Pell Grant program over a five year period of time, from $14.7 billion in the 2007-08 award year to $33.4 billion in the 2011-12 award year, places an otherwise popular program under scrutiny. This article considers the factors and options informing federal policy related to the Pell Grant…
Descriptors: Grants, Program Evaluation, Program Costs, Operating Expenses
Grossman, Jean Baldwin; Lind, Christianne; Hayes, Cheryl; McMaken, Jennifer; Gersick, Andrew – Public/Private Ventures, 2009
Funders and program planners want to know: What does it cost to operate a high-quality after-school or summer program? This study answers that question, discovering that there is no "right" number. Cost varies substantially, depending on the characteristics of the participants, the goals of the program, who operates it and where it is located.…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, After School Programs, Educational Quality, Operating Expenses
Gordon, Kenneth F.; Errecart, Michael – 1975
The Guaranteed Student Loan Program, authorized by the 1965 Higher Education Act (Title IV-B) is intended to provide students with a means of financing part of the cost of education. The principal of the loan is provided by commercial lending institutions or state lending agencies. An increasing number of issues have surfaced regarding the program…
Descriptors: Banking, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Operating Expenses
Miner, Norris
Cost-income studies are designed to serve two functions in instructional program evaluation. First, they act as the indicator of the economic value of a program. This economic value in conjunction with the other educational values needed in program evaluation allow for the most realistic appraisal of program worth. Second, if the studies show a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Expenditures, Income

Smith, Jana Kay; Smith, Nick L. – Evaluation Review, 1985
Data from two studies of evaluation budgeting practices are presented to determine how resources are typically allocated across budget categories in evaluation studies. A common pattern showed these allocations: (1) 61 percent to personnel; (2) 13 to 14 percent to overhead; and (3) 15 percent to all other categories. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators
Denton, Jon J.; Smith, Nick L. – 1984
An exploratory investigation was conducted of a college of education's major costs in providing the "education major" alternative to obtaining teacher certification. Basic procedures consisted of identifying appropriate cost categories and gathering the required cost information. Major effects data from previous studies were reviewed and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Expenditure per Student, Higher Education
TDR Associates, Inc., Newton, MA. – 1972
In 1970, boarding school enrollments were leveling off and inflationary tremors beginning to register in the financial seismographs of most schools. Recently, the school survival issue has begun to emerge as a subject for serious open debate and private speculation. This handbook advances the ideas that for shortrun survival, many schools will…
Descriptors: Administrators, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change
Coelen, Craig; And Others – 1974
This volume, part of the interim report on the National Home Start Evaluation, includes cost of the 16 Home Start projects and outcome data from the six summative sites. Findings and recommendations are presented on the intra-project cost-effectiveness of Home Start and the cost-effectiveness of Home Start as a Head Start option. Home Start, a…
Descriptors: Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis
Smith, Jana K. – 1984
The first of two related pamphlets, this guide provides information on how to conduct cost-outcome analyses, with an emphasis on measuring costs. After an introduction that delineates the purpose of the two-part series, the pamphlet is divided into six major sections. The first section, "definitions and rationale," introduces…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Kelley, R. Lynn; And Others – 1976
A cost/benefit analysis of the assessment of experiential learning was performed at Webster College, Missouri. An undergraduate and a masters degree program were studied; the costs of evaluating experiential learning were compared to the costs of traditional college programs. Total costs for experiential learning assessment were found to be…
Descriptors: College Students, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluators, Experiential Learning
Touche Ross and Co., Washington, DC. – 1983
The administrative costs of the student financial aid delivery process at postsecondary institutions were analyzed. After reviewing the literature and interviewing selected experts, 1982 cost data at nine institutions were studied: three public and two private colleges, two community colleges, and two proprietary institutions. Costs were…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Eligibility, Expenditure per Student, Financial Aid Applicants
Chance, William; Curry, Denis J. – 1979
The Evergreen State College, Washington's newest four-year college, was established in the midst of an unprecedented enrollment expansion. It also responded to contemporary calls for reform in higher education. Two conditions, the recent lack of growth in higher education and a subsiding of enthusiasm for nontraditional higher education, have…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Curriculum Development, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance
Gailitis, Maris M. – 1972
The Information Retrieval Television (IRTV) system was a unique experimental media program initiated in several Ottawa, Canada schools in the fall of 1968. The program allowed teachers to select televised audiovisual programs for their classes at any time. This arrangement freed them from having to adapt to broadcast schedules or to the rigidities…
Descriptors: Administration, Audiovisual Communications, Audiovisual Instruction, Closed Circuit Television