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Download full textKuehn, Daniel; Anderson, Theresa; Lerman, Robert; Eyster, Lauren; Barnow, Burt; Briggs, Amanda – Urban Institute, 2017
This report presents the findings of the cost-benefit analysis of Accelerating Opportunity, an initiative designed to help adults with low basic skills earn industry-recognized credentials in high-growth occupations and succeed in the labor market. It compares the value of the benefits associated with AO--principally labor market benefits--with…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Student Costs, Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Wellsfry, Norv; And Others – 1995
Developed to help ensure that the unique characteristics of community college occupational education are reflected in the current national movement toward institutional accountability, this monograph describes a model accountability system for community colleges. Following introductory materials, the focus of institutional effectiveness is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges
Abramson, Theodore – 1979
Two major areas of concern to vocational education are cost benefit and job and task analysis. In recent years vocational education has broadened its outlook in terms of general human development, but the historical context of vocational education and concerns for accountability require evaluation of vocational education programs to consider cost…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development
Hayes, Elisabeth – 1991
A study investigated the occupational, educational, personal, and social benefits of obtaining the General Educational Development (GED) credential for Wisconsin GED recipients. It examined differences in the benefits experienced and factors that affected the nature and extent of these benefits. A questionnaire was mailed to 1,028 individuals who…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Sorenson, Gary W.; Suzuki, Warren N. – 1978
This report describes a project to develop a system for community colleges to delineate, obtain, and provide information for judging whether to continue, modify, or terminate occupational education programs. The report reviews the project's background, objectives, procedures, accomplishments, problems, evaluation, and conclusions/recommendations.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Disadvantaged
Moore, George R.; Woodnutt, Tom – 1979
The purpose of this report is to present the background and findings of a study conducted at Chemeketa Community College (CCC) during 1978-79 in which survey information gathered from former students and their employers was applied to a cost-benefit model to determine the usefulness of nine vocational programs. These programs were early childhood…
Descriptors: Accountability, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2001
In 2001, 6,821 employers across Australia were surveyed regarding their views of vocational education and training (VET). The survey was the fourth such survey since 1995. In 2001, 80% of employers of VET graduates (compared with 83% in 1995) rated their satisfaction with VET as 6 or higher on a 10-point scale. The proportion of employees at the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
