The purpose of cost-benefit analysis is to provide a guide for rational resource allocation by assessing the future benefits of an investment against the costs incurred in the present. For educational planners, this type of analysis is made difficult by the noneconomic costs and benefits in education and also by the extensive time-lag that exists…

Without a conscious effort to achieve optimum resource allocation, there is a real danger that educational resources may be wasted. This document uses input-output analysis to develop a model for rational decision-making in secondary education. (LLR)

This report discusses the seven basic types of problems found in business and industry as they apply to library institutions. These seven basic types are: (1) inventory problems, (2) allocation problems, (3) queueing problems, (4) sequencing problems, (5) routing problems, (6) replacement problems and (7) search problems. (MF)

This report outlines a Long Range Work Program consisting of a series of research efforts which, when implemented, will supply the basic components for the planning portion of a cooperative region-wide coordinating and decision-making process. These components are: a planning information system, goals and needs analysis procedure, program analysis…

To increase the efficiency of human and financial resource allocations, the El Dorado County, California, Office of Education initiated a planning, programing, budgeting system (PPBS). This document is a progress report on the effectiveness of the system after one year of operation. It contains (1) a statement on goals, (2) charts of the program…

This cost differential study was designed to use data collected by the Division of Vocational and Technical Education and the Illinois Junior College Board in an effort to analyze differential program costs of selected occupational curricula in six sample community colleges incurred in the fiscal year 1968-69. To be effective, a cost accounting…

This annotated and preliminary bibliography emphasizes applications of cost-effectiveness (C/E) and cost-benefit (C/B) analyses to problems in the civilian economy. The entries are organized so that the user may identify works in which these techniques are applied to problems in specific areas such as transportation, communication, and health. No…

This publication sets forth information about, and provides some concepts and techniques essential to the initiation of an educational plan. The goals describe the intended product or the direction to be taken. The study of needs and priorities provides guidance about where to start, or where to place major emphasis and resources. Indicators…

If we are to reduce wastage in higher education, we must first understand, and then combat some practices found in educational institutions. Specifically, we must discourage: over-staffing, power politics, and statistical juggling. Each institution of higher learning, each community, each state, should examine objectively the possibilities of…

The Delaware Educational Assessment Program accountability model is based on the performance assessment procedure initially described by Dyer, which utilizes background information of students to estimate educational outcomes. The difference between the estimate and the actual outcome is defined as a "need" in this application. This…

The purpose of this paper is to examine the issues concerning school-by-school resource allocation processes today and their relation to concerns about equity, educational needs, and the development of more effective educational strategies for all pupils. A description of the special case of the District of Columbia follows a brief summary of…

The theme of this document is that programmatic decision making can be carried out effectively only if appropriate kinds of information are made available. If an institution knows its objectives, it can define a course of action for the years ahead. Through use of a cost simulation model, it can forecast the resource implications of that plan.…

The statewide plan for computing resources in Illinois higher education is presented in this document. Chapter 1 discusses the history of this plan encompassing the board of higher education involvement, State Government planning, legislative actions, plan development, and a prospectus. Chapter 2 presents the procedure used to produce this report.…

The central concept of this report is that total institutional expenditures must be reduced by nearly $10 billion a year by 1980. It presents a factual and and statistical analysis of how universities can utilize all their resources to combat financial crises in a period of declining growth rate. (MJM)

This study examines the potential role of systematic analysis in administering resources within the university. Following problem identification and review of the methodology, Chapter II examines the various roles and characteristics of some of the primary decisionmakers in the university. Chapter III describes the typical characteristics of the…