The 135 abstracts presented pertain to national policies, programs, and general strategies for conserving energy. In addition to the abstract, each citation lists the title, author, sponsoring agency, subject categories, number of pages, date, descriptors, identifiers, and ordering information for each document. Topics covered in this compilation…

The suggestions contained in this guide are intended to help reduce energy consumption in school facilities. Energy conservation measures are discussed on three levels: (1) the educational program and activities schedule, (2) operation of the facility and supporting systems, and (3) the physical plant. Discussed are high cost, medium cost, and low…

This study elaborates on 56 findings and 17 recommendations made in an earlier report about telecommunications by a commission originated by the German Federal Minister for Research and Technology. The commission investigated (1) the needs and demand for telecommunications; (2) technical possibilities, required volume of investment and costs of…

The five-phased plan of action developed by personnel at Kent State has delineated an overall structure of teacher education redesign. Present costs can be computed for each graduating student. Implementation of the new guidelines for teacher education based on emerging needs will change the costs of teacher preparation. The purpose of this…

Six papers are presented. The topics are: (1) the limits of cost-benefit analysis as a guide to priority-setting in rehabilitation; (2) public policy towards disability; (3) benefit and costs of the federal-state vocational rehabilitation program; (4) social issues in rehabilitation; (5) public expectations; (6) consumer perspectives; and (7)…

Longrange planning is the key to continued successful development of colleges and universities. Essential elements of effective developmental planning include (1) clearly stated institutional objectives, (2) a careful inventory of resources, (3) a thorough understanding of operations, (4) a realistic timetable, (5) an unambiguous philosophy of…

This volume contains papers presented at The National Conference on Program Accounting for Public Schools held at The University of California at Los Angeles, in July 1968. The papers describe six public school expenditure classification systems designed to facilitate program budgeting and cost analysis. The account classification systems are…

This paper presents a mathematical methodology in treating the systems approach to the evaluation of instruction. The major aspects of the procedure and the use of sensitivity analysis as a check upon the logical validity of the system are discussed. Advantages of a systems analysis when compared to qualitative analysis are also presented.…

This report is in response to complaints and criticism by the library community on the Superintendent of Documents' decision to furnish third generation diazo microfiche for the Depository Library program. It reviews some of the basic photographic chemistry of both silver halides and diazos which have an influence on dark stability. A review of…

The paper examines an exemplary special education school for the handicapped in Peru and describes the school's success in training children in primary education and basic work skills. A rate of return for the investment in the school is calculated using cost-benefit analysis. The results are noted to indicate a conservative estimate of 10% return…

This brief report argues against the cost analysis process currently used as a form of rate justification by states and central agencies who are purchasing child care. Instead, a logic is proposed for negotiated rates based on expected levels of necessary costs and reasonable rates in comparison with open market levels as shown on day care…

The Response to Educational Needs Project (RENP) is a compensatory education program being carried out in Washington, D.C. This document consists primarily of statistical and program description data on the effects of RENP in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). The data include: (1) a summary of RENP costs; (2) statistical information…

This handbook, using an input-process-output model, provides library managers with a method to evaluate network service offerings and decide which would be cost-beneficial to procure. The scope of services addressed encompasses those network services based on an automated bibliographic data base intended primarily for cataloging support. Sections…

Pointed out are issues seen as unresolved in the implementation of diagnostic prescriptive teaching methods with learning disabled children. Questioned are the cost effectiveness of the clinical diagnostic process, practical limits of task analysis, and the failure to consider the child's total ecology or life space as a possible cause of the…

Program budgeting is a system that focuses on outcomes rather than on inputs, relates resources to outcomes, includes more than one time interval in the budget document, and states outcomes in measurable terms. If the assumptions underlying program budgeting are accepted, the system can be an effective tool for identifying new ways to do jobs…