This series of tables provides 1981-82 data for Oregon's community colleges, focusing on student enrollments, institutional operating costs, and property taxes. Table I looks at the percentage distribution of enrollments by major instructional program for the state's 15 community colleges. In tables II and III, information is provided by college…

This series of tables provides 1982-83 data for Oregon's community colleges, focusing on student enrollments, institutional operating costs, and property taxes. Table I looks at the percentage distribution of enrollments by major instructional program for the state's 15 community colleges. In tables II and III, information is provided by college…

This manual outlines a model for proposals to fund time-limited and ongoing employment services under a program of supported employment for individuals with disabilities. Key components of the model are an emphasis on interagency collaboration, attention to local agencies and the local environment, and adherence to accepted finance and budget…

This introduction to the major concepts of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is intended for individuals involved in health care provider education who are attempting to measure the costs and benefits of their educational activities. After tracing the development of CBA, the paper defines it as an attempt to quantify and compare the expenditures for a…

The School Improvement Model project, a total systems approach to evaluating and improving instruction, will be fully implemented by 1983-84. The project includes four components: teacher performance evaluation, administrator performance evaluation, student achievement measurement, and staff development. Five school districts in Minnesota and Iowa…

This issue paper focuses on financial aspects of special education, with implications for state and local education policymakers. Background information is supplied on the mandate for free appropriate public education contained in P.L. 94-142, The Education For All Handicapped Children Act. Subsequent sections address the following topics: the…

Development of precise and usable information on the financial operations of day care centers has been hampered by a lack of definition of types of programs and units of service, and confusion in comparing prices and costs. This article reports on the testing of a system of financial reporting and cost analysis, applied to 29 day care centers and…

Manpower planners must have the ability to draw on a variety of resources which are the key to the success of local manpower programs. (BP)

The use of computers for both administrative and/or instructional activities in secondary schools is increasing. In acquiring, maintaining, and expanding computer resources, decisions must be made regarding both products and services. This report identifies the issues and concerns related to procurement policy decisions, and guidelines are given…

Suggests that economic studies, insofar as they have for the past decade concentrated on the importance of rate-of-return analysis, have not contributed much to guide public policy decision-making. (Author)

This project originally attempted to develop data tables depicting the amount of state reimbursement received by each local Illinois school district in each special education program category. It utilized state of Illinois data tapes for the 1979-80 school year. Because it was impossible to separate reimbursements by program, the original research…

The report summarizes findings of a study of the cost of special education and related services for handicapped children, using information from a national survey taken in 1977-1978. The document is divided into 22 sections, beginning with an introduction which describes the study's objective, gives an overview of findings, and outlines the…

In 1981, the Maryland State Board for Community Colleges (MSBCC) conducted a study of the funding of remedial education in the state's community colleges, with the intent of recommending alternative approaches to community college funding for consideration by the legislature. Presidents of each of the 17 community colleges were contacted and asked…

Part I of this annual report of the California State Department of Education on child care services addresses policy questions suggested by the legislative reporting requirements for child development programs. These requirements include descriptions of the children and families served, the agencies providing subsidized child care services, and…

This second annual edition, published by the bookmobile librarians of Northern Illinois LACONI-Outreach, provides questions to test bookmobile publicity, an outline of traditional publicity modes, descriptions of bookmobile programs, a discussion of bookmobiles versus books by mail and branch libraries, circulation cost comparisons, hints for…