The California State Board of Education authorized the study to document the overall costs of special education due process fair hearings to all parties--the parents, local education agencies, and the state. The study also analyzed the factors that enter into the costs of hearings, and some conclusions were drawn and recommendations made for…

Ten projects which used mathematics as a major element to infuse career education into the regular school curriculum are presented in the reivew. The projects generally include programs for grades K-12. The report analyzes the ten projects from the standpoint of whether or not mathematics was involved as a subject area and, if so, to what extent.…

THIS REPORT IS A DISSERTATION ON AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE SIZE-COST-ACHIEVEMENT FACTORS OF 39 REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF WISCONSIN. THE AIM WAS TO IDENTIFY THE SIZE DISTRICT AND LEVEL OF EXPENDITURE WHICH PRODUCE THE GREATEST EDUCATIONAL RESULTS AND TO EVALUATE THE REORGANIZED DISTRICTS BY DETERMINING IF…

TO DETERMINE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG COSTS OF SPECIALIZED VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL CURRICULA AND GENERAL OR LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULA, PROGRAMS AT EIGHT PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE ANALYZED, AND THE TOTAL COSTS OF EDUCATING A STUDENT IN EACH CURRICULUM WERE COMPUTED. SEVEN CONCLUSIONS ARE OFFERED--1) MOST OCCUPATIONAL AND TECHNICAL CURRICULA COST MORE PER…

Project IMPACT, a joint effort by public and private schools in Grand Forks (ND) to provide services to gifted elementary students, is described. Four project objectives are identified: to combine educational resources of public and private schools; to provide workshops and resources for teachers; to identify teachers suitable for teaching…

Information is provided concerning the revenues and expenses associated with intercollegiate athletic programs of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member institutions during the eight-year period from 1969-70 through fiscal year 1976-77. These financial trends and changes are expressed through means of a statistical description,…

Presented are the results of one university's experience with three different models of determining institutional program costs. The three models discussed are the National Center for Higher Education Information Exchange Procedures (NCHEMS IEP), the Ohio Board of Regents Resource Analysis Procedure, and the Association of American Medical…

The United States Environmental Protection Agency was created by Presidential order in December of 1970. This order brought together 15 programs scattered among several Federal Government agencies to mount a coordinated attack on environmental problems. These problems include air and water pollution, solid waste management, pesticides, radiation,…

This paper provides data on the cost of educating undergraduate elementary education students enrolled in the University of Georgia College of Education in 1967-68. Introductory sections describe review of the literature and procedures for determining unit cost through cost allocation based on the earned quarter hour of credit. Data, presented in…

Administrators of adult basic education programs are asked to provide information concerning program administration, funding, program expenditures, staffing, methods for establishing and improving classes, program eligibility requirements, and the adoption of innovative methods and materials. There are 40 items in the interview guide. For related…

This cost study of the Modular Achievement Program at Bowling Green State University indicates expenditures for the 1972-73 academic year according to the state auditor's budgetary system for state universities of Ohio. Following an overview of the financial situation, emphasis is placed on indirect university contributions, instructional cost,…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the average cost per pupil for driver education in Illinois and selected variables. The independent variables were the location of the school; average daily attendance of the school; assessed valuation per pupil in the school district; the use of the driving simulator, the…

Temporary categorical aids (seed money) have been popular during the past two decades because they purport to inject new ideas into the educational system which, by many, is believed to be incapable of initiating new ideas without stimulation and direction from Washington. The results of such action was examined. (Author/RK)

Discusses three different settings which illustrate the need for a cost-benefit type of evaluation and then gives examples of objective-based evaluation, goal-free evaluation, and cost-benefit evaluation. (RK)

Examines the experience of instructors using one major CAD (computer-assisted design) system, VersaCAD. The author provides an overview of the variety of training, funding, and curriculum opportunities available to those teaching CAD. (CT)