A survey of special education in 45 smaller school districts in Idaho gathered data on disabled and gifted students, district size, program costs per pupil, grade level, student hours in special education, and type of delivery system (including self-contained, resource room, work study, and homebound systems). (RW)

Describes a two-way cable television system used in a supplementary educational program in the Irvine, California, school district. Equipment for the teleconferencing system, which uses two channels on the cable network simultaneously, program costs, and sampling of telecourses are discussed. A separate insert by Carl Levine discusses negotiating…

Eight rules for dealing with the new training technologies in the late twentieth century are described. They concern rising costs, choosing the right training technologies, support services, courseware, resource allocations, facilities planning, in-house training, and program sharing. (For parts I and II see CE 512 535.) (CT)

Describes how low-cost audiovisual aids are effectively used at the College of Science Learning Resources Center at Texas A & M University. (HM)

Reviews size economies research and concludes, among other things, that the cost curve is usually U-shaped, but all findings must be applied cautiously and with full recognition of the unique characteristics of each place. (Author/JM)

Describes the Faculty and Community Externship Program at Champlain College (VT), which places faculty on a short-term basis in external jobs related to their fields and, utilizes personnel from the community to take on the instructional duties of the interning faculty. Benefits, costs, and other administrative factors are considered. (JP)

To cope with high youth unemployment in Britain after World War I, unemployment benefits for juveniles were made contingent on attendance at local education centers. This article looks at the administrative structures, costs, staffing, curriculum, and effectiveness of these Juvenile Unemployment Centers in Scotland from 1919-1941. (SJL)

To gauge the current status of and implementation problems with Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) in North Carolina's public and private colleges, questionnaires were sent to all deans and/or chairpersons of education in the state. This article presents tabulations of responses and individual comments from the respondents. (SJL)

Indicators of fund-raising costs and productivity are discussed and trends in fund raising are assessed. It is suggested that less of the educational and general expenditures are going to college and university advancement programs, but that gift-dollar costs remain constant. (Author/SF)

Although the ratio of program costs to dollars raised is an important measure of effectiveness, there are many variables among colleges and universities that must be considered when fund-raising efforts are assessed. Both tangible (size, academic offerings, type of institution) and intangible (spirit, energy, ability) variables are discussed.…

Fund-raisers in higher education are going to need more and better cost data to arrest the decline of gift revenue relative to institutional expenditures that has occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is suggested that differences in fund-raising effectiveness from institution to institution must also be understood. (SF)

Examines Fullerton College's individualized self-pacing (ISP) program. Reviews twelve ISP objectives including provision of enrollment/scheduling flexibility; lists twenty-two class offerings, including basic business math, business English, and business machines. Compares costs, learning, and course completion in ISP and traditional programs.…

Sources of financial support for 16-18-year-olds in the United Kingdom are summarized. The underlying assumptions of such programs are analyzed and a schematic list of alternative models of financial support is provided, categorized by party-political attitudes, including cost estimates. (Author/JMF)

Professionals and policy makers are placing more faith and more money in education's promise to change individual habits and attitudes that result in poor health. Author finds little evidence that level of education attainment or specific instruction results in dramatic change in health behavior. (Editor/RK)

Examines the current state of technological access to campus resources in light of tighter community college budgets across the country. Focuses on the objective measurement of technology costs that can be used efficiently in this new era of accountability. Describes the Technology Costing Methodology (TCM), which is available for downloading. (NB)