The use of funding/allocation formulas in public higher education and the efficacy of Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) taxonomies as the basis for discipline cost differentials in Tennessee are examined. Major criteria on which funding/allocation formulas should be based and weaknesses in existing formulas are also identified.…

Due to inconclusive data, inconsistent findings, and a lack of relevant empirical studies, no definite conclusions could be drawn in this research review of school grade organization effects. The review specifically sought research that could illuminate the effects of elementary and middle school grade organization on student achievement, parent…

This research, covering a twelve-month period from February 1976 to February 1977, undertook in-depth studies of the costs of French in seven school systems in Ontario. Four of these were urban, and three were semi-urban/semi-rural in population distribution. Part One of this report deals with an in-depth study of the costs of French programs…

The study reported here, the fourth of a series of studies on adult education in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, provides quantitative evidence about the magnitude and characteristics of adult education activity in nine OECD countries. The nine countries included are Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany,…

The purpose of this study was to determine the costs of providing instruction in French to students enrolled in French-language instructional units in areas of high concentration of Francophones. Chapter 1, which makes up most of the study, consists of separate case studies of eight educational jurisdictions that encompass a major proportion of…

This manual is basically designed as a self-instructional guide by which postsecondary vocational administrators and educators can conduct cost-effectiveness/benefit studies. (Cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis is an evaluation technique which can be used for assessing outcomes of existing and/or new programs in relation to their specified…

One of a three-volume series concerning the development and testing of a model for determining the costs of vocational education programs and courses, this executive summary is process-oriented and divided into two parts. Part 1 describes the scope of the study and includes delimiting criteria for field test sites, process characteristics of the…

Fourth in a series of seven volumes reporting the design, methodology, and findings of the 4-year National Day Care Home Study (NDCHS), this volume presents findings obtained from interviews with parents of children attending family day care. The central aim of the parent component of the NDCHS was to obtain descriptions of parents' needs,…

Tuition tax credits for private elementary and secondary schools would be bad law, bad economics, and bad public policy. These points are made in this twenty-first chapter of a book on school law. Legal arguments against tax credits are based on a number of court decisions concerning church-state separation, particularly the Supreme Court decision…

In response to legislative mandate, a study was undertaken to determine the effects of new independent study legislation on California's community colleges. All colleges that participated in Coordinated Instruction System (CIS) or Independent Study (IS) programs were asked to provide financial information for the period July 1, 1979 to June 30,…

The pressures engendered by the scarce resources of the 1980s demand the development of new organizational designs that respond to local cultural, economic, and social needs. In the Cumberland and Shenandoah Valleys, a four-state region containing 12 postsecondary institutions, a voluntary association of colleges was formed to solve mutual and…

One of a series, this handbook is designed to assist individuals involved in area development to gain knowledge and understanding of the public and private sources of funds for support of various area development activities. National, regional, and local private sector sources of development capital are examined to give an overview of business…

The Mathematics Learning Center described in this report operates at Cerritos College (California) offering courses and individualized help in Basic Math, Elementary Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, and Trigonometry. The paper first discusses the center's enrollment, hours of service, and semi-independent delivery system, under which students…

This report summarizes the costs and outcomes of Seattle, Washington's 1977-78 desegregation programs; perspectives on desegregation programs of surveyed parents, teachers, and administrators; and recommendations based on this information. A major emphasis of the report is on the extent to which student transfer programs reduced racial imbalance…

An in-depth study of teacher centers in Alaska, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington was conducted. The purpose of the study was to document similarities and differences in approaches, development, successes, and failures and to share collective experiences. This book is divided into three sections. The first section presents descriptive…