The author argues that technology's chief contribution to education will take the form of improving the cost effectiveness of instruction. (AK)

The systems approach to training has generally been applied to short-cycle, operative craft skills tasks. The system is more difficult to apply to complex, non-reptitive supervisory and managerial skills without considerable cost. This article reports the first part of a study to try to overcome this problem. (SE)

Describes educational program audits, what they are, what they do, and outlines a model audit system. (Author/KJ)

The Open University in England will be geared primarily toward adult students and will occupy about 30 hours of broadcast time weekly. Courses will be revised at least every three years. Analysis of cost effectiveness cannot be phrased simply in terms of the number of graduates. (MF)

A new lighting system at a Wisconsin elementary school involved replacing all the incandescent fixtures with either fluorescent, mercury vapor, or high-output fixtures. Group lamp replacement procedures instead of spot relamping are expected to save labor costs. (MLF)

Some common sense energy conservation suggestions that can immediately lower energy use in school buildings. (MLF)

Reviews the literature concerning the costs of youth joblessness: (1) analyzes social costs, (2) discusses the private costs, (3) synthesizes the analyses of private and social costs, and (4) discusses the implications for policy and research. (JOW)

Mercury vapor lamps were replaced by metal halide lamps at Merrimack College's (Massachusetts) physical education center. As a result of the new lighting system, the college is saving close to $22,000 per year, a 71 percent annual saving. (MLF)

This study investigates four widely used methods of collecting direct similarity judgments for nonmetric multidimensional scaling: rating scale, triads, rank order of pairs, and conditional rank order. (Author/PN)

A cost-benefit analysis was conducted to assist the dean of UCLA Graduate School of Education in awarding a newly endowed faculty chair to the specialization which ranked "the highest in a benefits/cost sense." Advice is offered to evaluators considering using cost-benefit techniques in an educational setting. (Author/BW)

Presents criteria for evaluating a used piano which, complemented by a qualified piano technician's assessment and cost estimates for needed repairs, will allow a music director to decide whether it is more cost-effective to repair or discard the instrument. (Author/SJL)