This report presents the findings of the data collected from 29 day care centers (in the Chicago area and downstate Illinois) during the field test of the Day Care Cost Analysis Manual. The test had two aims: (1) to determine whether the manual's procedures are feasible for conducting a cost analysis, and (2) to collect data on the income and…

The primary objectives of the study were to determine the effectiveness of sixteen selected career education instructional units in five school districts in Coconino County, Ariz., to determine their implementation costs, and to provide for them cost/effectiveness analysis while they are still in the pilot stage. Each unit encompassed goals,…

This study attempted to identify the differences in cost-effectiveness analysis methods in order to select the most appropriate one as a decision-assisting aid for instructional management. The study is organized to explore and identify what cost-effectiveness methods are being used, identify and examine the differences among these methods in an…

This report is an outgrowth of discussions held by the Council for Cultural Cooperation (CCC) in Cologne, Germany from September 26-30, 1967 aimed at organizing a systematic exchange of information among European countries for the purpose of providing low-cost sport facilities. Part I deals with fundamental priorities, type, size, and site. The…

Recent years have seen increased interest in extending the concept of budgeting to include activities related to planning, coordinating, and monitoring the entire operation of a library. There is strong evidence that the budgeting technique used can affect management potential. About 80% of total libraries use traditional line item or lump sum…

On January 27, 1971, Chancellor Dumke of the California State College system presented proposals for a new approach to higher education to the Board of Trustees. This paper explains these new approaches, the first of which is to offer degrees based on academic achievement as measured and evaluated by competent faculties, rather than on the basis…

In order to develop criteria for site selection, this study gathered data from both a review of the literature and a questionnaire survey of state directors of vocational education. Although wide variations in criteria were discovered, five areas of concern were identified: (1) potential enrollment, (2) finances, (3) local support and initiative,…

This paper considers selected aspects of the systems analysis of administrative decisionmaking regarding resource allocations in an educational system. A model of the instructional materials purchase system is presented. The major components of this model are: environment, input, decision process, conversion structure, conversion process, output,…

Most decision problems are those in which a choice among multiple-objective alternatives must be made. The central difficulty of such decision problems lies in finding single decision criteria that combine the decisionmaker's objectives and interests in an acceptable way. In this paper, a general procedure for the construction of such single…

To improve long-range vocational education planning in Maine, this study examined and evaluated the feasibility of replacing the manpower approach to planning with an investment approach. A survey of machinists was conducted to develop an instrument for measuring program benefits as part of the investment approach to program evaluation and…

Intended as a guide for laymen, this book concentrates on basic techniques for evaluating the impact of manpower programs--that is, their success or failure in attaining long-term program goals. Program objectives with clear operational criteria, and certain other typical objectives more difficult to measure, are identified with reference to…

Eighty-one randomly selected cotton producers in Lauderdale County were interviewed for the purposes of: (1) characterizing those in different cotton yield groups, (2) determining which practices were being used by those in different yield groups, and (3) identifying some of the factors influencing the farmers to use or not to use the 12 practices…

The study focuses on the effectiveness of adult basic education under the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA). The investigation is a case study of the MDTA adult basic education program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Background material on basic education for adults is provided as well as a short history of the federal government's involvement…

This report, undertaken by the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Elliott Richardson, seeks to establish the need for emergency financial assistance to medical and dental schools, and includes recommendations for appropriate administrative and legislative action. The directive to undertake the study was a provision of…

The economic benefits and investment functions of education and its relationship to other human resource investments are reported. In addition, a report on the revenue yields of various taxes related to economic conditions is included. The concept of human investment is discussed from the standpoint of its similarities with physical capital…