The Response to Educational Needs Project (RENP) focuses on training teachers as a vehicle for promoting student achievement in a compensatory education program. This document supplements a report on RENP replication and provides information on cost analysis, methodology, and sample and data collection. In Appendix A the following questions are…

This report examines Federal support for knowledge production and utilization (KPU), using data from the Interagency Research Information System developed by George Washington University's Social Research Group for the Interagency Panels on Early Childhood and Adolescence Research and Development. The report locates the data available for this…

The results of a study to evaluate the potential life-cycle costs and cost savings that could be realized by applying the Digital Avionics Information System (DAIS) concept to future avionic systems were presented. The tasks evaluated included selection of program elements for costing, selection of DAIS installation potential, definition of a…

The author combined cost-benefit analysis with systems analysis, using the Optner model, to analyze the vocational education program in Danbury, Connecticut (a demonstration city), in 1969-70 and 1970-71. Background information on the community and the program's development are related; the analysis is presented in summary, illustrated by figures,…

The Association of College, University and Community Arts Administrators, Inc. (ACUCAA) surveyed 162 colleges and universities and 33 nonprofit institutions that will present professional performing arts programs in the 1975-76 concert season. Some highlights are: (1) 195 institutions will present 3,515 performances that cost $12,015,119 in artist…

The Appalachian Education Satellite Project (AESP) was designed to apply communications satellite technology to the task of improving the quality of education in Appalachia. This report is the 10th in a 12 volume series. To justify the cost of using the satellite method, a cost model was developed. This cost model provided information on: (1) the…

An abbreviated descriptive summary of each ESEA Title I project implemented by local education agencies in New York State using fiscal year 1974 ESEA Title I Federal funds is provided in this publication. The exceptions are in New York City, comprising the counties of Bronx, Kings, Manhattan, Queens, and Richmond. Projects for New York City are…

The preliminary study explores the feasibility of a voucher system for purchase of skill training by participants in the Work Incentive Program (WIN) and describes the Portland, Oregon voucher system. Time limits on vouchers, voucherable occupations, dollar limits on vouchers, eligibility of clients, eligibility of vendors, timing and financial…

The determination of assessment content is often made on the basis of cost, political "clout", and relevance, in that order. Three areas of assessment content are discussed: Broad areas, specific areas to be measured, and non-test information. The broad areas and non-test information are policy issues, while the determination of specific…

Ohio Wesleyan University has responded to the challenge of costing in colleges and universities by implementing a computer-based costing system, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. This document describes the Ohio Wesleyan system that provides direct instructional cost per student enrolled for each individual course section, as…

In February 1974, Parts I and II of a study of the Costs of Education in the Health Professions were submitted to the Congress and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The report was in response to a request contained in the Comprehensive Health Manpower and Training Act (Public Law 92-157). This volume, part III of the report,…

The author discusses the role of the New Careers training programs within a model city, arguing that the nature of human services in the city must change to meet pressing social needs, and that the essential inhumanity of human services in the city will not be altered if the only change is reassigning activities to the nonprofessional personnel.…

This document is intended as a guide for any group of persons wishing to establish an Institute of Lifetime Learning in their community. It includes details on the role of the organization, the initial tasks to be done in starting a branch, the job of the program coordinator, minimum and desirable facilities, course content and goals, type of…

This case problem is designed for use by planning, budgeting, or administrative personnel in state or regional vocational educational organizations. The problem involves planning, programming, and budgeting which is best accomplished in small group settings. Each small group should ideally consist of persons with a variety of duties and…

A survey of educational needs by the South Central Region Educational Laboratory assigned high priority to provision of bilingual preschool experiences for Cherokee Indian children and to home-school-community involvement of their parents. Established in March 1968, the Bilingual Family School in Adair County, Oklahoma, developed criterion…