After noting issues of audience appeal and financial and philosophical support for educational broadcasting, this paper urges community colleges to play an active role in the process of cable franchising. The paper first describes a cable franchise as a contract between a government unit and the cable television (CATV) company which specifies what…

To gauge one component of the cost effectiveness of the National Institute of Education's Research and Development Utilization (RDU) program, researchers compared participating schools' use of direct federal resources with their use of local resources. They also examined the relationship of RDU costs to the program's outcomes at the school level.…

In this report, an abbreviated descriptive summary of each Title I compensatory education project implemented by local education agencies in New York State during fiscal year 1977 is provided. Listed by county and city, each program is explained in terms of grade level, staffing, objectives, services, materials, number of pupils served and…

This study investigated ways in which the costs of a library's direct and indirect services can be equitably allocated to its heterogeneous group of institution users. It was conducted from October 1, 1974 to March 31, 1977. The final report is divided into four parts, each describing a separate issue. Part I discusses the general administrative…

Part II of the study describes a model for associating one portion of total library costs with use; the model's output is a set of charges that can be used to recover (justify) these usage-based costs. Algebraic formulations constructed and combined to form the model are a set of service charges that may vary by user type and recover out-of-pocket…

Part III of the study describes a model for completing the cost assessment (justification) process by accounting for the fixed joint costs; a "fair" and equitable mechanism is developed in the context of game-theoretic approach. An n-person game is constructed in which the "players" are the institutions served by the library,…

Part IV is a summary analysis of sample and survey data collected to facilitate the structure of the cost assessment models and to find out which, if any, subgroups of HAM-TMC user population make more (or less) use of various library services. Sampling data were obtained from brief interviews and in-house files of various user institutions to…

Cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis is an analytical technique for assessing outputs of educational programs in relation to the program objectives and the associated program costs. It combines the two concepts of cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-benefit analysis into a comprehensive model. The cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis model has been…

The research described in this report attempts to estimate the costs of providing an appropriate education to all school-aged handicapped children by 1980-81. The study begins by addressing the aspects of special education that will help to predict future costs--patterns of growth to the present, legal and political mandates, the nature of various…

This paper discusses the problems and benefits of conducting research in a small institution. Problems related to personnel, finances, expertise, and credibility, and advantages such as communication and cooperation are described. The University of Lethbridge has created a common data-gathering system, QAULTEP (Qualitative Analysis of the…

This research investigates the determinants of family participation in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Unemployed Fathers (AFDC-UF) program, and projects the changes in caseload and cost that would arise under selected program modifications. The modifications include extending the UF program to all states, setting a nationwide benefit…

STARTING IN FEBRUARY 1961, THE MIDWEST PROGRAM ON AIRBORNE TELEVISION INSTRUCTION (MPATI) TRANSMITTED COURSES IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES, SCIENCE, ARITHMETIC, ART, THE HUMANITIES, MUSIC, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TO 18 SCHOOLS IN THE MIDWEST. THE AIRBORNE TELECAST OPERATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND TRANSMITTED COURSES OVER AN AREA…

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT UNIT COSTS ARE MEASURES AND STANDARDS OF BUDGETING AND ARE USED TO DIRECT ATTENTION TO PROBLEMS AND AID IN THE SOLUTION OF THOSE PROBLEMS. UNITS FOR COSTS COULD INCLUDE STUDENT CREDIT HOUR, DEPARTMENT COSTS, COST BY LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION, ETC. COSTS IDENTIFIED WITH INSTRUCTION WOULD BE FACULTY TIME. WORKLOAD AND COST…

The purpose of this study was to determine the institutional and athletic characteristics that had the greatest relationship to divisional declarations in selected sports in women's athletic programs and the number of sports offered in women's athletic programs. Institutions were grouped according to similar characteristics, e.g., enrollment,…

The objectives of this paper were to examine the effects of current school and student selection procedures on the proportions of student groups that have access to and/or receive Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I services and to explore the effects of actual and simulated alternative procedures on these proportions. Data from school…