The relationship between enrollment and costs at colleges and universities is examined. The question of whether large size provides economy of scale for operating and the manner in which complexity, size, costs, and enrollment interrelate are addressed. Data were analyzed from a national sample of 1,347 four-year universities, with an enrollment…

This report explores some issues in the distribution of educational services to students in the tri-county area and Michigan as a whole. Specifically, it examines the allocation of two important indices of educational opportunity measured by the State Department of Education's Educational Assessment Program: classroom teachers per 1000 pupils, and…

Programs implemented under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are described in this 1969-70 annual evaluation report for the Washington State Plan for Migrant Education. It is noted that exemplary projects and various aspects of the programs involved 6,058 children in regular programs and 2,305 children in summer programs.…

The primary objectives of the Continuing Education of Girls Who Must Leave School Because of Pregnancy Project (CEG), which is funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, are to reduce the percentage of female dropouts from Detroit schools via the enrollment of 110 pregnant girls in the project, to have the enrolled girls…

As a part of an overall study of large-scale communications satellite systems for education, an estimate was made of the amount of money available for media-technology for the next five to fifteen years. Information was gathered on public educational expenditures in the United States. Public elementary and secondary school expenditures were…

This paper investigates the evidence for adult-infant ratios in day care centers, finding that current evidence is based largely on the premise that a low number of infants per adult should result in greater interaction between the adults and the infants, and, thereby, better infant care. Support for this premise is derived from three main…

This paper presents the revised 1975-76 allocation of funds for instructional services and capital note items. The revisions were necessary because of the impact of the 1975-77 agreement between the city board of education and the American Federation of Teachers local on obligatory teacher staffing patterns (such as minimum pupil-teacher ratios…

This study, after introducing Ghana's history and people, traces the story of educational development since 1951 and describes the present formal educational system. The subject is divided into four categories of consideration. First, the development of education over the years from colonial times through the modern system that has evolved is…

Recent statistics presented for each state include American College Testing Program scores, Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, high school graduation percentages and rankings, pupil-teacher ratio, average teacher salary, federal funding, per-pupil expenditures, expenditure as a percent of income per capital, per capita income, poverty rates, median…

An evaluation of an informatics program was based on students' academic success from 1973 to 1979. Four main influences in the course's success were analyzed: curriculum development, qualifications of students applying for the highly mathematical course, increase in faculty, and correlation of curriculum and student qualifications. (Author/MSE)

Open learning systems require the development of learning materials. Potential economies of scale and quality control advantages argue in favor of the central development of materials packages. Instructors would be free to concentrate upon the provision of tutorial and counseling support and laboratory and workshop hands-on experience. Some method…

Private schools represented nearly 20 percent of all elementary and secondary schools in the United States during the 1980-81 school year. These 21,000 private schools enrolled more than 5 million students or nearly 11 percent of the total U.S. elementary and secondary enrollment. This bulletin indicates how these private schools and private…

Intended to make possible the comparison of staffing patterns in one school system with those in systems of similar enrollment size and expenditure level, this report was developed through a national survey of 1,101 school systems conducted in 1981-82. Included are pupil-staff and teacher-staff ratios for individual positions and aggregate…

This study is an attempt to identify levels of support for foreign language programs in Tennessee within individual schools, school systems, counties, and congressional districts. Extensive charts, tables, and maps accompany the discussion of availability of foreign languages, support of foreign languages, enrollment in foreign language classes,…