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1. The Pros and Cons of Existing Formula Financing Systems and a Suggested New Approach.

Author

Systems Research Group, Toronto (Ontario)., Toronto Univ. (Ontario). Inst. for Policy Analysis., Van Wijk, Alfons P., and Levine, Jack B.

Abstract

Because the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATS) of Ontario are largely dependent on the Ontario Government for financial support, it is important to justify their level of expenditure, and prove that allotted public funds are effectively and efficiently managed. After a brief discussion of the existing resource allocation process in Ontario, this paper explores various formula financing systems. Cost plans used by various states in the United States for financing higher education are examined in detail. Traditionally, per student program costs are arrived at through an itemized examination of the budget or financial statement of the particular college. The financing formula system proposed for CAATS is based on an analytical process that focuses primarily on such variables as teaching methods, administrative policies, and institutional characteristics. The basic purpose of the study is to develop objective information regarding the cost of a range of reasonable program alternatives in different institutions. (AF)

Published
1969

2. Social Goals, Educational Priorities, and Dollars; Planning Education in the Seventies. Proceedings of the Invitational Conference on Educational Planning Sponsored by the Alberta Human Resources Research Council and the Canadian Council for Research in Education. (October 18-21, 1970.)

Author

Alberta Human Resources Research Council, Edmonton., Canadian Council for Research in Education, Ottawa (Ontario)., Riffel, J. A., and Miklos, E.

Abstract

These 12 papers were presented at plenary sessions of the conference. They are arranged by substance into (1) social research and public policy, (2) the need to plan: unlimited social objectives and scarce resources, (3) institutional responses to pressures for planning, (4) contemporary approaches to planning in education, and (5) social priorities and resource allocation. (Author/RA)

Published
1970

3. POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF SEARCH THEORY TO RESCUE MISSIONS IN THE CANADIAN NORTH.

Author

Kirby, Michael J. L. and Sorensen, Stephen

Subjects
SEARCH theory, OPERATIONS research, MATHEMATICAL models, DECISION making, RESOURCE allocation, RESCUE work, AIRCRAFT accidents
Abstract

Currently, search and rescue procedures for crashed aircraft in the Canadian north attempt to use some quantitative data in a qualitative manner. The goat of this paper is to use search theory to improve the strategies and tactics of these search missions. The paper gives a mathematical model of decision-making for search based on existing data and statistics that can be obtained empirically. The model is a resource allocation problem (the scarce resource is time) and is constructed by the juxtaposition of two formulations originally given by Koopman. The model can be used to simulate the mix of aircraft used in a search mission and to simulate the impact of new equipment on search costs and strategies. The model can also serve as a foundation for the consideration of search as a co-operative process where survivors can take positive action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1974
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4. Ecological cost assessment theory and practice: Environmental impact of the High Ross Dam.

Author

Culhane, G. F. and Harger, J. R. E.

Subjects
ROSS Dam (Wash.), DAMS, ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis, FLOODS, RESOURCE allocation
Abstract

Plans to raise the Ross Dam on the Skagit River by the American utility, City Light, will flood a valley in Canada and have generated a conflict of resource use between conservationists and proponents of economic progress. This paper examines the variety of uses of the valley at present, and their expansion for recreational use by modest improvements. Such expanded use is compared with uses available if the valley is flooded. The comparison is expressed in economic terms. The paper then continues with a critique of economic analysis to such problems of resource allocation and develops an approach to ecological resource allocation. A schedule and analysis of alternative uses is offered. The economic and ecological conclusions are examined, and it is found that the latter method is more appropriate to practical problems of allocation, at least with regard to natural resources than the former.. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1974
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