Do Costs Differ Between For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Producers of Higher Education?   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Laband  David N.  Lentz  Bernard F. 《Research in higher education》2004,45(4):429-441

In theory, not-for-profit organizations will be characterized by higher production costs per unit of output than for-profit producers of otherwise-identical goods/services, since profit maximization implies cost minimization per unit of output; breaking even does not imply cost minimization and, indeed, may imply inflated costs. We explore the empirical validity of this hypothesis in the context of higher education. Using 1996 data, we estimate multiproduct cost functions for 1,450 public, 1,316 private, not-for-profit, and 176 private, for-profit institutions of higher education in the United States. We fail to find a statistically significant difference between for-profit and not-for-profit private providers, but do find a statistically significant difference between private, not-for-profit institutions and public institutions.  相似文献   

Citations of shame; scientists are still trading on Nazi atrocities     

Dixon B 《New scientist (1971)》1985,105(1445):31

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Post-questioning, concept mapping and feedback: a distance education field experiment     

Robert M Bernard  Som Naidu 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》1992,23(1):48-60

This study was designed to assess the instructional potential of two learning strategies—post-questioning and concept mapping—in the presence and absence of systematic instructional feedback. It is a first attempt to test combinations of these treatments experimentally in the context of a course in distance education. Five research questions, drawn from the literature of post-questioning, concept mapping and feedback, were formulated to guide the design and analysis. Substantial differences in achievement outcomes were found for four of the five questions. These results are discussed in relation to the existing literature on outcomes of learning strategies and their implication for practice in distance education.  相似文献   

Reactivation of an old memory during sleep and wakefulness     

Bernard Hars  Elizabeth Hennevin 《Learning & behavior》1990,18(4):365-376

In a series of four experiments, the effects of the reactivation of an old memory in different states of vigilance were investigated. Rats were trained to run in a six-unit spatial discrimination maze for food reward with low-level electrical stimulation delivered to the ear when they entered blind alleys. Twenty-five days after training, electrotactile stimulation was given to animals as a reactivating treatment just before a retention test. When the cuing treatment was given during wakefulness, retention performance was improved. When it was given in slow-wave sleep, it had no effect. When it was given in paradoxical sleep, performance was poorer. The use of control groups permitted an assessment of the specificity of the cuing effect in each case: Pretest presentation of the same stimulus did not modify performance when it had no cue value. Together, these results show that the effect of the reactivation of an old memory depends upon the vigilance state in which reactivation takes place. They suggest that reorganization of an old memory could be accomplished during paradoxical sleep.  相似文献   

Effects of processing instructions on the usefulness of a graphic organizer and structural cueing in text     

Robert M. Bernard 《Instructional Science》1990,19(3):207-217

This study assessed two adjuncts to instructional text, structural cueing and graphic organizer processing instructions. Previous research has shown that cueing is a useful indicator of textual structure and that graphic organizers can be enhanced by providing learners with an indication of how they can be used. Results indicated the presence of a three-way interaction among reading ability groups, structural cueing and graphic organizer processing instructions. Analysis of this interaction revealed that high level readers were the only subjects who profited from processing instructions, and only in the presence of cueing. Middle level readers benefited from cueing in both conditions of processing instructions while low level readers were able to take advantage of cueing only in the absence of processing instructions. The results are interpreted in light of previous graphic organizer research.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Herbert I. Schiller  Charles F. Hoban  Robert Steele  Wendell Shackelford  Roger W. Wescott  Richard J. Stonesifer  Bernard Rubin  Sol Worth  Glenn Hanson  Glenn White  Taher A. Razik  Gene Gilmore 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》1965,13(2):205-223

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Response to comments     

Bernard Sklar 《Interchange》1972,3(4):93-100

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How Historical Thinking Helps with Technology Decision-Making     

Bernard Bull 《TechTrends》2016,60(4):313-315

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Attempted and completed incidents of stranger-perpetrated child sexual abuse and abduction     

Gallagher B  Bradford M  Pease K 《Child abuse & neglect》2008,32(5):517-528

OBJECTIVE: To establish the prevalence, typology and nature of attempted or completed incidents of stranger-perpetrated sexual abuse or abduction of children "away from home". METHODS: A questionnaire was completed by 2,420 children (83% response rate) aged 9-16 years in 26 elementary and high schools in North-West England. RESULTS: Of these children, 19.0% (n=461) reported that they had been the victims of any attempted or completed sexual abuse or abduction incident away from home at some point in their lives. Of these children, 161 (6.7% of the original sample) reported that the "last" incident had been perpetrated by a stranger. Based upon these last incidents, four main types of attempted or completed CSA or abduction incident were identified: indecent exposure (40.8% of victims), touching (25.8%), and abduction (23.1%), each occurring on their own; and incidents involving multiple types of act (10.2%). The majority of these abductions (91.1%) and touching incidents (50.9%) were attempted as opposed to completed. Rates of victimization were generally higher among girls than boys (10.4% vs. 4.2%, p<.001). A sizeable minority of victims had experienced sexual abuse or abduction previously (28.8%). The large majority of incidents were carried out by males (88.2%). Most incidents occurred when children were accompanied by their peers (67.9%). Many victims were frightened by their experience (46.9% very frightened) and the large majority made a disclosure (79.9%). Only a minority of incidents were reported to the police (33.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Incidents of attempted and completed stranger CSA and abduction are distinct from CSA and abduction by known persons, go against stereotypes, are complex, and give rise to a number of key issues that may have implications for prevention and intervention. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Professionals involved in child protection should undertake work to reduce the risk of existing victims of CSA or abduction becoming victims of stranger CSA or abduction, and the risk of attempted incidents becoming completed ones. They also need to encourage the disclosure and reporting of attempted and completed stranger CSA and abduction incidents.  相似文献   

Les hétérogénéités dans l'enseignement des mathématiques     

Bernard Sarrazy 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2002,49(1):89-117

Cet article examine la question du lien entre les hétérogénéités pouvant caractériser un système didactique et l'enseignement des mathématiques. Trois types d'hétérogénéités sont d'abord définies: 1) L'hétérogénéité exogène: traits a priori de nature non-didactique comme, par exemple, la catégorie socioprofessionnelle d'origine des élèves; 2) L'hétérogénéité péri-didactique: ensemble des caractéristiques liées aux acquisitions disciplinaires comme par exemple le niveau scolaire des élèves en mathématiques; 3) L'hétérogénéité didactique est définie comme une création du système didactique permettant l'ajustement des exigences fixées par le curriculum aux contraintes effectives d'un système didactique particulier (niveaux des élèves, temps, niveau de difficulté des connaissances en jeu ...). Sous ce modèle théorique, l'enseignement est envisagé comme un processus régulateur des hétérogénéités en vue d'une meilleure maîtrise des connaissances visées pour le plus grand nombre d'élèves. Un premier groupe de résultats permet de réaffirmer le caractère spécifique des approches didactiques: pour les mathématiques, l'hétérogénéité péri-didactique n'est pas liée à l'hétérogénéité exogène — ce qui n'est pas le cas pour l'enseignement de la langue. Un deuxième groupe de résultats montre que plus les progrès réalisés par élèves sont importants, plus l'hétérogénéité s'accroît; réciproquement, plus les progrès réalisés sont faibles plus l'hétérogénéité se réduit. Ainsi, le système didactique apparaît comme un système régulateur d'hétérogénéités: les connaissances s'y diffusent par déplacement des hétérogénéités initiales qu'il a lui-même générées (en les accroissant et en les réduisant selon le degré de difficulté initial des connaissances en jeu). Cette recherche a porté sur 112 élèves; 22 problèmes additifs (composition de deux transformations) ont été soumis aux élèves lors d'un pré-test, puis d'un post-test. Entre ces deux épreuves deux leçons ont été réalisées sur le calcul relationnel, dont les modalités d'organisation didactique étaient au libre choix des professeurs.This revised version was published online in September 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献