Is the Price Right? An Analysis of ETP's Fixed Fees.

Autor/inn/en	Moore, Richard W.; Blake, Daniel R.; Honig, Michele L.; Cohen, Michael D.
Institution	California State Univ., Northridge.
Titel	Is the Price Right? An Analysis of ETP's Fixed Fees.
Quelle	(1997), (41 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Comparative Analysis; Contracts; Cost Effectiveness; Costs; Educational Finance; Employment Programs; Fees; Job Training; State Aid; State Programs; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Vertrag; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Cost; Kosten; Bildungsfonds; Employment program; Employment programme; Employment programmes; Beschäftigungsprogramm; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Regierungsprogramm; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	The Employment Training Panel (ETP) contracted with California State University-Northridge to review the fixed fee structure ETP used to pay contractors for training provided under ETP. Three research questions were investigated: what other institutions use the fixed fee and what they pay for; whether ETP's fixed-fee rates were reasonable in comparison with rates charged by public and private entities; and whether use of one fee for both vendor and in-house training providers was reasonable. Researchers interviewed ETP executive staff, training managers in 15 other state-funded training programs, and training managers in manufacturing firms; analyzed an extensive training program in Illinois; and conducted a pricing survey of private for-profit training providers and higher education institutions. They found no identical fixed-fee models for state-training programs, but ETP's fixed fee appeared to be substantially below the costs of training in a similar Illinois training program. ETP's fixed fee was below the median price for the larger training market; was higher than the median market price in some areas of training and below it in others; and was generally lower than fees charged by private for-profit training providers and generally higher than fees charged by higher education institutions. Of five policy options generated, the project recommended that ETP establish a two-tiered price, a higher price for customized training and a lower price for uncustomized training. (Appendixes include summaries of the state survey and interviews with inhouse trainers.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC