scholarly journals Connecting Under-Resourced Youth to Opportunity: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Youth Employment Program in Washington, DC

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Amanda Fioritto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
School Students

This paper presents a cost-benefit analysis of a youth development program run by Urban Alliance, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC that provides paid internships to under-resourced high school students. Although Urban Alliance served over 1,500 youth across four locations through multiple programs during the 2013-14 academic year, this analysis focuses exclusively on the High School Internship Program (HSIP) in Washington, DC. Using a sub-national perspective, the costs and benefits experienced by all residents and groups in Washington, DC are considered in the analysis. The status quo to which this program is compared is student nonparticipation in any similar program. Under the base case, the program is expected to yield approximately $19 million in net benefits. This study concludes that the program is efficient and should continue to operate.

Identity Exploration and Commitment of Albanian Youth as a Function of Social Opportunity Structure

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida Orgocka ◽  
Jasna Jovanovic
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Opportunity Structure ◽  
School Students ◽  
Identity Exploration

This study examined how social opportunity structure influences identity exploration and commitment of Albanian high school students. A total of 258 students completed a questionnaire that gauged their identity exploration and commitment in three domains: education, occupation, and family. ANOVA results indicated that, overall, students scored highest in exploration in the domain of education and in commitment in the domain of family. Students' exploration and commitment were linked to gender. Albanian female students scored higher than male students in exploration and commitment regarding education and family. Perceived work opportunities in Albania or abroad also significantly moderated participants' exploration in the domain of education and were associated with commitment in education and occupation. As one of the first studies to explore Albanian youth's identity development in relation to social opportunity structure, findings are discussed in light of furthering the field of Albanian adolescent and youth development.

scholarly journals Effect of a physical education-based dynamic stretching program on hamstring extensibility in female high-school students

Kinesiology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Becerra-Fernández ◽  
Rafael Merino-Marban ◽  
Daniel Mayorga-Vega
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Development Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
Dynamic Stretching ◽  
Maintenance Program ◽  
Baseline Levels ◽  
Female High School ◽  
Experimental Group

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of a dynamic stretching development program followed by a four-week detraining period and maintenance program on hamstring extensibility in a physical education setting. A sample of 108 female high-school students aged 16-17 years from four classes were clustered randomly and assigned to either an experimental or a control group. During physical education sessions, the experimental group students performed a dynamic stretching program twice a week for eight weeks. Subsequently, after a four-week period of detraining, the experimental group students completed a maintenance program twice a week during four weeks. The results of the two-way analysis of variance showed that the physical education-based development program significantly improved students’ hamstring extensibility (p<.001). Although after four weeks of detraining students’ flexibility reverted to its baseline levels (p>.05), the gains obtained previously were recovered after a four-week maintenance program (p<.001). Hence, a physical education-based dynamic stretching intervention is effective in improving and maintaining hamstring extensibility among female high-school students. However, after four weeks of detraining, students’ flexibility reverts to its baseline levels. These findings could help and guide teachers to design programs that guarantee a feasible and an effective development of flexibility in a physical education setting.

scholarly journals A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Gown Use in Controlling Vancomycin-ResistantEnterococcusTransmission Is It Worth the Price?

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 418-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. Puzniak ◽  
Kathleen N. Gillespie ◽  
Terry Leet ◽  
Marin Kollef ◽  
Linda M. Mundy
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Nosocomial Infections ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Net Benefit ◽  
Control Policies ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
The Cost

AbstractObjective:To determine the net benefit and costs associated with gown use in preventing transmission of van-comycin-resistantEnterococcus(VRE).Design:A cost-benefit analysis measuring the net benefit of gowns was performed. Benefits, defined as averted costs from reduced VRE colonization and infection, were estimated using a matched cohort study. Data sources included a step-down cost allocation system, hospital informatics, and microbiology databases.Setting:The medical intensive care unit (MICU) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.Patients:Patients admitted to the MICU for more than 24 hours from July 1, 1997, to December 31, 1999.Interventions:Alternating periods when all healthcare workers and visitors were required to wear gowns and gloves versus gloves alone on entry to the rooms of patients colonized or infected with VRE.Results:On base-case analysis, 58 VRE cases were averted with gown use during 18 months. The annual net benefit of the gown policy was $419,346 and the cost per case averted of VRE was $1,897. The analysis was most sensitive to the level of VRE transmission.Conclusions:Infection control policies (eg, gown use) initially increase the cost of health services delivery. However, such policies can be cost saving by averting nosocomial infections and the associated costs of treatment. The cost savings to the hospital plus the benefits to patients and their families of avoiding nosocomial infections make effective infection control policies a good investment.

scholarly journals TOEFL Preparation for University Students’ Candidates from Asak Paroki MKK

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Clara Herlina
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Development Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
University Admission ◽  
12Th Grade ◽  
Minimum Score ◽  
New Students ◽  
Admission Requirement ◽  
The University

Some private universities in Jakarta use TOEFL or TOEFL-like test as the admission requirement for new students.  Therefore, students’ candidates should prepare well to achieve the minimum score for being admitted. Unfortunately, their high school did not give enough training in doing the TOEFL test. The purpose of this community development program is to train high school students to do TOEFL test, especially the Reading section.  The participants of the program were seven 12th grade high school students who were included in ASAK Paroki MKK community.  They were trying to qualify for admission in Binus University.  The program was created in the form of classroom teaching and individual assignment.  In this program, we taught them about the TOEFL Reading test types, strategies and tips for doing the test.  After the training, the students reported their understanding of TOEFL and confidence in preparing the university admission test.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Impact of the Registered Provisional Immigrant Program: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Odia Bintou Cissé
Keyword(s):  
Undocumented Immigrants ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
The United States ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Base Case Scenario ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
The Impact

On June 27, 2013, the Senate passed the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (referred to as S.744). The bill addresses key elements of the immigration process through five sections. This analysis serves as an ex-ante Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) of the proposed Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI) program under Section II of S.744, which would allow undocumented immigrants in the US to obtain legal status. The CBA looks at a 10-year timeframe from 2015 through 2025 and estimates the costs and benefits to four groups: undocumented immigrants, US taxpayers, employers of undocumented immigrants, and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under a base case scenario, a distributional weight scenario, and a worst-case scenario. Given the positive net benefits observed under the three scenarios, significant evidence recommends the implementation of the RPI program.

scholarly journals The Evaluation of Students’ Prosocial Behavior On Primary Education Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-237
Author(s):  
Esti Setiawati ◽  
Ika Ernawati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Program Planning ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Students

This study aims to evaluate the prosocial behavior of elementary school level students, especially State Junior High School students in Bantul Regency. This research is  evaluation research with a quantitative descriptive approach with the CIPP (Context, Input, Process, and Product) model. The research subjects were 131 students of Bantul Regency Public Middle School. Data collection through the questionnaire, interviews, observation, and documentation methods. The results of this study indicate that in general the prosocial behavior of students in Bantul Regency State Junior High Schools was included in the quite good category. The results of this study also showed that the strengthening of the prosocial behavior of state junior high school students in the Bantul Regency was good enough as outlined in the school development program planning document and school activity plan

Mastery Learning and Peer Tutoring in a Special Program

1985 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-27
Author(s):  
Anne S. Grossman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Mastery Learning ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Board Of Education ◽  
Special Program ◽  
School Students

The College Discovery and Development Program (CDDP), a City University of New York and Board of Education Consortium, has existed since 1966. With the long-range goal of improving students’ skills in high school to enable them to succeed in college, CDDP's more immediate objectives are the following: (1) identification of junior high school students with undeveloped potential and (2) provision of an educational sequence (including remediation in mathematics and language arts) that contributes to students’ advancement and success in completing all academic coursework in high school required for entrance into college.

scholarly journals Exchange Sex Among High School Students—Washington, DC, 2017

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara K. Head ◽  
Danice Eaton ◽  
Patricia C. Lloyd ◽  
Aimee McLaughlin ◽  
John Davies-Cole
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
School Students ◽  
Exchange Sex
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