After reading the U.S. Department of Education Guide to Energy-Based Schools, define four different methods to do a cost-benefit analysis. For each of these three methods, include: (1) pros, (2) cons, (3) how you would decide if the investment would be profitable, and (4) when you would use the method.
Module 4: Introduction to Educational Finance – Cost-Benefit Analyses and Global Context
MODULE 4 COURSE OBJECTIVE
• Interpret, understand, and report financial data including how information on the financial position of organizations is measured, recorded, summarized, and reported.
MODULE 4 MODULE OBJECTIVES
• Examine cost-benefit analyses.
• Develop an understanding of the role of aid in international education.
MODULE 4 REQUIRED READINGS
Lamot, E. (n.d.) Focus areas: Aid effectiveness. Global Partnership for Education. Retrieved from http://www.globalpartnership.org/focus-areas/aid-effectiveness
Ochs, K., & Yonemura, A. (2012, October 18). Aid to education (Background Brief: CEDAR-ISS02). Academia. Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu/2052317/CEDARISS02_October_18_2012_Aid_to_Education_Background_Brief_
OECD. (2011). Busan partnership for effective development co-operation. Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. Busan, Republic of Korea. Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/dac/effectiveness/busanpartnership.htm
Radelet, S. (2006). A primer on foreign aid (Working Paper No. 92). Washington, DC: Center for Global Development. Retrieved from http://www.cgdev.org/publication/primer-foreign-aid-working-paper-92
U.S. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). (2010). Guide to financing EnergySmart schools. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Energy. Retrieved from http://www1.eere.energy.gov/library/viewdetails.aspx?productid=3430
MODULE 4 PRESENTATIONS
• Part 1: Problem Solving Techniques #7: Cost-Benefit Analysis – YouTube