Accession Number:

ADA172599

Title:

Determining the Optimal Level of Graduate Education for Naval Officers

Descriptive Note:

Research memo.

Corporate Author:

CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA NAVAL PLANNING MANPOWER AND LOGISTICS DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Cymrot, Donald J.

Report Date:

1986-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

This report explores ways to measure the marginal benefits and marginal costs of graduate education to help allocate the Navys educational resources. A major portion of the analysis deals with the difficult problems that arise in the measurement of the marginal benefits. It also discusses the components and measurement of the marginal cost and concludes with a brief analysis of the way in which the Navy currently allocates its graduate education resources. Keywords Cost analysis, Mathematical analysis, Mathematical models, Naval personnel, Naval training, Officer personnel, Productivity.

Descriptors:

• *EDUCATION
• *BENEFITS
• *COST ANALYSIS
• NAVY
• COSTS
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• ALLOCATIONS
• RESOURCES
• PRODUCTIVITY
• OFFICER PERSONNEL
• NAVAL TRAINING
• NAVAL PERSONNEL
• GRADUATES
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• OPTIMIZATION

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE