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Cordes, Colleen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
Higher education officials are protesting a federal Office of Management and Budget proposal to limit the rate at which universities can charge the government for overhead expenses on research and development. The change would affect 56 of the top 100 institutions receiving federal grants, whose rates go to 41 percent. (MSE)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Higher Education, Operating Expenses, Public Agencies
Cordes, Colleen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
As news reports continue to describe questionable charges for indirect costs in government-sponsored research, academic officials try to explain the rates, which vary greatly by institution and are based on complicated accounting formulas, to the press, alumni, trustees, and state legislators. Overhead rates, ranging from 37 percent to 77 percent,…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Higher Education, Indirect Costs, National Surveys
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
A survey of 411 institutions of higher education is analyzed in terms of the short-term and long-term financial pressures on colleges experiencing cuts in operating budgets. Noted are the heavy impact of budget cuts on public institutions and the increased numbers of traditional first-year students. (DB)
Descriptors: Budgets, College Freshmen, Colleges, Educational Finance
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
Data on research library holdings include volumes in the library, volumes added in 1990-91, current serials, total staff, and total expenditures for 107 university libraries and 12 nonuniversity libraries. University libraries are ranked. A pie chart of average operating expenditures, indicating percentages for salaries, books, serials, and other…
Descriptors: Books, Expenditures, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
Revenues of doctoral, comprehensive, general baccalaureate, and two-year private and public institutions are outlined by source (tuition and fees, appropriations, grants and contracts, private support, endowments, and others); expenditures are tabulated by function (instruction, research, public service, libraries, academic support, student…
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Endowment Funds
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Data on 305 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 institutions include, separately for males and females: number and proportion of athletes; dollar amount and proportion of operating expenses, recruiting expenses, and sports-related student financial aid; and the net total budget for the 1995-96 academic year. Institutions are…
Descriptors: Athletes, Budgets, College Athletics, Compliance (Legal)
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1984
Average institutional expenditure and revenue data include academic, academic support, support services, and financial aid expenditures and income from tuition and fees, appropriations, gifts, grants, and contracts for institutions with varying enrollment sizes. (MSE)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Administration, Contracts, Educational Finance