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Pretlow, Joshua, III.; Wathington, Heather D. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2012
Since Breneman and Haarlow (1998) first estimated the national cost of developmental education to be approximately $1 billion dollars, the developmental education landscape has shifted in numerous ways. This paper provides an update to their estimate in light of both these changes and improved data that disaggregates the cost to community colleges…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Transitional Programs, Program Costs, Computation
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Morphew, Christopher; Baker, Bruce – Journal of Education Finance, 2007
In this article, the authors present the results of a research study in which they used two national datasets to construct and examine a model that estimates relative faculty instructional costs for specific undergraduate degree programs and also identifies differences in these costs by region and institutional type. They conducted this research…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, National Surveys, Data Interpretation
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1993
This report examines the development of tuition rates and tuition policy in Washington State's public higher education system and provides comparisons to rates and policies in other states. It also explores philosophies regarding the determination of tuition rates, along with the range of potential policy options. The draft report is divided into…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computation, Costs, Criteria
Gross, Francis M. – 1973
The purposes of the study were to (1) identify formulas currently used for justifying budget requests or allocating funds for operating expenses of state-supported colleges and universities; (2) provide a comparative analysis of each formula with respect to the functional budget areas recognized, the base and formula factors used, methods of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Computation, Doctoral Dissertations
Steen, Ralph W.; And Others – 1979
Explained and illustrated is the formula funding system used for colleges and universities in Texas. This system is considerably more complicated than the formulas used in other states. Data for institutions in the state system for fiscal 1978 are presented; actual appropriations are used rather than requests, and formula-produced amounts are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary Services, Budgeting, Budgets
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Fowler, William J., Jr., Ed. – National Center for Education Statistics, 1999
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) commissioned the papers in this publication to address advances in measuring education inflation and adjusting for it, as well as to examine the emergence of a new focus on school spending, rather than school district spending, as well as new, private sources of funding for public education, and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Cost Indexes, Investment, Productivity