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Activity-Based Management System Implementation in Higher Education Institution: Benefits and Challenges
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Ismail, Noor Azizi – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss how activity-based costing (ABC) technique can be applied in the context of higher education institutions. It also discusses the obstacles and challenges to the successful implementation of activity-based management (ABM) in the higher education environment. Design/methodology/approach: This paper…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Software, Information Systems, Foreign Countries
1988 Winners of the Cost Reduction Incentive Awards.
National Association of College and University Business Officers, Washington, DC. – 1988
Outstanding cost-reduction programs implemented at colleges and universities during calendar year 1987 are recognized. Each of the 54 award-winning ideas is described in a paragraph-length program summary. Although some aspects of programs may be unique to a particular institution, creative administrators are challenged to tailor the programs to…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Educational Facilities, Educational Innovation
Operating Ratios and Institutional Characteristics Affecting the Responsiveness of Black Colleges and Universities to Professional Allied Health Programs.
Holmes, Everlena M.; Andrew, Loyd D. – 1982
Factors that affect the implementation of professional allied health education programs were studied at 64 four-year black colleges and universities that had no such programs before 1975-76. By 1980, six of the institutions had implemented these programs. Twenty-seven operating ratios and seven institutional characteristics were analyzed, based on…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Black Colleges, Expenditures, Financial Support
A Closer Look at Cost Behavior Patterns and the Implementation of New Programs. AIR 1985 Annual Forum Paper.
Lundy, Harold W. – 1985
The way that planning tools can be used to evaluate the economic consequences of implementing new academic programs at Grambling State University (GSU) is considered. The focus is projecting cost behavior for planning and decision making. The following planning tools are examined: cost-volume-revenue analysis, cost behavior analysis and least…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Planning, College Programs, Cost Estimates
Regulatory Cost Impacts for Selected Institutions of Higher Education in Texas.
Thornton, Nelson L., Jr. – 1981
Regulatory cost impacts for 11 Texas colleges and universities for the 1977-78 academic year are presented as part of a continuing effort to assess the costs and impact of federally mandated social regulations. The 11 institutions are representative of each of the types previously reviewed as groups. For each institution, data are presented on the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration), Compliance (Legal)
A Comparative Study of the Costs of Federally Mandated Social Regulations as Related to the Characteristics of Institutions of Higher Education in Texas.
Thornton, Nelson L., Jr. – 1981
The total cost to Texas institutions of higher education of implementing and administering federally mandated social regulations are compared to the basic operating and financial characteristics of these institutions. A database of the basic characteristics of Texas, which includes student and faculty data as well as operating and financial data,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Legal), Expenditure per Student, Expenditures