At its April 25, 2008 meeting, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the funding models for the two-year colleges, universities, and the technical centers (former technical institutes merged with universities). These models had been developed in conjunction with presidents and chancellors after meetings and revisions. The…

This publication details the institutional goals, objectives, and strategies of public two-year institutions in Arkansas as related to their appropriations requests. It also provides operating and capital recommendations of the Arkansas Public Higher Education Coordinating Board for 2011-2013 biennium for each institution. [For Volume 1, see…

The economic outlook may be sour for Wall Street's investment banks and for homeowners who took out mortgages they could not really afford, but campus planners and architects say that--so far, at least--colleges' construction plans are largely unaffected by the downturn. Some colleges, in fact, are trying to speed up projects to limit the damage…

This publication details the institutional goals, objectives, and strategies of public universities in Arkansas as related to their appropriations requests. It also provides operating and capital recommendations of the Arkansas Public Higher Education Coordinating Board for 2011-2013 biennium for each institution. (Contains 10 tables.) [For Volume…

At its April 25, 2008 meeting, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board (AHECB) approved the funding models for the two-year colleges, the universities, and the technical centers. These models had been developed in conjunction with the presidents and chancellors after numerous meetings and revisions. The funding models were used to develop…

This report contains analyses of income and expenditures for Oklahoma state colleges and universities for the fiscal year 1997-98. Educational and General Part I Income was reported at $751,750,307 for the 25 Oklahoma institutions for 1997-98, an increase of 7.3% from income reported for the preceding year, and 25.7% over the previous three years.…

Financial data are presented here for Ontario's twenty universities: Brock, Carleton, Guelph, Lakehead, Laurentian, Algoma, Nipissing, Hearst, McMaster, Oise, Ottawa, Queen's, Ryerson, Toronto, Trent, Waterloo, Western, Wilfrid Laurier, Windsor, and York. Contents include summary tables operating expenses by object of expense and by functional…

The nineteenth annual edition of the report provides a record of state tax appropriations for the 1977-78 fiscal year. Data are arrayed in charts by state, with some analysis provided. Figures are given for operating expense appropriations of individual institutions, and often for individual programs of the institutions. A chart showing two- and…

Alternative funding mechanisms for appropriating operating and capital outlay revenue for public colleges and universities are described. The following conclusions are drawn: (1) Budget formulas are utilized by 25 of the 50 states in allocating funds to higher education. (2) Budget formulas are used predominantly in budget areas where data related…

The Board of Regents, at its September 4, 1975 meeting, approved the State Appropriation Formula (revised 1976). The public institutions of higher education in Louisiana are to use this document in preparing requests for operating funds for fiscal 1976-77. The 11 sections of the formula are presented, dealing with: authority, introduction, basic…

This report, submitted to the Alabama legislature, is the result of an evaluation by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education of the budgets submitted by the state's senior public institutions of higher education and by its Chancellor of the Community, Junior, and Technical Colleges. At its meeting of December 11, 1998, the Commission made…

The feasibility of awarding a single annual appropriation for the operating budget to the University of Alaska was investigated in 1982. Study methods included a literature review and a survey of practitioners concerning the advantages and disadvantages of a single appropriation versus several appropriations. In addition to surveying directors of…

Washington's research university branch campuses were created in 1989 to increase opportunities for students in several regions of the state to complete their baccalaureate and graduate-level studies at public universities close to their homes. Currently, the University of Washington operates branch campuses in Bothell and Tacoma. The Bothell…

This document presents recommendations to the state legislaturefor a unified higher education budget for the state of Alabama for fiscal year 2000-01. The first section of the report provides a summary of the budget recommendations, which increase higher education appropriations by 7.53 percent to approximately $860 million. This funding level…

The 1986-1987 budget for California public colleges and universities is reviewed, as well as the overall state budget and funding for the California Student Aid Commission's programs. The effects on public colleges of a proposition to compensate government workers and contractors are also considered. The 1986 Budget Act appropriates 55% of the…