A series of articles present the cost of education index, suggest how to interpret it, and explain how to use it. (JF)

This study attempts to answer the following questions: what are some of the major categories of expense for academic departments? Do expenditure patterns vary from one academic discipline to another? and What are the appropriate cost units to use in analyzing academic expenditures? (Author/PG)

The Worth Report has provided unduly high projections for full-time student enrolments in Alberta. (Author)

Total-electric school provides year-round comfort important to year-round use of school buildings. (Author)

The web printing process can be successfully used to produce an economical college catalog. (MN)

The all-electric Kratzer Elementary School, Allentown, Pennsylvania, is esthetically pleasing to look at as well as economical to own and operate. (RG)

Describes development of the National Association of College and University Business Officers' (NACUBO's) methodology for identifying the costs of delivering undergraduate education. The tool was developed to help institutions explain their costs to students, parents, and the general public. (EV)

In the late 1990s, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation made grants to study people's attitudes toward retirement and to determine what factors influenced their decisions to retire. Although faculty were not talking to college administrators or human-resources departments about health care, the researchers found to their surprise that when they…

This report sets forth the National Endowment for the Humanities' goals and objectives and highlights its related accomplishments for the year just concluded. Also included in the report is information on the Endowment's finances and operations during the year.

This publication presents the results of a survey of over 200 midwestern colleges and universities on their property insurance programs and establishes benchmarks to help these institutions evaluate their insurance programs. Findings included the following: (1) 51 percent of respondents currently purchase their property insurance as part of a…

Cost control is the subject of this eight-lesson, three-test food service training manual. Lesson 1 deals with financial accountability and includes 17 handouts, ranging from sample balance to quarterly report sheets. Lesson 2 focuses on budgeting principles, and lesson 3 on labor controls. Professional purchasing, receiving, and inventorying…