The Illinois Board of Higher Education attempts to provide a statistical picture of the space that has been constructed for Illinois public higher education and the utilization of that space. And it attempts to identify and explain current issues facing Illinois public higher education related to capital improvements. Recommended guidelines for…

Techniques employed in the study included: an examination of the relevant literature; actual visitation and interviews with directors, associate directors, assistant directors, heads of appropriate divisions of the selected and other libraries, vice-presidents for business and finance, deans, budget officers and budget managers of the institutions…

Statistical data are presented on special education services in Illinois during Fiscal Year 1969. Seventeen tables of data describe facilities, population served and services received (both resident and outpatient), personnel, expenditures, and salaries of personnel. (KW)

In order to communicate a feeling for the costs of the new instructional technology tools, the author presents an estimated annual cost table for three major instructional technologies--instructional television, computer access, and computer assisted instruction (CAI). He builds a model school district of 100,000 elementary and secondary students…

This document reports on a study that explored the feasibility of using New York State Education Department data to develop multiple regression equations required for simulating the effects of alternative expenditure configurations on pupil achievement. Specific study objectives were: (1) to test the effectiveness of factor analysis as a procedure…

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between the cost input to education and one measure of output--achievement in English. Because achievement in English depends upon the variables of scholastic aptitude and socioeconomic status, these were used as co-variables in the study in a multiple regression analysis. Figures for input…

Narrative and statistical data that emerged from a research study of costs and South Dakota Higher Education are presented. The report is concerned with an analysis of the most significant characteristics of costs in South Dakota colleges and universities and related data. Research includes data on seven state controlled colleges and universities…

This presentation identifies one of four kinds of evaluation--impact evaluation--existing today for career education programs. Impact evaluation provides four essential sets of information: (1) all data necessary to determine if a program should be continued; (2) a determination of which alternative program achieves the greatest gains at a given…

This document provides 12 sketches or profiles of Management Information Systems (MIS) application. As a result of the 1973 preliminary Information Exchange Procedures (IEP) field test, some 45 colleges and universities across the nation developed compatible unit cost data and related information and compared themselves with one another. Twelve…

An audit of the financial transactions of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is presented. The report begins with brief reviews of CPB's history, its corporate organization, and its program goals and corporate functions. Following these, summary statements of the corporation's total revenues, grant and program expenses, and accumulated…

This report reviews resource reallocation in five research universities. Resource reallocation as a careful program-by-program analysis of expenditures, emphasizing possible cost reductions, cost increases which might be postponed or even eliminated, and essential service costs which had to be maintained. University response to resource…

This cost study of the Modular Achievement Program at Bowling Green State University indicates expenditures for the 1972-73 academic year according to the state auditor's budgetary system for state universities of Ohio. Following an overview of the financial situation, emphasis is placed on indirect university contributions, instructional cost,…

This is a comprehensive study of the expenditures of Canadian universities. The participating institutions filled out questionnaires, but only 23 of the institutions completed the whole project; therefore, many of the conclusions drawn in this report are admittedly of questionable value. Chapter I presents the introduction and background of the…

The papers included were presented by academic theorists in management and by practising librarians. Consequently, they deal with a number of matters of consequence in both fields. The eight papers are titled: "I am a manager - color me grey;""Management in a changing environment;""Motivation and management;""The…

This volume was prepared for those who, in an administrative capacity, are responsible for the preparation of budget listings of equipment for departments, individual schools, or entire systems. The purpose of the book is to provide the reader with a vehicle capable of determining his equipment needs early in order to reserve the funds necessary…