There are several ways to construct an education price index (EPI). This report represents an attempt to identify methods and procedures for producing an accurate measure of educational resource input price indices. The methods are largely mathematical equations that link student achievement to the unique social, political, and economic costs of…

Detailed information is provided on the revenues and expenses and changes in fund balances at all Ontario universities for the fiscal year ending in 1988. Volume I provides information on the 21 universities and related institutions that receive grants directly from the Government of Ontario. Following a report from the Council of Finance Officers…

Detailed information is provided on the revenues and expenses and changes in fund balances at all Ontario universities for the fiscal year ending in 1988. Volume III provides information on physical plant operating expenses at 16 universities and was prepared in conjunction with the Ontario Association of Physical Plant Administrators. Following a…

This report provides data on the resources and expenditures of libraries in 160 state institutions in New York for the year 1985-86 and in 171 institutions for 1986-87. Six state departments are represented: Correctional Services, Education, Health, Mental Health, Youth, and the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Data…

Directors of 87 resident camps affiliated with the American Camping Association responded to a random sample survey and provided data to compile this first collection of camp operating ration tables. Fifty-three tables show average percentage of total, median percentage of total, average in dollars, and median in dollars statistics in 14 income…

This document contains statistics on mental illness and organized mental health service delivery systems. Data sources cited include the National Institute of Mental Health, state mental health agencies, universities in the Epidemiological Catchment Area program, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the National Association of State…

Perspectives on defaults occurring under the two major federal student loan programs, Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL) and National Direct Student Loans (NDSL), are presented. Attention is directed to differences in the size and mode of operation of these programs, the extent and costs of default, comparisons with other types of loans, and the…

This report contains the findings of the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, FY 1981. The survey was mailed to 563 universities and colleges, including all institutions that granted a graduate science or engineering (S/E) degree, as well as to academic institutions…

In 1980, the Constitution of the State of Arizona was amended to establish expenditure limits for a number of political entities, including community colleges. Limits were also established on revenue derived from local tax levies. Concern that limitations on revenue and expenditures could place real constraints on community college operations…

This paper reports an attempt to determine whether or not an analysis and disaggregation of provincial public accounts could illuminate trends in the development of Canadian personal social services. Every third fiscal year between 1963-1964 and 1980-1981 was analyzed to give some idea of trends occurring immediately prior to and since the…

This report ranks 70 North Carolina public libraries in the following statistical categories: population served, operating expenditures, size of book collection, volumes held per capita, number of books circulated, book circulation per capita, staff by full-time equivalents (FTE), book circulation per staff member (FTE), cost to circulate a book,…

The report presents information on the costs and operations of Gallaudet College, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). Among findings were that the four institutions serve students having a high degree of deafness. Compared with similar types of…

This report provides a 5-year projection regarding finances and influencing conditions for the Metropolitan Community College District. The first section details revenue assumptions, focusing on historical and projected enrollments, district tax revenues, state aid, student fees, federal and vocational revenue, investments,…

An overview of library acquisitions in 1973. Because of decreasing federal support, libraries are increasingly concerned with getting the maximum return on their investment. There are brief discussions of copyright, automation, gifts and exchanges, government publications, microforms, out-of-print materials, and cooperative acquisitions. (LS)

This paper, based on a doctoral dissertation, focuses on spending inequalities within a single large city school district. The allocation/expenditure patterns of the 32 New York City "decentralized" units are compared for fiscal year 1976. Significant resource disparities were found among the community districts. These appeared to be…