The steps involved in tailoring a periodical and monograph price index to a university library are examined, as are the difficulties involved in applying a simple methodology such as a price index when the data base has not been organized to play an active role in the decision-making process. The following topics are addressed: the shifting of…

THIS REPORT FROM TEXAS WESTERN COLLEGE CONCERNS THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED AND CURRENT PRACTICES IN TEXAS SCHOOL PURCHASING DEPARTMENTS. TWO SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED BY THE COLLEGE TO INVESTIGATE TWO AREAS. ONE WAS TO DETERMINE SUPERINTENDENTS' PURCHASING PRACTICES BY SCHOOL SIZE, WHILE THE SECOND WAS TO DETERMINE, ALSO BY SCHOOL SIZE, THE LEVEL AND…

Macro-indicators on the conditions of Ontario universities and supporting data that might be used to generate such indicators were developed, and analyses of both indicators and data were undertaken. Overall objectives were as follows: (1) to measure the real resources available to the Ontario university system as a function of the volume of…

Selection and specification of a minicomputer time-sharing system to extend computer facilities for large scale computer-based instruction projects at the University of Texas at Austin are described. Two and a half years of implementation and operating experience are summarized followed by seven specific course applications of the minicomputer.…

The development of effectiveness criteria for AFROTC detachments, and relationships between the criteria and various environmental and program characteristics are described. The objective of the study is the development of a method for estimating student enrollments and total operating costs at perspective host-site institutions by using…

This document provides the definitions and procedures for the costing portion of the NCHEMS Information Exchange Procedures (IEP). Also included is an overview of the eight steps and more detailed activities to be performed by institutions using related computer software to conduct the IEP cost study. The IEP cost study implementation steps are:…

Financial and manpower data on research, development and instruction in the sciences and engineering in universities and colleges and in university-administered federally funded Research and Development Centers are reported. Information was obtained from analyses of questionnaires sent to each university. Field visits and telephone followups were…

This handbook is intended to assist the School Food Authority and those responsible for recording and reporting on the various financial activities of a school food service fund. It describes in a completely detailed form uniform accounting systems suitable for use by all school food authorities. The material, oriented toward the average-to-larger…

The Intermountain Evaluation Task Force was organized following the decision of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) Navajo Area Office to phase out the Intermountain Boarding School in Brigham City, Utah, which provides high school education for Navajo youth (Appendix A). The policies of self-determination and a preference for schooling Navajo…

This report identifies the longrun potential for savings available to Prince William County under an efficiently managed calendar of year round operations and specifies the areas in which these savings are most likely to occur. An analysis indicates that at the only secondary school in the County under the 45-15 plan, the overall 1971-72 per pupil…

This study was conducted to provide recommendations necessary for the implementation of a coordinated educational data processing system and to compare operational costs and selected resources in five public junior colleges in Illinois. Possible uses include: (1) identifying students served and services rendered, (2) determining costs for state…

The proposed methodology was designed to implement the Board of Governor's January 9, 1973, motion regarding the translation of the university's 1973-74 operating budgeting into a program budget showing the resources required by the various university programs and outputs. The methodology defines the main functions of the university in terms of…

Only a mandatory, staggered-attendance plan offers the opportunity to produce savings when converting a school or an entire district to a year-round plan. (Author/MLF)

The effects of school size and school plant utilization on pupil costs of maintenance and operation (M & O) in a large city school system in the South were investigated. School size is significantly and negatively related to pupil costs of M & O. Utilization rate, computed by dividing average daily attendance by the design capacity of the…

A survey conducted by the Department of Teaching Hospitals of the Association of American Medical Colleges is reported that shows income, expense, and general operating data for university-owned teaching hospitals. Sixty-one hospitals reported data that were keyed to Medicare cost reports. Self-pay and Medicare maintained their places as leading…