THE DOCUMENT IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SENIOR COLLEGES. FOUR ASPECTS ARE DISCUSSED--BACKGROUND CONDITIONS, PLANNING, FINANCING, AND PROBLEMS. (HW)

One of six documents describing the Management Information System for Vocational Education (MISVE), this document is intended to provide administrators and managers with information needed by them to estimate resource requirements for implementing MISVE in their State, plan for selecting and implementing generalized computer software, plan for…

Volume two of the two-volume annual report of the total revenue and expenses of provincially assisted universities of Ontario for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1979 is presented. Focus of this volume is on reports from the 22 institutions that are affiliated or federated with the province's 15 universities. Six tables are used to present the…

A detailed demographic study of York County, Maine in 1973 found that while most existing colleges offered four-year programs, job opportunities were eight times greater for associate degree holders; that the state could not afford to construct or maintain additional campuses; and that a large number of residents lived too far from existing…

To evaluate the use of public tax dollars in the field of community college education in Oregon, five committees composed of business and professional leaders were established, each having responsibility for an area of emphasis: governance, finance, programs, community services, and students. In general, the comprehensive community college concept…

An approach to a cost analysis of pilot, prototype, model and operational versions of the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) Instructional Management System (IMS) is described. Five classes of systems (conceptual, pilot, prototype, model and operational) are defined, and a system development process relating classes of systems in presented.…

Data were collected from a selected group of four-year, comprehensive colleges located in urban areas in New England, Mideast Atlantic Coast, and Middle West states. Eighteen schools were selected on the basis of their offering bachelors and masters degrees, and being public schools. Their operating expenditures for FY 1975 were collected from…

The data in this report comes from the 1972 Consolidated Program Information Report (CPIR) designed to provide statistical information about federal educational aid programs at the local level. These data focus on the characteristics of the children who participate, the total staff involved, and all expenditures incurred in the operation of…

Investigating the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) boarding schools, a survey team of researchers in law, accounting, education, and psychology gathered data from the 18 BIA off-reservation boarding schools (3 elementary, 12 secondary, and 3 post secondary schools). Data were utilized to examine: student characteristics; teacher-pupil ratios;…

This report projects Texas school costs to 1982-83 under the present school finance system and suggests alternatives for modifying the projections. It also considers high and low cost projections, foundation costs by program, student and teacher populations, the financing of special programs, the cost of salary increases, and State costs of…

The philosophical underpinning of the purposes of the community college, an examination of the basis for state financial support from a philosophical viewpoint, and an analysis of the ways in which the various states have implemented that philosophy in financial support programs are the central focus of this report. The four current patterns of…

The District of Columbia is four years into the implementation of a ten year Educational Facility Master Plan and seven years into the development of Public Charter Schools. A great deal of work to improve public school facilities has been done. The new buildings and renovations that have been completed by the District of Columbia Public Schools…

This document presents the first results of a series of studies on within-district spending patterns. It provides an overview of some early analysis of variations in spending among schools within three unnamed school districts. The study was conducted with the hope of motivating district leaders and school activists to investigate their own…

This book contains a detailed description of the challenges faced by educational finance and budgeting in Cambodia. Until recently, educational financing took the form of emergency budgets and was limited to government planning for teacher salaries and costs of examinations. There has been a general lack of coordination between provinces and the…

This audit report reviews the employment contracts, related compensation, and other benefits provided for the chancellor and other officers of the Kansas City Metropolitan Community Colleges (KCMCC) in Missouri. The chancellor is allowed to either solicit bids or negotiate for contracted services such as architects, construction managers,…