A comparison study examined financial data and full-time student enrollment statistics (1987-88) from 10 Ontario universities with comparable U.S. schools (in eight Great Lake Region states, and California, Texas, and Florida) in order to establish the competitiveness of Ontario's university system in the North American context. Analysis revealed…

Comparative financial data for Arkansas' public two-year colleges are presented in the areas of educational and general revenues, expenditures, and transfers. The report provides information necessary for line item comparisons and for the discernment of emerging financial trends. Major categories covered in this publication are: (1) total current…

When a school district has made the decision to close a school, criteria must be developed for selecting the school to be closed. These criteria help in making a sound decision and in explaining that decision to the public. One way of approaching the development of decision criteria is to decide on the main reason the district is closing a school,…

Statistical data on Pennsylvania higher education finance for 1981-1982 are presented. Tables provide the following information: current-funds revenues by institutional control, 1972-1973 through 1981-1982; percent of current-funds revenues by source, 1972-1973 through 1981-1982; current-funds expenditures by institutional control, 1972-1973…

This report consists of several tables which are intended to illustrate the impact that Title I has exerted on South Carolina schools and describes 23 Title I/Chapter 1 projects in operation in the State. The preliminary summary provides data for 1978-1982, delineating (for each year) funds allocated, number of students participating, participants…

This study investigated the resource allocation process--how school administrators obtain the proper resources to operate their schools, distribute the available resources among the various school programs appropriately, and manage resources for effective educational results--in four high schools during the 1984-85 school year. Information was…

The first of two related pamphlets, this guide provides information on how to conduct cost-outcome analyses, with an emphasis on measuring costs. After an introduction that delineates the purpose of the two-part series, the pamphlet is divided into six major sections. The first section, "definitions and rationale," introduces…

The report summarizes membership, activities, and finances of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) for the year 1976-1977. SSRC is a nonprofit corporation which has as its purpose the advancement of research in the social sciences. It endeavors to stimulate the development of theory and empirical knowledge concerning human behavior through…

Changes in costs and returns for academic departments at the State University of New York at Oswego were studied over the three academic years and corresponding fiscal years of 1972-73 through 1974-75. The following questions were addressed: how much was spent within each department; what was the cost per student semester hour generated in each…

This study presents financial data on Catholic high schools in five enrollment ranges across the country. The two objectives of the study were to acquire general data for national purposes and to develop specific models for managing Catholic high schools. Nine tables of data are available for reference. The first part of this report deals with…

The increase in tuition and expenditures at Montgomery College were analyzed through the use of the Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) based upon 1967 dollars. This index gives an indication of the effect of inflation upon a given amount of goods and services. Application of the HEPI to Montgomery College data since 1967 reveals that tuition for…

The relationship between departmental activities and the need for nonacademic staff and operating funds was analyzed using regression analysis. Support costs were broken into task categories and related to certain basic variables describing the composition and activity of the unit (e.g., number of staff and teaching load). The results were linked…

Papers presented at a working conference on new developments in measuring financial conditions of colleges and universities included the following: "Using Financial Indicators for Public Policy Purposes," by George W. Bonham; "Conceptual Advances in Specifying Financial Indicators: Cash Flows in the Short and Long Run," by Hans…

Objective cost estimates for planning and operating systems should be made after an assessment of administrative factors (school environment) and instructional factors (learning objectives, type of presentation). Specification of appropriate sensory stimuli and the design of alternative systems also precede cost estimations for production,…

The material contained in this review is a continuation of studies of school size related to per-pupil-costs undertaken in the years 1971 through 1974. The comparisons made in this study have utilized 1974-75 fiscal year salary information as a direct cost factor related to school size. The study tends to confirm previous relationships between…