Consisting primarily of tables, this two-part report provides a detailed summary of the cost of education per full-time equivalent student (FTES) for the 71 California community college districts in the 1994-95 academic year. Introductory sections describe data sources and present a table showing 1994-95 FTES for the 71 districts by resident,…

Used to determine grant rates for state financial support and as an accountability report to citizens, this unit cost report presents data for fiscal year (FY) 1996 on course offerings, enrollments, and costs for Illinois public community colleges. Specifically, data are presented on the following: (1) comparison of FY 1996 net instructional unit…

This report analyzes fiscal year 1992 expenditures for all but three of the administrative and support subfunctions included in the Illinois Resource Allocation and Management Program which collects expenditure data from Illinois public universities on 55 separate groupings of activities referred to as subfunctions or subprograms. Expenditures in…

Data on 1982-1983 state support for elementary/secondary and higher education are presented. The objective is to provide policymakers information on how funding decisions vary and to promote self-analysis of how well each state is doing. Data and narrative analysis of regional trends cover: demographic characteristics, state support for…

Data concerning enrollments, degrees conferred, faculty characteristics, and revenue and expenditures for public and private institutions of higher education in West Virginia are summarized in 4 chapters and approximately 80 tables. Chapter 1 covers enrollment from fall 1979 through fall 1988, by institution, attendance status, sex, residence, and…

The first report in a series about state education agency (SEA) operations provides a baseline statistical description of agency functions and a limited set of data to aid in the management and support of SEA functions. Data on SEA revenue, expenditures, and personnel were aggregated and interpreted in five categories of public school membership…

This paper describes funding formulas for the new Foundation School Program in Texas enacted under the Education Opportunity Act (H.B. 72), raises issues that have accompanied its first year of implementation, and provides preliminary data to compare prior and existing law. The state finance system, which previously distributed state aid according…

The state-of-the-art of financial analysis for academic units within institutions of higher education is evaluated with attention directed to: how the cost of an academic unit is determined, how revenue is identified with academic units, how costs are analyzed, how revenues and expenditures are projected, and how the financial efficiency of an…

Eight indicators used to make interprovincial comparisons of university financing in Canada are outlined and the values of these indicators are presented for 1974-1975 to 1980-1981. The Tripartite Committee on Interprovincial Comparisons has directed attention to how much financial support is provided to universities, how university financing fits…

This report presents a variety of revenue and expenditure data for U.S. public elementary and secondary schools during the 1975-76 fiscal year. Data were compiled from annual expenditure reports submitted by each state. Information is intended to meet the general information needs of educational researchers and the more specialized needs of…

Though the budget of the Community College of Baltimore (CCB) increased 488% from 1967 to 1979, CCB expenditures and tuition rates show a marked decline when adjusted for inflation through the use of the Higher Education Price Index. While CCB expenditures per full-time equivalent (FTE) student rose from $1,080 in 1967 to a projected $1,896 in…

Although printed instructional material is the most basic tool for classroom instruction, in the school year 1966-67 a national survey showed per pupil expenditure for textbooks to be only $4.96. Lack of guidelines for expenditures on textbooks, failure to use sound budgetary practices, inadequate teacher involvement in decisions affecting texts,…

Enumerates principles and practices helpful in improving library administration while coping with budget cuts. (PF)

Attesting to the continuing economic strength and institutional vitality of the newspaper business in 1987, this booklet presents a statistical summary of the industry in the United States and Canada. The statistics cover a wide range of topics, including (1) number of daily newspapers; (2) daily newspaper circulation; (3) single copy sales price;…