In this report, a task force appointed by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) to prepare a plan for a National Periodicals program recommends a three level program consisting of: (1) local, state, and regional library systems responsible for meeting a substantial portion of routine needs for periodicals; (2) a…

Given the need for a large stimulus by the federal government in the short-run and given the need for structural reform on our budgeting and taxing process over the long-run, what is likely to happen to federal expenditures for higher education? Two issues likely to arise are: (1) in this next year there is absolutely no excuse for holding back…

Revenue sources and expenditures of county governments itemized in this report include national totals on county finances, county financial amounts, and percent distribution. Other subjects covered include expenditure by character and object, indebtedness and debt transactions, cash and security holdings, county utilities and liquor stores,…

This manual specifies in detail the new budget and accounting system for California Community Colleges, utilizing an activity-centered approach to expenditure reporting which describes real resource requirements, their costs, and relative use in each of the 37 discrete activities comprising community college operations. The system is designed to…

The Illinois Board of Higher Education attempts to provide a statistical picture of the space that has been constructed for Illinois public higher education and the utilization of that space. And it attempts to identify and explain current issues facing Illinois public higher education related to capital improvements. Recommended guidelines for…

Techniques employed in the study included: an examination of the relevant literature; actual visitation and interviews with directors, associate directors, assistant directors, heads of appropriate divisions of the selected and other libraries, vice-presidents for business and finance, deans, budget officers and budget managers of the institutions…

Statistical data are presented on special education services in Illinois during Fiscal Year 1969. Seventeen tables of data describe facilities, population served and services received (both resident and outpatient), personnel, expenditures, and salaries of personnel. (KW)

In order to communicate a feeling for the costs of the new instructional technology tools, the author presents an estimated annual cost table for three major instructional technologies--instructional television, computer access, and computer assisted instruction (CAI). He builds a model school district of 100,000 elementary and secondary students…

This document reports on a study that explored the feasibility of using New York State Education Department data to develop multiple regression equations required for simulating the effects of alternative expenditure configurations on pupil achievement. Specific study objectives were: (1) to test the effectiveness of factor analysis as a procedure…

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between the cost input to education and one measure of output--achievement in English. Because achievement in English depends upon the variables of scholastic aptitude and socioeconomic status, these were used as co-variables in the study in a multiple regression analysis. Figures for input…

Narrative and statistical data that emerged from a research study of costs and South Dakota Higher Education are presented. The report is concerned with an analysis of the most significant characteristics of costs in South Dakota colleges and universities and related data. Research includes data on seven state controlled colleges and universities…

This presentation identifies one of four kinds of evaluation--impact evaluation--existing today for career education programs. Impact evaluation provides four essential sets of information: (1) all data necessary to determine if a program should be continued; (2) a determination of which alternative program achieves the greatest gains at a given…

This document provides 12 sketches or profiles of Management Information Systems (MIS) application. As a result of the 1973 preliminary Information Exchange Procedures (IEP) field test, some 45 colleges and universities across the nation developed compatible unit cost data and related information and compared themselves with one another. Twelve…

An audit of the financial transactions of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is presented. The report begins with brief reviews of CPB's history, its corporate organization, and its program goals and corporate functions. Following these, summary statements of the corporation's total revenues, grant and program expenses, and accumulated…

This report reviews resource reallocation in five research universities. Resource reallocation as a careful program-by-program analysis of expenditures, emphasizing possible cost reductions, cost increases which might be postponed or even eliminated, and essential service costs which had to be maintained. University response to resource…