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Sprio, Louis M. – 1981
The State University of New York's (SUNY) Budget System and the Course and Section Analysis (CASA) System, which were developed to ensure accountability at the campus level, are described. Problem areas and resulting inaccurate and potentially misleading information are examined for the 12 state university colleges. The Budget System and CASA…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Cost Estimates
Rudman, Herbert C. – NCME Measurement in Education, 1977
This discussion of educational trends of interest to school superintendents focuses on three issues: (1) the general decline of birth rates, school enrollments, staff, facilities, and expenditures for instruction; (2) the increase in mandated assessments and programs brought on by declining academic performance and political influences; (3) the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Analysis, Declining Enrollment, Educational Legislation
Woods, Nancy A. – 1979
A system to determine cost effectiveness of class size should be based on both budgeted and actual expenditures and credit hours at the individual course section level. These two factors, in combination, are often expressed as cost per credit hour, and this statistic forms the primary means of evaluating planned "inputs" against actual "outputs."…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Class Size, College Credits, Community Colleges
Download full textBredeweg, Frank H. – 1979
This 1979 report presents updated cost and enrollment statistics for Catholic elementary schools, along with brief explanations of the data. Twelve tables give figures on the following: (1) enrollment (Catholic and public schools), (2) school size, (3) projections of school age populations through 1986, (4) operating costs, (5) per pupil costs…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Elementary Education, Enrollment, Enrollment Projections
Council for Financial Aid to Education, New York, NY. – 1979
Some of the results of the fourth Annual Survey of Corporate Contributions are presented in this report on corporate support of higher education for 1977. Usable questionnaires were returned by 816 companies. A discussion of national trends considers corporate support of higher education vs. college and university expenditures, increased student…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends, Expenditure per Student
Wolfe, M. L. – 1978
The federal role in vocational education from the Smith Hughes Act of 1917 (Public Law 68-35) through the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (Public Law 88-210), as amended in 1976, is discussed. Following a historical overview of related legislation, the vocational education activities authorized under the current act at the federal, state, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Enrollment
Rossmiller, Richard A. – 1979
Among the financial problems facing urban schools are high expenditures per pupil required to provide educational services in urban schools enrolling a disproportionately high percentage of students with exceptional educational needs. Special programs are more costly than regular programs. City schools are frequently confronted with expenditures…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Community Resources, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
National Commission on Research, Washington, DC. – 1980
The first in a series on the relationship between the federal government and research universities, this report asserts that basic research is conducted in the public interest. Viewpoints of the government and the universities on accountability problems and issues are presented. Two types of accountability are considered: scientific, and financial…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, College Presidents, Educational Finance
SHAW, E.C. – 1967
IN RURAL INDIA, MOBILE LIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO LITERACY EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE TIN TRUNK LIBRARY, A COLLECTION OF 15 TO 50 BOOKS IN A BOX, IS FLEXIBLE AND ECONOMICAL. HOWEVER, IT IS USED PRIMARILY BY FRIENDS OF THE PERSON IN WHOSE HOUSE THE TRUNK IS PLACED. THE LIBRARIAN OF THE MARKET MOBILE LIBRARY BRINGS BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Expenditures, Library Extension, Library Facilities
THE FLEXIBLE SYSTEM, AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ADVANTAGES OF THE QUARTERLY CALENDAR IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
BAUMAN, W. SCOTT – 1966
THE AUTHOR SUBMITS THAT PROBLEMS OF FINANCE AND STUDENT CAPACITY NECESSITATE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS. A POSSIBLE SOLUTION IS PRESENTED--SCHEDULING THE SCHOOL YEAR ON A QUARTER SYSTEM (OR THE FLEXIBLE SYSTEM)--UNDER WHICH ONLY 75 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS WOULD BE IN SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME AND THE SCHOOL YEAR WOULD BE EXTENDED TO 11…
Descriptors: Achievement, Economic Research, Educational Facilities, Expenditures
Stepp, William F. – 1980
In order to assess the effects of changes in funding processes in Florida, this report describes and compares financing under: the Minimum Foundation Programs (MFP), which for 25 years served as the funding model for elementary, secondary, and community college education; the Community College Program Fund, a multi-level program cost formula,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Bredeweg, Frank H. – 1980
Until recently there had been no systematic effort to gather comparable data from public and private schools. However, for the years 1976-77 through 1978-79, with the cooperation of the National Catholic Education Association and the Council for American Private Education, the National Center for Education Statistics surveyed all known private…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Costs, Elementary Education, Enrollment Trends
Cambron, Nelda H.; Hale, James A. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to determine the cost relationships among the educational programs in Tennessee prior to the implementation of Tennessee's weighted pupil formula (1976-77) and to examine expenditure patterns for the first year of the actual operation of the formula (1977-78). All mandated programs were examined as well as additional…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Educational Finance, Educational Programs
Kirk, William Donald – 1968
A study was made of the expenditure of Federal funds in Missouri schools under the Adult Education Act of 1966, involvement by state public education agencies in adult basic education programs according to such selected factors as school size, assessed valuation, classification, and geographical location; and major characteristics of the adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Doctoral Dissertations, Enrollment
Parry, Ernest Bruce – 1968
This study determined curriculum costs in comprehensive junior colleges for one college-parallel, 28 technical, and 16 vocational curriculums. Differential costs were found for each of ten components identified for all curriculums. Aggregate curriculum costs were determined from the sum of the ten component costs. Differential costs were found…
Descriptors: Accounting, Budgeting, College Preparation, Costs
