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Shields, Regis Anne; Ireland, Nicole; City, Elizabeth; Derderian, Julie; Miles, Karen Hawley – Education Resource Strategies, 2008
This report is one of nine detailed case studies of small urban high schools that served as the foundation for the Education Resource Strategies (ERS) report "Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools." These nine schools were dubbed "Leading Edge Schools" because they stand apart from other high…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Urban Schools, Small Schools, Educational Quality
Frank, Stephen; Travers, Jonathan – Education Resource Strategies, 2007
In the fall of 2006, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the Unified Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that called for a third-party research firm to analyze resource use across the Los Angeles school system. Education Resource Strategies (ERS) was chosen to conduct this analysis. The study was…
Descriptors: School Districts, Urban Schools, Educational Finance, Resource Allocation
Lenth, Charlie; Lingenfelter, Paul E.; Wright, David L.; Yanagiura, Takeshi – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2006
The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is a tool to help policy makers and educators address broad public policy questions. SHEF seeks to inform policy deliberations with information and perspective on financial issues and national trends. The fiscal 2005 SHEF study builds on the work of Kent Halstead, who conceptualized and implemented…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Public Policy, Policy Formation
Nicholson, Fay – 1993
This paper addresses the financial value of the teacher librarian, outlines areas in which this value can be identified, and indicates measures that can be used to demonstrate this value. The four major financial areas in which the value of the teacher librarian can be assessed are: (1) capital investment, made up of the building, stock, and…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Educational Benefits
Alaska Univ., Anchorage. Inst. of Social and Economic Research. – 1995
Alaska's public schools cost $1.2 billion in the 1992-93 school year. That included both operating and capital spending and amounted to about $10,000 for each of the state's 119,000 elementary and secondary students. Roughly one-quarter of the state government's general fund budget went to the schools, covering 64 percent of costs. About 30…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Minnesota State Auditor, St. Paul. Research and Information Div. – 1993
This two-part report presents findings of a study that examined how Minnesota's tax dollars are being spent, with a focus on elementary-secondary education. Part 1 uses national indicators to compare Minnesota with other states. The second part examines actual education expenditures in Minnesota for the period betweeen 1985 and 1991. Findings show…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1991
This report provides financial information on 22 universities' church-related, federated, or affiliated colleges, universities or seminaries who receive grants from the provincial government of Ontario, Canada. Data tables focus on tables are in the following categories: (1) Combined Revenue and Expense and Changes in Fund Balances; (2) Revenue…
Descriptors: Affiliated Schools, Church Related Colleges, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Anderson, Sandra M.; Andrew, Loyd D. – 1983
A study of the relationship between the operating costs of statewide boards for higher education and the administrative costs of institutions of higher education in 50 states is described. The analysis focuses on 61 statewide boards for higher education and 1,472 public institutions. The research design involves controlling for such variables as…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Board of Education Role, College Administration, Costs
Leask, Linda; And Others – Alaska Review of Social and Economic Conditions, 1987
Providing a basis to help Alaskans determine future spending levels and priorities, this report traces how the state spent more than $26 billion in general funds from fiscal years 1981 through 1986 before oil prices crashed and brought state revenues tumbling down with them. Figures indicate that cumulative general fund expenditures over the…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Development, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Dickmeyer, Nathan; Hughes, K. Scott – 1979
A workbook for financial self-assessment of small, private colleges is presented, along with information on the field testing stage. Eight small private colleges helped develop the workbook, which is intended to assist trustees, presidents, and business officers evaluate financial strengths and weaknesses of the school. Included is a checklist of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Check Lists, Data Interpretation, Debt (Financial)
Netzer, Dick; And Others – 1977
To assist the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in making decisions about the Endowment's future role in the development of new, and improvement of existing, economic data on the arts and cultural institutions, all the existing sources of economic data on the arts were examined and evaluated in detail. A needs survey was also conducted. A…
Descriptors: Budgets, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Cultural Centers
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1988
Funding of Ontario universities is addressed by the Council of Ontario Universities, including financial requirements of universities for 1988-1989, and the capital requirements for major repairs and renovations, alterations, deferred maintenance, and new construction. While the universities have requested an increase in base operating grants of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Educational Quality, Enrollment Trends
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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Educational Research Services Unit. – 1987
This report updates a 1985 research study prepared for the New York State Regents Task Force on Education and Economic Development. Average per pupil expenditures in 1984-85 were analyzed for 13 expense categories among 3 groups of school districts in New York State: (1) the New York City suburban counties; (2) the "Big Five" cities (New…
Descriptors: Charts, Comparative Analysis, Cost Indexes, Costs
Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1985
Issues concerning the conditions of college facilities are considered in 29 papers from the 1985 annual meeting of the Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges. Papers and authors include: "Crumbling Academe" (Harvey H. Kaiser); "Physical Facilities Evaluation" (Henry L. Shelby); "Managing…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Building Operation, Campus Planning, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets)
Richter, Winston – 1986
Findings are presented from a study of available documentary evidence related to the finance of public education in the State of Florida. Spanning the past 12 years, and including estimates and projections for 1983-84 and 1984-85, the report focuses on the revenue and expenditures of the Florida Public School System, the Florida Community College…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
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