Internal Audit Services conducted an Early Implementation Review of the Understanding the Early Years (UEY) Initiative in 2006-07. This review is intended to provide assurance to senior management that program delivery has been established appropriately in order to meet its objectives and highlight any areas that require focused management…

Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…

Presents a simulation model that might prove to be a powerful predictor of future enrollment for post-secondary study in Manitoba. This simulation involves representing the abrupt changes in individual and group behavior resulting from crosspressures, conflicting circumstances, and their related socio-economic conditions. (Author/WM)

This paper discusses resource allocation at the school level, concentrating particularly on school-based budgeting. School-based budgeting is a process calling for preparation and administration of a budget for the allocation of the individual school's resources by the school principal, usually in consultation with staff and parents. The paper…

The system of financing postsecondary education in the Canadian provinces since the introduction, in 1977, of unconditional grants based on the gross national product rather than operating costs is examined. (MSE)

Resource allocation in Alberta's postsecondary system has changed substantially since 1994, designed to reapportion financial responsibility for higher education, increase vocational outcomes of postsecondary education, and increase transfer of knowledge and technology to the private sector. This paper outlines how resource allocation has been…

The summary data and schedules included in this document represent a continuation of the work by the Committee of Financial Officers--Universities of Ontario. It reports the total revenue and expenses of the provincially assisted universities of Ontario for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1975. The summary data include trend statistics from…

This report brings to an end a series of consultations that began in March 2000 when Alberta's Minister of Learning established a committee to review the approach to allocating resources to publicly funded postsecondary institutions in Alberta, Canada. The Minister asked the committee, mostly composed of Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs),…

Data from Canada's Survey of Family Expenditures were analyzed using a time allocation model. Results confirm that having young children causes families to spend more income on home production and less on leisure. Market goods expenditures increase and women's home production decreases as children age. (SK)

The major problem facing educational administrators in the next decade will be the need to control costs within the context of reduced resources. This paper, by centering its discussion around the problem of declining enrollments, discusses the role of administrators in educational finance. Restrictions to cost control in Canadian schools are…

The Commission on Academic Development was established to examine the goals and development of the University of Victoria and related issues. This document includes the appendixes to their report and contains: (1) the call for submission to the commission; (2) a list of submissions, bibliography, and other source documents; (3) report on…

This document has been extracted from the same author's "Toward a Rational Educational Policy," which is an econometric analysis of the components of educational expenditure in the Ontario educational system. The author outlines some substantial changes in approach to educational policy that will be necessary if desirable educational…

The pattern of educational expansion and retrenchment and the growing effects of the scientific-technical revolution on corporate-university relations in the province of Ontario are summarized. The authors argue that corporate-university collaboration appears to be a one-sided partnership, oriented primarily to the needs of the corporation. (MT)

Presents an overview of funding allocations for French language programs in Canada on the federal and provincial levels. (AM)