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Download full textMidwestern Higher Education Commission Risk Management Institute Research Bulletin, 1994
This publication presents the results of a survey of over 200 midwestern colleges and universities on their property insurance programs and establishes benchmarks to help these institutions evaluate their insurance programs. Findings included the following: (1) 51 percent of respondents currently purchase their property insurance as part of a…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, College Administration, Colleges, Educational Facilities
Brinkman, Paul T.; Allen, Richard H. – Association for Institutional Research, 1986
Concepts of costs and cost analysis in higher education are examined, along with how to prepare for a cost study. Specific cost analysis techniques are identified, along with types of data generated and potential problems. In preparing for cost studies, it is important to consider: purpose, types of cost analysis, types of cost, common…
Descriptors: College Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Higher Education
Heller, Michael; King, Francis P. – Research Dialogues, 1994
This paper describes a method of projecting inflation-adjusted (real) retirement benefit replacement ratios for defined contribution retirement plans such as TIAA-CREF (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association--College Retirement Equities Fund). The illustrated ratios are comparable to the ratios in defined benefit plans that result…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Fringe Benefits, Higher Education, Inflation (Economics)
Taylor, Suzanne; Welch, C. Brigid, Ed. – SPEC Kit, 1992
This publication reports on the results of a 1992 survey of 80 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries on their use of printers for recording references found in online public access catalog (OPAC) and CD-ROM searches. As was found in a 1990 survey on the same topic, only a small proportion of libraries reported that they charged…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Printers, Higher Education, Information Seeking
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
Taylor, Bryan J. R. – Association for Institutional Research, 1986
A comparative budget analysis approach employed by British universities is discussed. The British funding system analyzes in detail unit costs and marginal costs and undertakes comparative assessments of expenditure patterns and priorities for a group of 95 institutions with similar objectives, in which each has autonomy in resource allocation.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Departments
Business Officer, 1984
Financing options for energy efficiency investments by colleges are outlined by the Energy Task Force of three higher education associations. It is suggested that alternative financing techniques generate a positive cash flow and allow campuses to implement conservation despite fiscal constraints. Since energy conservation saves money, the savings…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Campus Planning, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Economic Factors
Grapevine, 1991
The "Grapevine" newsletter has been published since 1958. Its subtitle says "Reports on State Tax Legislation; state appropriations for universities, colleges, and community colleges; legislation affecting education beyond the high school." This issue contains a feature article focusing on community colleges: "State-Tax-Fund Appropriations for…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Gross, Francis M. – 1973
The purposes of the study were to (1) identify formulas currently used for justifying budget requests or allocating funds for operating expenses of state-supported colleges and universities; (2) provide a comparative analysis of each formula with respect to the functional budget areas recognized, the base and formula factors used, methods of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Computation, Doctoral Dissertations
