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Peer reviewedBalderston, Frederick E.; Weathersby, George B. – Higher Education, 1972
Discusses the use of the PPBS, a resource allocations management system, at the University of California. (HS)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDeniozos, Demetris; And Others – Higher Education, 1976
Case studies on university management revealed data on decision processes particularly regarding budgeting and professorial appointments. Dysfunctions in resource allocation systems were found. The opportunity of reinforcing internal integration of the university governance, and the difficult questions this solution raises, were also examined.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Governance
Peer reviewedDunworth, John; Cook, Rupert – Higher Education, 1976
An alternative system for allocating resources within British universities is proposed which involves (1) a budget for each recognizable academic unit, the size related to the unit's student load by a published formula, and (2) the devolution to units of responsibility for spending their budget on different items. (JT)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Departments, Educational Finance, Efficiency
Peer reviewedLiverpool, L. S. O.; Eseyin, E. G.; Opara, E. I. – Higher Education, 1998
A study of resource allocation in the Nigerian university system is reported, and results are used to construct a model for budgeting and fund allocation for other African countries. The model is then applied to actual allocations for three universities to determine the extent to which current allocations fit the design of the model. (MSE)
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Expenditures, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBenveniste, Guy – Higher Education, 1985
Political influences on public universities are discussed, including characteristics of government intervention such as budget formulas, buffer groups and technocratic staffs, and special interest lobbying. Also considered are avenues for public universities to achieve more privatization, making universities more useful to government and society,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Policy, Government School Relationship, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBirch, D. W.; And Others – Higher Education, 1977
One method of calculating unit costs for the teaching function is explained. A formula is developed for allocating expenditures on the basis of a timetable analysis and tested on data from Lanchester Polytechnic and Loughborough University for the academic year 1972-73. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Faculty, Educational Finance, Expenditure per Student
Peer reviewedMoyer, R. Charles; Kretlow, William J. – Higher Education, 1978
Two hundred college and university vice presidents of finance were questioned about the evaluation processes currently used by their institutions in making resource allocation decisions. A strong parallel with hospital budgeting was found, with prestige maximization subject to some overall budget constraint. A longer range approach to academic…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Planning, Decision Making, Educational Economics
