The 2014 edition of "Financial Accounting for Local and State School Systems" updates the 2009 (see ED505993) and 2003 editions of the handbook. The 2003 edition was the work of the NCES National Forum on Education Statistics, Core Finance Data Task Force. That task force systematically rewrote nearly the entire text, incorporating new…

"Trends in College Spending, 1998-2008: Where does the money come from? Where does it go? What does it buy?" is the third in a series of reports on college and university spending from the Delta Cost Project. The findings presented in this report concentrate on the 1998 to 2008 time period--the last academic year for which spending data are…

How do colleges and universities spend their money? To most, it's a black box. The public looks at tuitions, states look at appropriations, trustees look at the endowment, and department managers look at their budgets. How colleges actually spend their money is barely understood by the general public and even many policy makers. In the current…

This reference guide presents the basic accounting concepts, terminology, and definitions used by colleges and universities. The guide, a companion to the National Association of College and University Business Officers' (NACUBO's) online self-study course of the same name or a standalone reference, compares college and university accounting…

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…

The Illinois Board of Higher Education appointed a committee to study: (1) the development and the advantage and disadvantages of the present system of financing; (2) the financial systems of other states with highly developed public educational (community college) systems; (3) the major alternative schemes of financing for the future; and (4)…

Data on the total revenue and expenses and changes in fund balances of 21 universities and colleges of Ontario are provided for the fiscal year ending in 1986. Volume I reports on the universities and related institutions that receive grants directly from the Ontario government. The categories and definitions that are used to present financial…

Fiscal year 1982 data on the total revenue and expenses and changes in fund balances of the 21 provincially-assisted universities of Ontario are presented. The presentation of information using consistent categories and definitions for all universities and colleges in Ontario is explained. In addition to financial data for each institution,…

Data on the total revenue and expenses and changes in fund balances of the 21 provincially-assisted universities of Ontario are provided for the fiscal year ending in 1987. The categories and definitions used to present financial data are explained. In addition to financial data for each institution, summary information for all schools on a…

Fiscal year 1984 data on the total revenue and expenses and changes in fund balances of the 21 provincially-assisted universities of Ontario are presented. The categories and definitions that are used to present financial data are explained. In addition to financial data for each institution, summary information for all schools on a consolidated…

Data on the total 1980-81 revenue and expenses of 22 Canadian colleges and universities affiliated or federated with the provincially assisted universities of Ontario are presented. Information is provided on: total actual revenue and expenses by type of general fund and excess of revenue over expenses before and after appropriations, actual…

Fiscal year 1981-1982 data on revenues and expenses for the 21 Ontario, Canada, provincially assisted universities and related institutions are presented for each institution and on a consolidated basis. Statistical tables cover the following: total actual revenue and expense by type of general fund and excess of revenue over expense before and…

Fiscal year 1983 data on the total revenue and expenses and changes in fund balances of the 21 provincially assisted universities of Ontario are presented. The categories and definitions that are used to present financial data are explained. In addition to financial data for each institution, summary information for all schools on a consolidated…

The forces behind Stanford University's cost and price increases are outlined, and the problematic 2 percent difference between income and expenditures that must be resolved each year is discussed. (MSE)

Presents data on school district expenditures for 1984-85, 1989-90, and 1994-95, gathered by the Educational Research Service (ERS). Provides information on budgets; intragroup variations; trends in allocation patterns; personnel costs; school district revenues; and trends in revenue available from local, state, and federal sources. Three tables…