In New Mexico, school aid comes from the general fund, thus allowing better coordination of State financial services. (RA)

Discusses experiences with responsibility-centered management for communications programs at Indiana University-Bloomington. Points out three problems with university fiscal planning which bear directly on communications programs. (SR)

Discusses how the University of Chicago is one of the institutions clinging most tenaciously to the monastic ideal, and the new administration's "focus on budgets and bottom lines was a sign of unwelcome worldiness." Suggests that more leadership from humanists is needed. (SG)

"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…

In 1996, a survey was conducted of customer satisfaction with the Office of Grants and Contracts of Nova Southeastern University, Florida. The Office had a core constituency of 112 faculty and administrators who regularly received services related to external funding; however, to be as inclusive as possible and to broaden communication with the…

Presents a model developed for the purpose of estimating either the average direct cost or average full cost of instructional outputs at the departmental level. (Author/PG)

The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to…

The United States Department of Education's (the Department's) "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) for fiscal year (FY) 2012 provides an overview of the Department's financial performance and results and detailed information about the Department's stewardship over the financial resources entrusted to it. Additionally, as required by the…

The major purpose of this descriptive report is to provide an overview of the structure, capacity, and roles of educational service agencies (ESAs) across five states--Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin--in the Great Lakes region, within the context of the broader statewide systems of support for educational improvement and progress.…

Career education training in Rhode Island is available through training monies accompanying State Department of Education career education program grants, through two tuition-free graduate workshops at Rhode Island College, and through State-funded Alternate Learning Centers workshops. (AG)

This study attempts to answer the following questions: what are some of the major categories of expense for academic departments? Do expenditure patterns vary from one academic discipline to another? and What are the appropriate cost units to use in analyzing academic expenditures? (Author/PG)

Discusses ways to seek financial resources for a department. Outlines ways to obtain the assistance of faculty, students, entrepreneurial divisions of the school, and other departments. (PRA)

Describes how Ohio State University "taxes" all of its departments in order to award cash that provides a chosen few departments the means to reach top-ranked status. The university uses a well-publicized competition among departments, with professors choosing the winners. (EV)