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Jamison, Dean T.; Orivel, Francois – Educational Broadcasting International, 1978
Comparison of 14 different distance teaching projects showed that the projects and their costs are reasonably comparable. Methods of cost analysis are discussed, and conclusions reached on seven aspects of the economics of distance teaching are summarized. (JEG)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Economics, Educational Finance
Williams, B. R. – Australian University, 1976
Expenditures per student in Australian universities are examined by a university vice-chancellor. Focus is on cost indexes, real resources, and corrections for faculty costs. (LBH)
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Expenditure per Student, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Hall, Richard B. – Library Journal, 1997
Presents data on public library referenda for capital improvement projects and on operating levies. Highlights include package deals with other funding measures, success rates, library campaign messages, and a sidebar that details strategies used successfully by the Toledo-Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library. (Contains five tables.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Capital, Elections, Library Facilities, Library Funding
Stephens, Keith – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Describes financial management problems typically encountered by child care center directors and owners. Offers suggestions for planning and management techniques to overcome problems of cash flow, budgeting, rising costs, underpricing, declining revenues, fee collection, and liquidity. (NH)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems, Administrator Guides, Budgeting
Nahm, Rick; Zemsky, Robert M. – Trusteeship, 1995
College and university fund raising must be need-driven rather than donor-driven, capable of providing operating budget relief, and integrated with the institution's vision. Priority needs must be developed into a concise list of gift opportunities that, when funded, will clearly advance the institutional plan. Need-driven investments, not…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Donors, Fund Raising
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Brinkman, Paul T. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1992
A framework for analyzing and classifying cost factors in higher education is presented. Costs are located in three sources (individual colleges and universities, the higher education community, and the socioeconomic and scientific-technological environment), and within each source, are a result of either cultural or material conditions. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classification, College Administration, Costs, Higher Education
Michaelson, Matt – College Planning & Management, 1998
Illustrates how Mount Saint Vincent University (Halifax), by upgrading the control and monitoring of one building or section of the school at a time, could produce savings in energy and operating costs and improve the environment. Explains a gradual, "building block" approach to facility automation that provides flexibility without a…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Operation, Educational Facilities Improvement, Energy Management
Agron, Joe – American School & University, 2000
Provides data on school maintenance and operations (M & O) costs in the United States. Costs are expressed in dollars per student and per square foot. Data show school districts are spending more to maintain and operate their buildings, but M & O budgets are not rising by the same rate. (GR)
Descriptors: Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Data Collection
Agron, Joe – American School & University, 1997
Presents 1997 maintenance and operations (M&O) cost summaries from a sampling of chief business officers at public school districts across the United States. Nationally, results show 9.59% of a school district's net current expenditure was appropriated for M&O in the 1996-1997 school year, up slightly from fiscal year 1995-1996. Costs are shown to…
Descriptors: Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ajayi, A. O. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
This study assessed farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for extension services. The Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) was used to assess the amount which farmers are willing to pay. Primary data on the demographic, socio-economic variables of farmers and their WTP were collected from 228 farmers selected randomly in a stage-wise sampling procedure…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Statistical Distributions, Foreign Countries, Consumer Economics
Kalina, David – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2006
This article examines the steps in creating a facilities master plan. The facilities master plan is a long-range look at the development of one's facilities, combined with an implementation plan that indicates the steps, sequence and costs to get one there. There are three basic steps: (1) analyzing what one has (assessing one's facilities to…
Descriptors: Master Plans, Educational Facilities, Needs Assessment, Enrollment Projections
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Community Colleges. – 1994
This report provides historical data on revenue and expenditures for the 15 community colleges in Iowa, focusing on fiscal years (FYs) 1993 and 1994. Following a brief introduction, the first section provides tables for individual colleges comparing revenue sources and expenditures by function as approved by the state Board of Education to…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance
Gifford, Jean; Cahir, Pam – 1992
This paper examines issues raised in an earlier paper prepared by the Australian government, viewed from the perspective of the children's services field. The government paper discussed fee relief and operational subsidies, and suggested five possible funding packages. Part 1 of the paper considers operational subsidies in child care. This part…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Federal Aid
Halstead, D. Kent – 1983
Specialized price indexes and supporting price data for elementary, secondary, and higher education institutions are presented. The indexes can be used to deflate revenues and expenditures to obtain dollars of constant purchasing power. The School Price Index (SPI), a new index for fiscal years 1975-1982, prices the goods and services purchased by…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Economic Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Defore, Jesse J. – Engineering Education, 1975
Discusses the problem (facing institutions of higher technical education) of maintaining continuing programs of institutional growth and providing for future development while meeting maintenance and operational costs. (MLH)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Development, Educational Finance, Educational Problems
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