The financial condition of independent colleges of Kentucky and eight state universities and the community colleges taken as a unit were studied. Data for the five-year study period 1971-72 to 1975-76 was obtained from forms of the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) and reports of the Kentucky Council on Higher Education and the…

The 1978 supplement to the basic study, Higher Education Prices and Price Indexes, presents higher education price index data for fiscal years 1971 through 1978. A price index series measures the effects of price change, and price change only, on a fixed group of items. The indexes reported here measure price changes from 1967, the reference date.…

Budgetary control procedures for not-for-profit institutions are presented in this compilation of budgetary materials and ideas gathered at the Program for Institutional Administrators at the University of Notre Dame. Budgetary reporting and control are suggested as the most effective tools for coordinating and controlling the acquisition and use…

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…

This report forecasts U.S. public school enrollments and instructional and operations expenditures by state for each year from 1978 to 1982. Enrollment predictions are for preprimary and kindergarten, elementary, secondary, special education, and ungraded classes. Instructional expenditures include textbooks and workbooks, library materials,…

The Information Retrieval Television (IRTV) system was a unique experimental media program initiated in several Ottawa, Canada schools in the fall of 1968. The program allowed teachers to select televised audiovisual programs for their classes at any time. This arrangement freed them from having to adapt to broadcast schedules or to the rigidities…

This report provides detailed statistical data on the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE), including institution-specific data on the system's four universities and five community colleges. The institutions include the University of Utah, Utah State University, Weber State University, Southern Utah University, Snow College, Dixie College,…

A study examined impact of the adult and community education (ACE) Amendment to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Australian adult and continuing education (ACE) providers. Telephone interviews were held with representatives of 232 ACE organizations. Most were small businesses; almost half had less than $100,000 annual revenue; two-thirds had…

This book provides an indepth description and analysis of financial management and budgetary procedures for education in Mongolia. Chapter titles describe the content of the book: (1) "General Information"; (2) "Description of the Education System"; (3) "Macroeconomic Review"; (4) "Educational Financing and…

The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is a tool to help policy makers and educators address broad public policy questions. SHEF seeks to inform policy deliberations with information and perspective on financial issues and national trends. The fiscal 2005 SHEF study builds on the work of Kent Halstead, who conceptualized and implemented…

Compiled to assist Pennsylvania community colleges in analyzing their financial performance in relation to their peers, this report contains financial and historical data for the 14 colleges in the state for fiscal years (FYs) 1984-85 to 1993-94. Section I examines reimbursement requests for 1991-92 in terms of enrollments, operating…

The information that high school library media specialists in Georgia have about the Georgia Online Database (GOLD), interlibrary loan, and online access was investigated. This study also evaluated whether they have the funding for GOLD and related technology. A 45-item questionnaire was developed and sent to a stratified random sample of 128…

Prepared to assist Pennsylvania community colleges in analyzing their financial performance in relation to their peers, this report contains financial data for the years 1984-85 to 1991-92. Section I examines reimbursement requests for 1989-90 in terms of enrollments, operating reimbursements for operating and stipend expenses, and capital…

This document provides an overview of important financial statistics for Pennsylvania community colleges from the time they began operation in 1964 through the last completed audit of the colleges in 1983-84. The document is divided into eight major sections. Section I provides statewide institutional data for 1964-65 to 1983-84 on reimbursements…

This report was prepared to assist Pennsylvania community colleges in analyzing their financial performance in relation to their peers, and contains financial data for the years 1983-84 to 1989-90. This report is divided into 15 sections. Sections I through VII examine reimbursement requests, by year, for 1983-84 to 1989-90, in terms of…