THE LITERATURE ON UNIT COST STUDIES IS REVIEWED, AND A UNIT COST STUDY IS MADE ON THE WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITIES. UNIT COST STUDIES ARE USEFUL IN FOUR WAYS--(1) THEY PROVIDE INFORMATION WHICH CAN BE RELATED TO THE GOALS OF EDUCATION IN MAJOR POLICY FORMATION, (2) THEY PROVIDE A BASIS FOR THE EVALUATION OF EFFICIENCY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, (3) THEY…

Based on an examination of the socioeconomic factors likely to affect community college financing in California from 1980 to 1985, this report presents recommendations for community college fiscal legislation during the state's 1981-82 legislative session. The report first outlines 17 assumptions concerning future trends in community college…

IN FALL 1967, THE 32 ILLINOIS PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES ENROLLED 83,804 STUDENTS, REPRESENTING 52,327 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS. THIS REPORT PROVIDES DETAILED INFORMATION FOR THE SYSTEM AND FOR EACH COLLEGE--(1) ENROLLMENT DATA, (2) APPLICATIONS, ADMISSIONS, AND ENROLLMENTS, (3) HIGH SCHOOL RANKS AND ENTRANCE TEST SCORES OF ENTERING FRESHMEN, (4)…

A batch-mode, computer-based, serials system was developed for the bio-medical library, a departmental library at the University of Minnesota. Patterned after the "arrival card" system now in use in several libraries, it is designed so that serial check-in is done by marking off the issue on a printed list of serial issues expected…

Higher Education price in index data for fiscal years 1971 through 1975 are presented. The supplement is published yearly shortly after the fiscal year to which the latest data refer, and the index values refer to the entire year, not any specific month of the year. The basic study, "Higher Education Prices and Price Indexes," presents complete…

The cost analysis of instruction is conducted according to principles of teaching and learning that have often become historically dated. Using today's costing systems prevents determination of whether cost effectiveness actually exists. The patterns of instruction in higher education and the systems employed for instructional cost analysis are…

General Electric Company was one of four contractors who received a contract in early January 1974 to design, build, and install a solar heating experiment in a public school. The overall objective of this program was to obtain data that would assist in evaluating the applicability of solar heating systems in large metropolitan areas. This data…

A general discussion of fire alarms and protection is provided by a manufacturer of automated monitoring and control systems. Background information describes old and new fire alarm systems, comparing system components, wage savings, and cost analysis. Different kinds of automatic systems are listed, including--(1) local system, (2) auxiliary…

Public building air conditioning systems, which use constant and varying heat and cooling loads, are compared and investigated. Experiments indicated that constant temperature controls based on outside air temperature alone were inefficient. Ventilating a building with outside air and the methods of doing so are cited as being the most economical…

The Economic Research Service has used 1964 census data to develop information on the characteristics of Spanish-surname farmers in 14 Texas counties. Selected characteristics were examined for this population and for non-Spanish-surnamed farm operators in the same counties. It was found, for example, that Mexican American farm-operator families…

For this report, which is a combination of the fourth and fifth annual reports on the subject, the FICE gathered data from 23 federal departments and agencies on program funds awarded to each of 114 predominantly black colleges. This data is compared with similar data collected for all higher education institutions in the country. Data include…

Revenues of doctoral, comprehensive, general baccalaureate, and two-year private and public institutions are outlined by source (tuition and fees, appropriations, grants and contracts, private support, endowments, and others); expenditures are tabulated by function (instruction, research, public service, libraries, academic support, student…

Colleges and universities are privatizing various institutional components and are seeking greater autonomy from state government. In defining privatization, the paper makes the distinction between privatizing and contracting, and notes six areas where a good or service can be owned or managed by the government or by the private sector: ownership…

This report, from the National Association of College and University Business Officers' (NACUBO), is the nineteenth in a series of comparative data studies of public two-year colleges. A result of an intensive six-month study involving 252 community colleges, it contains financial and other statistics for fiscal year 1997-98. Report highlights…

The annual survey, undertaken by the Association of American Medical Colleges, of income, expense and general operating information for university-owned teaching hospitals is discussed. Focus is on sources of income, including state funds, Medicare, and insurance companies. (JMD)