The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers offers Opportunity Assessment (OA) workshops to train campus decision makers in developing a business plan to fund campus infrastructure upgrades from energy operating budgets, by combining highly efficient building utility systems upgrades and controls with properly sized and efficient…

Several approaches that could allow dental schools to conduct clinical care programs more profitably in a difficult economic and health-care climate are offered. Focus is on organizing delivery systems around patient-centered care, achieving optimal care quality, enhancing clinic revenue, minimizing operating costs, and becoming better positioned…

Historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribally controlled colleges receive direct federal aid to maintain facilities, staff, and academic programs. These funds are in addition to resources from federal programs available to all institutions. Origin and evolution of these special federal programs of direct…

Designed for use in calculating the distribution of state aid to colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) and in preparing financial and enrollment reports, this document provides a summary of projected cost allocations for the WTCS for 1995-96 derived from data submitted by the colleges on cost allocation schedules. Following a…

Drawn from college data submitted on 1995-96 actual cost allocation schedules, this report provides information on district and statewide program costs for the Wisconsin Technical College System. A brief introduction reviews actual unit costs and ratios for headcount enrollments and Full-Time-Equivalent (FTE) students, indicating that the total…

Designed for use in calculating the distribution of state aid to colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) and in preparing financial and enrollment reports, this document provides a summary of projected cost allocations for the WTCS for 1996-97, derived from data submitted by the colleges on cost allocation schedules. Following a…

Consisting primarily of tables, this two-part report provides a detailed summary of the cost of education per full-time equivalent student (FTES) for the 71 California community college districts in the 1994-95 academic year. Introductory sections describe data sources and present a table showing 1994-95 FTES for the 71 districts by resident,…

Due to automation technology, financial restrictions, and resultant downsizing, library managers have increasingly relied on the services of contractors, rather than in-house staff, to accomplish different technical services operations. Contracted services may range from a small project for a selected group of materials to a large project for…

This book is designed to help college/university faculty and academic administrators become more constructive and knowledgeable participants in the budgetary process. Chapter 1 introduces budgets and the budgetary process, with an explanation of the importance of budgeting in policy making, Chapter 2 discusses economic and political contexts of…

This report examines the effects of technological change on Arizona's Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) and assesses changes and progress made since the publication of MCCCD's Master Plan for Instructional Computing in 1986. The first section views constant change in computer technology as a running stream and examines the need…

This book presents a collection of essays from prominent administrators and influential thinkers in higher education who offer their prescriptions for responding to the challenges imposed by higher costs and reduced revenue expectations. Innovative improvements in the operating efficiency in such areas as administration and support services,…

This annual report presents 1996-97 financial information on 22 church-related colleges, universities, and seminaries in Ontario, Canada, which are also affiliated with public universities. Fourteen tables present the data in summary form and include: (1) combined revenue and expense and changes in fund balances; (2) revenue and additions by…

This study of educational costs reflects the undergraduate and graduate costs incurred by Washington State public institutions of higher education during the 1989-90 fiscal year. The study's examined cost factors and cost distribution ratios for each public higher education institution in the state in order to establish tuition and fee ratios.…

Designed for use in calculating the distribution of state aid to colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) and in preparing financial and enrollment reports, this document provides a summary of projected cost allocations for the WTCS for 1994-95 derived from data submitted by the colleges on cost allocation schedules. Following a…

Data concerning enrollments, degrees conferred, faculty characteristics, and revenue and expenditures for public and private institutions of higher education in West Virginia are summarized in 4 chapters and approximately 80 tables. Chapter 1 covers enrollment from fall 1979 through fall 1988, by institution, attendance status, sex, residence, and…