The Maryland Board for Higher Education's consolidated capital and operating budget for fiscal year 1985 for higher education institutions and agencies is presented. Recommendations of the Board are summarized, and the status of higher education funding is briefly discussed. Methods of funding institutional budget requests for the capital and…

For each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, this document provides two pages of tables and graphs, with data on 49 variables related to institutional, pupil, staff, and financial aspects of public elementary and secondary education. An introductory section explains that the data came from local education agencies (LEAs) and were…

Regulatory cost impacts for 11 Texas colleges and universities for the 1977-78 academic year are presented as part of a continuing effort to assess the costs and impact of federally mandated social regulations. The 11 institutions are representative of each of the types previously reviewed as groups. For each institution, data are presented on the…

Based on audited financial statements submitted by each of the colleges and on plant and capital data provided by the New Jersey Department of Higher Education Office of Facilities Planning and Construction, this report summarizes Fiscal Year 1980 financial data for the county colleges of New Jersey. The report first presents a composite profile…

Historical trends from 1976-77 through 1980-81 in tuition and required fee charges in New Jersey colleges and universities are examined. The overall five-year percentage changes in average annual tuition/fees in the different New Jersey collegiate sectors are outlined for different types of students (full-time and part-time, undergraduate and…

The way that inflation has created pressure points on quantity of resouces and quality of outcomes in postsecondary education is examined, along with the situation of the chemistry department of the University of Montreal. Data from the chemistry department for 1971-80 are used to assess the impact of inflation on various objects of expenditures…

The short-range economic impact of Mercer County Community College (MCCC) upon the local community was investigated in terms of business volume, property tax revenues, and jobs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978. MCCC generated $6,456,979 in local business volume; approximately two-thirds of these local purchases were directly attributable…

This volume presents a summary of the methods, findings and recommendations for federal policy of the National Day Care Study (NDCS), a 4-year study of the effects of regulatable day care center characteristics on the quality and cost of day care for preschoolers. Chapter I describes current day care services and the history of federal involvement…

A detailed study of Alaskan education and population reports and statistics, and evaluation of regional sites has resulted in recommendations for a two-phase facilities implementation plan: (1) construction of 6 large regional secondary schools (by 1974) and a center for Arctic Education and Research (by 1969) and (2) completion of a total of 14…

The study attempted to determine the feasibility of performing a cost-effectiveness analysis comparing the cooperative method to methods which do not use work experience in vocational training. Twelve school districts in Minnesota, North Carolina, and Ohio provided data for the study, involving the design of data collection instruments for cost…

This report examines alternatives to traditional methods of public school finance, analyzes differences in operating expenditures and capital costs between urban and rural school districts, and points out the special fiscal burdens of cities. Seven States -- Delaware, North Carolina, Washington, California, Michigan, New York, and New Hampshire --…

This report presents revenue and expenditure data for accredited college-level institutions of higher education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for fiscal years 1987-1995. Data is based on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Finance survey. Revenue data for both private and public institutions include source of…

This book provides an indepth description and analysis of financial management and budgetary procedures for education in Kazakhstan, one of the centrally planned economies of the former Soviet Union. The case of Kazakhstan is characterized by its radical and bold policies to improve educational financing and budgeting during the 1990s. Chapter 1,…

This paper presents the public higher education system trends in Connecticut for 2004. This report contains the following sections: (1) FY 2003-2005 Operating Budget Summary; (2) Higher Education in a Statewide Context; (3) General Fund and Operating Budget Expenditure Trends; (4) Comparative Funding Indicators; (5) Enrollment Trends; (6) Degrees…

This book examines three issues that will have a significant influences on all institutions of higher education in the United States: (1) the growth and composition of undergraduate enrollments; (2) the supply of faculty in the academic labor market; and (3) the skyrocketing cost of operating colleges and universities. Part 1 focuses on the demand…