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Advance Illinois, 2012
This report assesses Illinois' academic performance from early childhood through postsecondary, providing a snapshot of how Illinois compares to other states and nations as we collectively work to provide all students a world-class education. The analysis is divided into three parts: (1) The first section examines how Illinois public schools serve…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
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Wood, R. Craig; Rolle, R. Anthony – Educational Considerations, 2007
State and private agencies have attempted to determine the costs of providing an "adequate" education for public elementary and secondary students. In order to identify adequacy target expenditures, four education finance models currently are found within the education finance research literature: (1) Professional Judgment Model; (2) Statistical…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Literature, Heuristics, Expenditure per Student
Palmer, James C., Comp.; Franklin, Doug, Comp. – Center for the Study of Education Policy, 2006
The Grapevine project, which began in 1960 by M. M. Chambers, entails an annual survey of state higher education and government officials. The intent is to record annual state tax appropriations for the operating expenses of higher education, noting percent changes from year to year. The Grapevine data are indicators of state tax effort in support…
Descriptors: Operating Expenses, State Aid, Profiles, Surveys
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Cooper, Michael D. – Library Trends, 1979
Presents an investigation of public library operations to determine whether economies or diseconomies of scale exist, thus providing an analysis of the cost side of library operations. Costs are found proportional to output levels, meaning that average costs are the same regardless of library size. Quality of output is not considered. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Costs, Economics, Libraries, Operating Expenses
Dow, Daphne, Comp. – University of North Carolina General Administration, 2010
This abstract covers the breadth of higher education activities in North Carolina in their quantitative aspect, from simple counts of enrollment and degrees conferred to complex analyses of the flow of student transfers among institutions. Collected and published annually, this wide range of information should be useful to members of the public…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment Trends, Undergraduate Students, College Transfer Students
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Education, 2013
The purpose of the United States Department of Education's (the Department) FY 2013 "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) is to assist Congress, the President, and the American people to assess the Department's stewardship over resources with which it is entrusted. This annual report is required by legislation and complies with the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Gardner, John C. – American School and University, 1975
The Public Service Commission in New York is studying methods of repricing utility services. The study will try to determine who pays how much of the revenues required to operate a utility efficiently. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Costs, Electricity, Operating Expenses, School Maintenance
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1965
ENOUGH FUNDS SHOULD BE BUDGETED TO INSURE A QUALIFIED STAFF, ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT, AND THE BEST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT CAN BE PROVIDED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. IN TERMS OF FACILITIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES, COSTS WILL VARY. THEREFORE, THE SAMPLE BUDGETS APPENDED ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE AND SUGGESTIVE. SAMPLE BUDGETS COVER MINIMUM INITIAL OPERATING EXPENSES FOR…
Descriptors: Budgets, Educational Equipment, Operating Expenses, Preschool Education
Young, J. B. – 1970
Means for reproducing graphic materials are explained. There are several types of processes: those using light sensitive material, those using heat sensitive material, those using photo conductive materials (electrophotography), and duplicating processes using ink. For each of these, the principles behind them are explained, the necessary…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Costs, Guides, Operating Expenses
Summers, William – American Libraries, 1971
The department head and the whole staff are finding themselves involved in the difficult task of devising objectives, criteria, programs and alternatives, activities and alternatives, and methods for feed-back for evaluation. (19 references) (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Budgets, Library Expenditures, Library Planning, Operating Expenses
National Endowment for the Humanities, 2007
This report sets forth the National Endowment for the Humanities' goals and objectives and highlights its related accomplishments for the year just concluded. Also included in the report is information on the Endowment's finances and operations during the year.
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Humanities, Annual Reports, Accountability
Biggs, John H. – Trusteeship, 2008
In the late 1990s, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation made grants to study people's attitudes toward retirement and to determine what factors influenced their decisions to retire. Although faculty were not talking to college administrators or human-resources departments about health care, the researchers found to their surprise that when they…
Descriptors: Retirement, Health Insurance, Older Adults, Educational Finance
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Duncombe, William; Yinger, John – Education Finance and Policy, 2007
Consolidation has dramatically reduced the number of school districts in the United States. Using data from rural school districts in New York, this article provides the first direct estimation of consolidation's cost impacts. We find economies of size in operating spending: all else equal, doubling enrollment cuts operating costs per pupil by…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Educational Finance, School Districts, Costs
Association of Physical Plant Administrators, Corvallis, OR. – 1972
Presented in this document are data pertaining to maintenance and operations costs at colleges and universities in the central states region and the Rocky Mountain region. The major accounts included in the cost analysis are: (1) physical plant administration, (2) building maintenance, (3) custodial services, (4) utilities, (5) landscape and…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Maintenance
Duke Univ., Durham, NC. – 1972
Presented in this document are data pertaining to maintenance and operations costs at colleges and universities in the southeastern region of the U.S. The major accounts included in the cost analysis are: (1) physical plant administration, (2) building maintenance, (3) custodial services, (4) utilities, (5) landscape and grounds maintenance, and…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Maintenance
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