Survey data was collected on basic and administrative costs for 16 group homes in Texas and compared with per diem costs for residents in state-operated facilities. Group homes appeared to be at least as expensive to operate as traditional state facilities. (Author/CL)

Article describes the auditors' report of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary for the period, July 1, 1972-June 30, 1973. (Author/RK)

An approach to institutional budgeting designed to alleviate accumulated deficits is described. The proposal introduces flexibility into the salary component, alleviating cash flow difficulties in the short to medium term and encouraging more proactive budgeting, by allowing employees to contract for reduced annual salary in exchange for reduced…

In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Greaves Group queried more than 900 school administrators last year about technology needs. The result, America's Digital Schools 2006, is a comprehensive look at how schools are adapting to the new world their students inhabit--and how they're going to fund it. This article presents the key finding from the…

We measure the distributive justice preferences of students within eight departments in the faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Turku, Finland. We use the Finnish government's annual budget and its specific appropriations as a proxy to measure the students' underlying preferences. We test whether the type of studies of the respondents…

In this article, the authors present the results of a research study in which they used two national datasets to construct and examine a model that estimates relative faculty instructional costs for specific undergraduate degree programs and also identifies differences in these costs by region and institutional type. They conducted this research…

In this paper, a companion piece to "Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools" (ED544382), the authors analyze small high school spending in three urban districts--Baltimore City, Boston, and Chicago--to understand whether it is higher than in larger schools; if it is, why it is different; and the policy…

This report, issued by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education, reports on trends in higher education for the year 2011. Six goals are presented, each with at least two indicators. Each indicator is broken down into the following subsections: About This Indicator; Highlights; and In the Future. Most indicators also include statistical…

The paper offers a sample budget for the operation of a Committee on the Handicapped. The rationale for the existence of a budget is discussed and the development of the budget is examined. It is explained that the budget should be developed by those most familiar with the operations of the committee and that budget assumptions should be shared…

An analysis of what it costs to operate a three-pool complex with automated controls at Kansas State University. (Author/MLF)

Charts trends in revenues and expenses noted in an examination of budgets of newspapers of varying sizes from 1947 to 1974. (GW)

Describes the overcrowding in ALA's current Washington offices and discusses the impending move to new quarters to fulfill ALA's growing responsibilities. Current federal budgetary and political issues of concern to ALA are outlined and a sidebar by Patricia Glass Schuman presents ALA's legislative agenda. (JKP)

Governing boards and administrations wrestle with complex endowment policy decisions that will determine current institutional quality and future institutional viability. This chapter presents data from the 2006 NACUBO Endowment Study (published in 2007), divided into the following issues of endowment management: historical returns; endowment…