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Peer reviewedCordes, David W.; Doherty, Neville J. G. – Journal of Dental Education, 1991
A study examined the economic relationship between growth in dentistry and supply/demand factors. Output, or real per capita dental expenditures, is seen as a function of consumer income, dental insurance, and dentist supply. Analysis indicates a significant relationship between dental sector growth and economic market factors, including growth in…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Demography, Dentistry, Dentists
Smith, Theresa – 1991
This paper documents how the University of Oklahoma developed discipline cost indices which it then used in its budget allocation process. In order to overcome the interinstitutional comparison problems between universities which use different reporting and accounting methods, discipline cost indices were derived using data collected through the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Cost Indexes, Credits
Peer reviewedSmith, Theresa Y. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
The derivation of discipline cost indexes, developed to permit accurate interinstitutional comparisons of relative costs among disciplines, is explained using expenditure data from five peer institutions. How the indexes have been used in one research university's budget allocation process is then described. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Cost Indexes
Lynden, Frederick C. – 1983
Replacing a January 1980 publication of the same title, this collection of cost tables and other documentation from library materials cost studies conducted by members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) or by library vendors contains excerpts from: (1) local cost studies conducted at Colorado State University, Indiana University, Iowa…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Cost Indexes, Data Collection
Peer reviewedSolomon, Eric S. – Journal of Dental Education, 1992
An examination of national data on dental educators' salaries since 1975 compares average salaries for basic and clinical science faculty, relates faculty salaries to changes in the Consumer Price Index (since 1976), and tracks faculty salaries in constant dollars. A brief analysis of results accompanies data graphs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Comparative Analysis, Cost Indexes, Dental Schools
PDF pending restorationMcCoy, Kay R. – 1990
The Inferred Program Cost (IPC), a program evaluation indicator in use at Prince George's Community College (PGCC), represents the cost of one student completing the curriculum requirements for a degree or certificate program/option as specified in the current college catalog. The IFP for each program is the dollar amount representing the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1984
The Composite Indicator of Changes (CIC) in average salaries and wages paid by public school systems is designed to reflect overall changes, to compare salary trends among various categories of personnel, and to analyze salary trends in an individual school system and among groups of school systems. Annual updates of the CIC are computed from data…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1985
This report provides data to evaluate salary and wage trends in education. The statistical measure used to gauge and compare changes in salaries and wages paid by school systems is the Composite Indicator of Changes (CIC). This measure is designed to reflect changes in much the same way as the Dow Jones Average or the Standard and Poor's Index.…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrators, Clerical Workers, Comparative Analysis
