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Midwestern Higher Education Compact, 2021
Over the last two years the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) staff conducted a thorough program review to determine the current relevance and value of the Midwest Student Exchange Program (MSEP). This culminated in the report "Student Reciprocity Programs and MSEP in the 21st Century" (ED627191) which utilized historical MHEC…
Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, Tuition, Interstate Programs, Higher Education
National Academies Press, 2022
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) -- often called "The Nation's Report Card" -- is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students in public and private schools in the United States know and can do in various subjects and has provided policy makers and the public with invaluable…
Descriptors: Costs, Futures (of Society), National Competency Tests, Educational Trends
Belfield, Clive – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2020
This paper is the first to investigate the costs of institution-wide reforms at community colleges. Drawing on data from 12 community colleges implementing comprehensive guided pathways reforms, I use the ingredients method to analyze the resources required to implement such reforms and examine their feasibility and affordability, as well as their…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Costs, Educational Change, Change Strategies
Wesley, Alexa; Parnell, Amelia; Askin, Jacalyn – NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2020
Higher education is deploying a range of innovative strategies in response to rising costs and financial challenges. This report presents findings from a NASPA [National Association of Student Personnel Administrators] study on cost-saving initiatives at three institutions. Each institution aimed to creatively address different areas affecting…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Effectiveness, Professional Associations, Student Personnel Workers
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2014
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future; (1) The Board of Governors' new Strategic Plan 2012-2025 is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's Annual Accountability Report provides yearly tracking for how the System is…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Goal Orientation
Heitmann, George – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2008
Most colleges and universities offer study abroad programs, and an increasing number of students participate in such programs. The cost of offering and promoting study abroad programs is often misunderstood and incorrectly assessed. This paper provides an analysis of study abroad costs that will be of general interest, but will be especially…
Descriptors: Economics, Study Abroad, Costs, Administrators
Sachnoff, Neil S. – Business Officer, 1990
Personnel responsible for telecommunications systems need a way to ensure pursuit of the right technology at the right time does not lead them away from considerations of the right price. A three-step method of historical and monthly reviews offers a straightforward means of regaining control of expenditures and tracking costs. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Costs, Higher Education, Program Administration
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Blum, Mark C. – Academe, 1991
Increasingly, college administrators are trying to pass fringe benefits costs off onto employees to relieve financial pressures. The result is an accelerated but often unacknowledged drain on faculty incomes. Faculty in a contributory health insurance plan should seek to cap faculty contributions at a fixed dollar amount. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration)
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Richey, John B. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1986
Converting research facility costs from indirect to direct costs is used as an illustrative example of the problems of making changes in research program costing policy. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Costs
Schreiber, William – Currents, 1994
This article discusses reasons why a number of colleges and universities are privatizing (having outside sources take over) some administrative and support functions such as publications as well as reasons why other institutions have rejected this growing trend. In each case, true costs of the change are a central consideration. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, Costs, Higher Education
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Connor, A. I.; And Others – Higher Education, 1986
The nature, benefits, and costs of relationships between higher education institutions and industry are outlined and analyzed according to economic theory, and alternative systems for handling the relationship and reducing costs are considered. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Instruction, Costs, Educational Economics
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Hammer, Barbara F. – CUPA Journal, 1995
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) "risk contracts," under which HMOs cover Medicare-eligible individuals, are explained; and the costs, benefits, and coverage are compared with those of other managed care options. Employers with retiree medical plans are encouraged to consider using HMO risk contracts for both short- and long-term…
Descriptors: College Administration, Contracts, Costs, Eligibility
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Mears, David F.; Sellers, William – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1992
A study found that formal federally mandated equipment screening requirements are negligible in meeting their stated objectives of preventing purchase of unnecessary/duplicative equipment. Savings resulting from purchases not made represented under 0.008 percent of all federal dollars used to purchase equipment, with $10.35 spent for every dollar…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Equipment Evaluation, Equipment Standards
Rankin, Laird; Rodriguez, Dan – Currents, 1992
Arguments for and against formal alumni chapters are outlined. Pros include increased membership, better leadership, and strengthened development potential; cost effectiveness is possible. Cons include direct and indirect costs; informal alumni structures are seen as equally effective. (MSE)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Alumni Associations, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
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Doherty, Neville; Cordes, David – Journal of Dental Education, 1994
The treatment of the dental teaching clinic as an economic entity within the dental school with identifiable specific resources, costs, and revenues is explained. The approach is proposed as a first step in increasing net patient revenues to alleviate economic pressure. The University of Connecticut's program is used as illustration. (MSE)
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrative Organization, Budgeting, Clinical Experience
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