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Cordes, Colleen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
Higher education officials are protesting a federal Office of Management and Budget proposal to limit the rate at which universities can charge the government for overhead expenses on research and development. The change would affect 56 of the top 100 institutions receiving federal grants, whose rates go to 41 percent. (MSE)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Higher Education, Operating Expenses, Public Agencies
Cordes, Colleen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
As news reports continue to describe questionable charges for indirect costs in government-sponsored research, academic officials try to explain the rates, which vary greatly by institution and are based on complicated accounting formulas, to the press, alumni, trustees, and state legislators. Overhead rates, ranging from 37 percent to 77 percent,…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Higher Education, Indirect Costs, National Surveys
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
Dollar amounts of federal, state, industry, institutional, and other financial support for research in fiscal 1985 are reported for the top 91 receiving institutions individually and for all institutions together. (MSE)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Higher Education, Industry, Private Financial Support
Basinger, Julianne – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
According to an annual survey, 132 U.S. research universities earned over $446 million in royalties from inventions in fiscal 1997, and received 2,239 patents. The University of California was the top earner. Data provided on the top-earning institutions includes dollar amount of adjusted gross royalties received, number of licenses generating…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Copyrights, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education