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Peer reviewedBeatty, George, Jr. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1977
Efforts of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst illustrate the use of cost information in decision-making. The Instructional Cost Index can be used to determine the unit costs of instruction and, combined with information from an induced course load matrix system, can provide data on the costs of programs. (LBH)
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Indexes
Peer reviewedSheehan, Bernard S.; Gulko, Warren W. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1976
A review of the elementary ideas that are fundamental to most higher education resource models and necessary for understanding model-supported cost analyses. Analytic constructs providing information for policy decisions include the elementary model, the fundamental cost model, and the instructional cost index. (JT)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, College Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates
