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Peer reviewedBalinsky, Warren; Burns, John – Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 1975
This paper discusses improving the budget control process for a community college by use of program cost accounting. The authors suggest that adoption of such a program will improve resource allocation and program evaluation, aid planning, and better inform the public about the purposes, costs, and results of school programs. (JG)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Management Systems
Hentschke, Guilbert C. – IAR Research Bulletin, 1975
Discusses the value for school districts of a program cost accounting system and examines different approaches to generating program cost data, with particular emphasis on the "cost allocation to program system" (CAPS) and the traditional "transaction-based system." (JG)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Jenny, Hans J. – Business Officer, 1996
Total cost management, an innovation useful in higher education, is best implemented in the institution's support services. Total cost management is the practice of analyzing and improving an institution's financial and qualitative performance when producing a particular product or service, paying attention to the complete work process and all…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Budgeting, College Administration, Costs
Download full textJoyce, Paul F. – 1976
The object of this practicum was to help the small North Smithfield (Rhode Island) School System convert its budgetary procedures from a traditional Function/Object Budget to a Planning, Programing, Budgeting System (PPBS) format. The practicum effort incorporated an inservice training component for key staff members, plus a cooperative effort…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Picus, Lawrence O. – School Business Affairs, 1999
Describes some processes to prepare for times when budgetary resources may be inadequate to accomplish all of a school district's goals. A school district should address the following issues: program performance, district implications, community support, and program evaluation. (MLF)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Community Support, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1979
One of the goals for community education is to encourage the widest use of school buildings for activities that promote learning among youth and adults. Through legislation passed by the 66th Texas Legislature, community education will be expanded to many more school districts and communities throughout the state. This publication has been…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Budgeting, Community Education
Ellison, Nolen M.; Eadie, Douglas C. – 1978
Cuyahoga Community College's three-phase Institutional Development Program (IDP) was established in January, 1975, to provide systematic and uniform college-wide planning and management procedures. This report first discusses the social forces which led the college to undertake the IDP; identifies the long-range planning, governance, and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Centralization, College Administration, College Planning
