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Peer reviewedMassy, William F.; Olson, Jeffery E. – Research in Higher Education, 1994
To address concerns that universities are overcharging the federal government for indirect costs of research programs, data from seven major research universities were used to simulate a standardization of costs and policies to eliminate differences widely assumed to contribute to rate variation. Results suggest universities are not overcharging…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Federal Aid, Higher Education
