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Manahan, Richard A.; Carter, Fletcher F. – AGB Reports, 1979
Studies of the economic impact of a college on the surrounding community are encouraged and outlined. The data necessary for such a study includes spending by college, faculty, and students; town tax receipts; and visitors' numbers and spending graphically prepared, summarized and released to the media. (JMF)
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Economic Change, Educational Economics, Government School Relationship
Download full textPittsburgh Univ., PA. University Urban Interface Program. – 1972
This document presents the procedures used, the results of, and recommendations concerning a study designed to determine the impact of the University of Pittsburgh on the local economy. Findings include the following expenditures by faculty, staff and students in the Pittsburgh area: (1) Colleges related local business volume--$177.3 million; (2)…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Economics, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Winkler, Donald R. – 1973
This paper evaluates the nature, size, and distribution of public benefits generated by institutions of higher education and assesses the rationale for regional subsidies. Following introductory material, part two discusses the rationale for general public support of higher education and assesses the legitimacy of extending this rationale to…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Palmer, Diane H. – 1978
Requirements of a study of a school's economic impact on the community are reviewed and adjustments to the American Council on Education, or Caffrey-Issacs, model of economic impact studies suggested, based on the experiences of the University of Pittsburgh. Revisions to sections of the model dealing with tax loss to local governments, impacts on…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Services, Construction Costs, Consultants
Jeacock, Robert L. – 1983
The impact of Malaspina College, British Columbia, on the local economy was investigated to update a 1977 study. The variables used to assess the college's impact were: (1) income injected into the local economy as a result of expenditures of the colleges, its employees, and its students; (2) college-related revenues received by local governments,…
Descriptors: Business, Case Studies, College Students, Community Benefits
Jeacock, Robert L. – 1977
For the purpose of the study, the local economy of Malaspina College in Nanaimo, British Columbia was defined as the school district. The variables used to assess the college's impact were: (1) income injected into the local economy as a result of the expenditures of the college, its employees, and its students; (2) college-related revenues…
Descriptors: Business, College Students, Colleges, Community Benefits
