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Moll, Emmett J. – 1982
The Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Public Schools (MPS) recently implemented a new, state-designed accounting system, called the Wisconsin Elementary and Secondary School Accounting System (WESSAS), based on guidelines proposed in the U.S. Office of Education's Handbook II. This report describes and discusses that implementation and provides numerous…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Classification, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedChabotar, Kent John – Urban Education, 1987
Summarizes major problems in school financial management and suggests practical improvements to aid external reporting of financial data and internal management. Sections of the article describe these categories of problems: (1) budget presentation; (2) management control; (3) cost accounting; and (4) financial reporting. (PS)
Descriptors: Budgets, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Educational Finance
Virgo, Julie A. C. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Focuses on techniques used to gather data on costs of library and information services. Uses of library cost data are identified, including setting prices for services, making informed management decisions, and communicating with funding agencies. (CLB)
Descriptors: Accounting, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Decision Making
Morgan, Robert L., Ed.; And Others – 1974
The document contains 12 papers. Two of the papers present opening and closing remarks to the conference. The other 10 deal with their State's management information system (MIS) in vocational education. The 10 papers are clustered according to whether they are primarily descriptive of student accounting (four papers), manpower supply and demand…
Descriptors: Accounting, Conference Reports, Data Collection, Financial Support
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1981
The adequacy of the Department of Education's automated information system for the Guaranteed Student Loan Program was assessed. The review conducted by the U.S. General Accounting Office focused on the department's efforts and plans to correct system deficiencies, the reasonableness and propriety of major system costs incurred, and the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Computer Oriented Programs, Contracts, Data Collection
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1993
This report presents the results of a U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) review of lender and Department of Education controls over the accuracy of lender-submitted quarterly billings under the Federal Family Education Loan Program, also known as the guaranteed student loan program. It reports that both lenders and the Department of Education…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accounting, Administrative Problems, Data Collection
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
This training guide for financial aid staff explains the process of direct loan reconciliation and suggests appropriate cash management accounting practices. Chapter 1 explains the importance of cash management, the role of data matching, and reviews basic reconciliation concepts and terms and direct loan reporting requirements. Chapter 2 reviews…
Descriptors: Accounting, Data Collection, Data Conversion, Delivery Systems
