A sound education sector is fundamental for the economic, social, and political transformation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC has achieved significant progress in its education sector over the last decade, demonstrating strong resilience following a particularly violent period in its history. The DRC's development trajectory…

"ARL Statistics 2006-2007" is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 113 are university libraries and 10 are public, governmental, and nonprofit research libraries. Data reported by…

"ARL Statistics 2007-2008" is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 113 are university libraries; the remaining 10 are public, governmental, and nonprofit research libraries. Data reported…

"ARL Statistics 2005-06" is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 113 are university libraries and 10 are public, governmental, and nonprofit research libraries. Data reported by libraries…

The Unit Cost Study is an annual project involving the direct participation of all public community colleges in Illinois. Each college submits basic data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs to the Illinois Community College Board staff, who in turn check the data for consistency with credit hour claims and financial reports and then…

In international comparisons it was found that manufacturing productivity growth slowed after 1973 and unit labor costs accelerated in most industrial countries including the United States. Aggregate hours rose only in the U.S. (CT)

This guide is designed to help school food service managers to control food costs as they plan their menus. The guide contains: (1) menu planning tips and procedures related specifically to economy; (2) instructions for precosting recipes, individual food items and complete menus, estimating costs of USDA donated foods and of condiments,…

During 1981, the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) conducted a survey to determine the costs to institutions of the program accreditation process. A memorandum requesting program and institutional information and direct salary expenses was sent to 1,727 institutions sponsoring one or more CAHEA-accredited programs, and…

Course costs consist of direct costs (teaching salaries) added to indirect departmental and indirect college-wide costs. Course receipts are obtained by adding the state allocations per HEGIS discipline multiplied by the number of FTE generated by Student Semester Hours of enrollment in that discipline to a calculated portion of student tuition.…

Costs of producing milk rose 53 percent between 1975 and 1984 to $13.57 per hundredweight, whereas cash (out-of-pocket) costs rose 56 percent to $10.64 per hundredweight. Cash receipts, which measure gross production value, peaked in 1981 at $14.94 per hundredweight compared with $9.23 in 1975. Production costs in the Pacific region were more than…

Cost per student disparity is examined with focus on: the concept of educational cost per student; dispersion of unit cost; cost comparisons among similar institutions; cost comparisons among the states; and institutional differences in the internal allocation of expenditures. Academic freedom, program variety, and institutional objectives may…

The Children in Custody (CIC) report provides biennial information, in the form of statistical charts, on public and private residential facilities holding juveniles in custody across the country, and on the juveniles they hold. The reference date for this CIC census was February 1, 1983. Annual data are for the calendar year 1982. The major…

Using a cost analysis system developed by the Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, this report presents information on cost per course, cost per student credit hour, and cost per full-time equivalent (FTE) student for each instructional discipline at Prince George's Community College (PGCC). Total cost figures are the sum of faculty…

Fiscal year (FY) 1985 results of the annual unit cost study of the Illinois public community colleges are presented, based on data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs. After an introductory overview, data and analyses are presented, covering FY 1985 net instructional unit cost compared with previous years; net instructional unit cost, full…

Fiscal year (FY) 1987 results of the annual unit cost study of the Illinois public community colleges are presented in this report, based on data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs provided by the colleges. After an initial summary overview, data and analyses are presented showing net instructional unit costs for FY 1987 compared with…