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…

The authors use population census data to project school enrolment for Kenya. They also employ current education sector budget and national revenue base statistics to model the sector budget and to forecast the revenue base growth required to sustain universal primary education (UPE). The 2003 fiscal year unit cost of education is used as the base…

"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 purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between size of area vocational-technical schools and expenditures per student in the State of Missouri. (Author)

This document describes (1) the development of effectiveness criteria for Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC), and (2) relationships between the criteria and various environmental and program characteristics. Normative data are presented for selected criteria (enrollment, production, and unit costs) for each school year between1966…

Broad guidelines are presented for making budget allocations based on approximate impact that changing program enrollments have on each unit's budget, the dollar impact on the unit's budget for faculty position changes, costs of specific program change, and revisions in the base budget, which may be made by requiring justification for refunding.…

Concentrating on a sample of 30 secondary schools in the Oyo state of Western Nigeria, this study diagnoses the disparities in secondary education development there and seeks those factors that determine the unit cost of education. The status of secondary educational development in Oyo state is shown by examining those indicators showing such…

The objective of the study conducted at the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) at the University of British Columbia was to determine that threshold pricing not only existed for continuing education courses, but also was applicable to an administrative decision-making structure. The first part of the three-part investigation analyzed consumer…

Variation in unit instructional costs among major research universities is substantial, much of which can be accounted for in differences in instructional output. The tendency for graduate enrollment to increase may be a serious threat to costs, and enrollment decline in private institutions is more serious than in public universities. (MSE)

"ARL Statistics 2004-05" 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…

An analysis is presented of the Illinois Public Community College Unit Cost Study for Fiscal Year (FY) 1980, an annual study using basic enrollment and cost data supplied by college for each instructional area offered. After introductory material, including study highlights and a glossary of terms, district and school data are provided on net…

As part of a continuing series of studies conducted at Delaware County Community College since 1974, this Information Exchange Procedures study presents direct and full costs per full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment in broad instructional areas, unit costs per credit hour by discipline and by program, program full costs per student credit hour,…

This paper deals with school system size from the standpoint of costs and community involvement. The first section describes findings of recent studies in Oregon, British Columbia, and Manitoba, regarding the relationship between administrative component size and that of the school system, and the relationship between school system size and unit…

"ARL Statistics, 2001-02" is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 124 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 114 are university libraries; the remaining 10 are public, governmental, and private research libraries. Data…

A study developed a model to assist school administrators to estimate costs associated with the delivery of a metals cluster program at Norfolk State College, Virginia. It sought to construct the model so that costs could be explained as a function of enrollment levels. Data were collected through a literature review, computer searches of the…