The U.S. Office of Education undertook this study at the request of State supervisors of school libraries for data to aid school administrators and librarians in determining the cost of operating libraries. The findings of this exploratory study have been gathered from a limited sampling of a group of selected high-school libraries. It is hoped…

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…

The results of the annual unit cost study of the Illinois public community colleges are presented for fiscal year (FY) 1988, based on data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs provided by the colleges. After an initial overview, data and analyses are presented showing net instructional unit costs for FY 1988 compared with previous years;…

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…

Fiscal year (FY) 1986 results of the annual unit cost study of the public community colleges in Illinois are presented, including basic data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs. After an introductory overview, data and analyses are provided, covering FY 1986 net instructional costs compared with previous years; net and full instructional…

Fiscal year (FY) 1989 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 1989 compared with…

Fiscal year (FY) 1990 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, including: net instructional unit cost for FY 1990 compared with…

Comparative data on physical plant costs and staffing in higher education for 1978-79 are presented. Questionnaires were sent to member institutions of the Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges (APPA) and the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Unit cost summaries and wage and…

In 1989, an Illinois Community College Board committee examined the issue of cost effectiveness among the state's community colleges. The individual cost categories examined for the study included direct salary, direct department, direct equipment, building rental, operation and maintenance, academic administration and planning, learning…

This 2002 Unit Cost Study for the Illinois Community Colleges is part of an annual project involving the direct participation of all public community colleges in Illinois. The Study consists of basic enrollment and cost data: (1) midterm enrollments in student semester credit hours; (2) costs for direct instructional salaries; (3) direct…

In the financing of higher education there are at least three major complications: (l) identifying the multiple outputs produced by an institution; (2) determining the costs associated with producing particular outputs; and (3) relating sources of income to costs of production. The use of several different budgets is essential. Every institution…

This study was conducted to determine what fraction of the total cost of the Stanford University library system can properly be charged to each of the four major groups of users: undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff, and non-Stanford users. Eight separate cost elements were developed for each of the library's cost centers…

Used to determine grant rates for state financial support and as an accountability report to citizens, this unit cost report presents data for fiscal year (FY) 1996 on course offerings, enrollments, and costs for Illinois public community colleges. Specifically, data are presented on the following: (1) comparison of FY 1996 net instructional unit…

Results of the 1982-1983 Comparative Costs and Staffing Survey are reported based on 757 questionnaire responses. The three sections of the report contain the index of reporting institutions, the unit cost summary, and the wage and salary summary. The index of institutions provides the following information: the state/province two-letter…

The Illinois public community college Faculty and Administrative Salary Survey presents information on full-time faculty mean salaries from fall 1973 through fall 1977, teaching and non-teaching personnel actual 1977-78 contractual salaries by school district, and mean salaries per yearly course semester hour, weekly class contact hour, academic…