This case study details how a community college library, in response to rising textbook costs and COVID-related closures, advocated for and received an increase in funding to provide online copies of many textbooks in its reserve collection. It also provides a glimpse into the roadblocks acquisitions librarians might encounter in trying to bolster…

Distance university education has come a long way in Nigeria. It started as a dual mode and today has both the dual and single modes. However, the system has been faced majorly with the challenge of inadequate funding. This has hampered the success rate of the system. Therefore for the purpose of appropriate utilisation of the available fund, it…

This report presents estimates of the private rates of return for students studying for vocational education and training (VET) qualifications in Australia. Estimates of rates of return are commonly used by governments, businesses and others to compare the merits of different forms of investment where costs or benefits or both are distributed over…

These self-instructional resources have their origins in a workshop on the Costs and Financing of Open & Distance Learning which took place from 6-10 August 2007 in Gabarone, Botswana. The workshop was sponsored by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) with the overall aim of building capacity to plan, negotiate and manage appropriate financial…

In order to compare the amount of money spent on education among the countries of the Western world, the relative purchasing power of the different currencies and the position of teachers in the general hierarchy of incomes are two important factors that bear consideration. (CK)

Rapid growth, limited funds, and vast changes in business and industry have required modification of old and development of new courses in the junior college. A comprehensive review of educational expenditures therefore seemed justified. This study developed a plan of accounting and cost analysis to determine the net cost of certain curricular…

The trend toward increased tuition must be reversed if the community colleges are to fufill their promise as open-door institutions. (Editor)

The impact of changing fee schedules at Florida State University on average student loads is examined. The two types of schedules used in the study are the pre-credit-hour fee schedule and block fee schedule (set amount for full-time students regardless of number of hours). The major variables considered in the study are student level and credit…

This document presents an analysis of unit costs (annual cost per student) of engineering education in Ontario by degree and year level. All ordinary operating expenditures are covered including engineering department and faculty budgets, and all university overhead accounts such as library, administration, and plant maintenance costs. (HS)

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…

This document presents the results of a study that had as its purpose the determination of unit costs for undergraduate degree graduates by discipline at the University of Bradford in Great Britain in academic year 1981. The study is based on enrollment projections as made by present enrollment trends, and utilizes the techniques of Output…

This publication discusses a cost analysis study of bilingual education in Texas that sought to determine the per-pupil costs of a minimally adequate program that would correspond to the regular monolingual program funded under the state's foundation finance program. The study identified the essential costs of a model bilingual education program…

Discusses the problem of calculating unit costs for higher education, with special attention to the allocation of research-related costs and various indirect costs to undergraduate and graduate students. Calculates unit costs and budget allocations for a hypothetical state university system, based on different policy assumptions regarding cost…

CONCLUSIONS IN THREE AREAS WERE DERIVED FROM TABULAR PRESENTATIONS OF UNIT COST DATA FROM COLORADO, DELAWARE, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, NORTH CAROLINA, OKLAHOMA, AND OREGON--(1) SMALL COLLEGES COST MORE TO OPERATE THAN LARGER COLLEGES. COSTS INCREASE AS MORE STUDENTS ENROLL IN A COLLEGE BUT NOT IN PROPORTION TO THE ENROLLMENT. (2) VOCATIONAL AND…

THIS STUDY OF THREE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES, WITH 1,500 TO 4,500 STUDENTS, IDENTIFIED THE PER STUDENT COST OF EACH OF 86 STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES, DETERMINED THE TOTAL COST OF SUCH SERVICES, AND DEVELOPED A PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING THE COSTS. GATHERED BY INTERVIEWS AND STUDY OF RECORDS, DATA WERE COMPILED AND ANALYZED BY FOUR 1620…