THIS DOCUMENT IS THE RESULT OF A PROJECT TO CONCEIVE AND ESTABLISH AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR FINANCIAL, PERSONNEL, AND PROGRAM ACCOUNTING OF STATE EDUCATION AGENCIES' TOTAL INTERNAL OPERATION. SUCH SYSTEMS ARE DEEMED NECESSARY NOW THAT THE AGENCIES' OPERATIONS ARE STRONGLY AFFECTED BY FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND FUNDS AND ARE THUS A MATTER OF NATIONWIDE…

This guide was developed to provide specific, practical advice to teachers who are involved in operating a school store as an adjunct to the marketing/distributive education curriculum. The handbook format integrates school store operations with classroom learning activities and the Michigan Marketing and Distributive Education Core Curriculum.…

A companion document to the three-volume "Higher Education Finance Manual," which is intended to guide those completing the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, is presented. While it is based on the data required for 1978-79, the guide can provide guidance in…

This document presents summaries of instructional strategies which are uniquely suited to develop student competencies through utilization of the business community. The instructional strategies are divided into ten areas: (1) all business education areas, (2) bookkeeping/accounting, (3) shorthand, (4) typewriting, (5) secretarial practice/office…

A survey was made of inservice training and development for accountants in 53 selected business firms varying in products, sales volume, and employees. Program philosophy and objectives, qualifications and selection of trainees and instructors, program content, instructional programs, and evaluation procedures were examined. Inservice programs,…

This booklet describes the Daily Production Reports subsystem of the School Food Management System, a computer program package developed as one part of a family of educational management systems. The Daily Production Reports system produces two major types of reports on a daily basis. Business Analysis Reports display all food service costs, as…

Completion of a four-month study of Oakland University's administrative systems needs is reported. It is recommended that the university undertake a major developmental effort to design and install new systems, with particular emphasis on payroll/personnel, general accounting, and student records. Following the development of these systems, a new…

The primary reason for the Federal Highway Administration Cooperative Education Program is to work with colleges and universities in developing preprofessional personnel by assigning work projects which complement academic study. Primary responsibility for the program rests with the Office of Personnel and Training, with on-the-job supervision…

This handbook discusses the following primary aspects of school accounting: Definitions and principles; opening the general ledger; recording the approved budget; a sample month of transactions; the balance sheet, monthly, and annual reports; subsidiary journals; payroll procedures; cafeteria fund accounting; debt service accounting; construction…

In the State of Illinois, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is placing considerable emphasis on the concept of individualized instruction. With this concept in mind this monograph offers a series of teacher-written articles on individualized instruction in business education. The topics covered are: An Overview, by Willie…

This document, prepared by consultants of Operation PEP, consists of two separate parts. The first discusses relevant aspects of county school service fund budgeting; the second, the preparation and approval of school district budgets. The principal referent for discussion in both cases is the budgetary requirements of educational agencies in…

Analyses preparatory to construction of a suitable file for generating a system of future performance trend indicators are described. Such a system falls into the category of a current value approach to human resources accounting. It requires that there be a substantial body of data which: (1) uses the work group or unit, not the individual, as…

An outline of microcomputer applications for administrative computing in education is followed by discussions of aspects of office automation, database management systems, management information systems, administrative computer systems, and software. Several potential problems relating to administrative computing in education are identified.…

The nature of direct and indirect effects of local management of schools (school-based management) on learning outcomes for students has remained elusive. The findings from a 5-year longitudinal study of the "Schools of the Future" reform in Victoria, Australia, are reported in this paper. The Victoria system is the largest public school…

To gauge how its schools are performing, the state of Utah produces a statistical and financial data report each year; the results of the 1994-95 report are presented. The report is divided into three parts: a statistical section, statewide revenue/receipts, and statewide expenditures/disbursements. The data in the first part feature statistics on…