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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McKeown-Moak, Mary P. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Mullin, Christopher M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2014]
Colección:Conducting research in education finance.
Temas:
Education, Higher > United States > Finance > History.
Education, Higher > Research > United States > Methdology.
Education and state > United States > History.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education and state
Education, Higher > Finance
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: SECTION I INTRODUCTION TO HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE RESEARCH
  • Introduction to Section
  • 1. Organization of Higher Education
  • Postsecondary Education Sectors
  • Private Non-profit Institutions
  • Public Institutions
  • For-profit Institutions
  • Levels and Classification of Postsecondary Education Institutions
  • Institutional Characteristics
  • Admissions Practices
  • Remedial Education
  • Student Characteristics
  • Revenues and Expenditures
  • 2. Foundations of Fiscal Analyses
  • Funding Magnitude
  • Headcount
  • Derived Student Counts
  • Credit and Contact Hours
  • Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Students
  • Using Student Counts in Research and Analysis
  • Weighting Student Counts
  • Which Count to Use
  • Aligning Student Counts and Revenues or Expenditures
  • Impact of Accounting Practices on Finance Data
  • FASB and GASB
  • Data Sources
  • Federal Sources: Department of Education
  • Other Federal Data Sources
  • Non-Governmental Databases
  • State and Institutional Sources
  • IPEDS Finance Survey and Institutional Financial Statements
  • Revenue Categories
  • Expenditure Categories
  • Conclusion
  • SECTION II REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
  • Introduction to Section II
  • 3. Student-Oriented Revenues and Expenditures
  • Prior to Enrollment
  • While Enrolled
  • After Earning a Credential
  • Tuition and Fee Philosophies
  • Low Tuition
  • High Cost, High Aid
  • Percent of the Cost of Education
  • Tuition and Fees as Institutional Revenues
  • Tuition and Fee Amounts
  • Tuition Setting
  • Tuition Discounting
  • How Students Pay for College
  • Federal Student Financial Aid
  • 4. Institutional Revenues and Expenditures
  • Revenues
  • Federal Revenues: Federal Appropriations and Contracts and Grants
  • State and Local Appropriations
  • State and Local Methods of Funding Higher Education
  • Endowments, Investment Income, and Gift Funding
  • Institutional Expenditures
  • Setting of Institutional Budgets
  • 5. State Funding Formulas
  • Funding Formula Use
  • Development of Funding Formulas
  • Economies of Scale and Scope
  • Guiding Principles in Formula/Guideline Usage
  • Funding Formulas for 2-Year Colleges
  • Formulas by NACUBO Classification
  • Instruction
  • Research
  • Public Service
  • Academic Support
  • Student Services
  • Institutional Support
  • Operation and Maintenance of Physical Plant
  • Scholarships and Fellowships
  • Revenue Deduction Components
  • Conclusion
  • SECTION III ACCOUNTABILITY AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT
  • Introduction to Section III
  • 6. Accountability in Higher Education
  • "r;Accountability"r; Concepts
  • Productivity
  • Development of Accountability Systems
  • Establishing a Quality Assurance or Accountability Program
  • Reporting for a Quality Assurance or Accountability Program
  • Summary
  • Appendix: Performance Metrics Used by Institutions and States in 2012
  • 7. Performance-Based Approaches in Postsecondary Finance
  • Performance-Based Approaches
  • Institutional Performance
  • Lessons Learned in Institutional Performance-Based Approaches
  • Success Criteria
  • Indicators and Indicator Weights
  • Allocation Methods
  • Funding Levels
  • Traditional Perspectives of Institutional Performance
  • Emerging Perspectives on Institutional Performance
  • Student Performance
  • Programmatic Performance
  • Analyzing Fiscal Allocations
  • Researching Institutional Performance Funding
  • Summary
  • 8. Human Capital Development and Returns on Investment
  • Human Capital Development
  • Labor Market Returns
  • Earnings Data
  • Types and Sources of Earnings Data
  • Employment Outcome "r;Buckets"r;
  • Earnings Data in Context
  • Other Labor Market Returns
  • Non-Labor Market Returns
  • Public Return on Investment
  • Economic Impact Studies
  • Summary
  • 9. Student Perspectives on College Costs and "r;Price"r;
  • Various Definitions of "r;Price"r;
  • Tuition and Fees (Sticker Price)
  • Tuition and Fees and Room and Board (Published Price)
  • Price of Attendance
  • Personal Price (Foregone Earnings)
  • Student Price Response
  • Price and Affordability
  • Net Price
  • Price and Family Income
  • Price and Earnings
  • Developing Informed Consumers
  • Consumer Information
  • Three Approaches to Consumer Information
  • Tensions
  • Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
  • Reasons for not Completing the FAFSA
  • Influence of not Filing
  • Conclusion
  • SECTION IV PRESENTING RESEARCH
  • Introduction to Section Four
  • 10. Influence of Time
  • Time-Based Calculations
  • Current and Constant Dollars
  • Consumer Price Index (CPI)
  • Higher Education Price Index (HEPI)
  • Higher Education Cost Adjustment (HECA)
  • Indexing
  • Percent Changes
  • Monthly
  • Annualized Percent Change
  • Annualized Year-to-Date Percent Change
  • Moving Averages
  • Estimating Change
  • Compounding Interest (Future Value)
  • Present Value
  • Annuities
  • Present Value of the Annuity
  • Compound Value of an Annuity
  • 11. On Groups and Events
  • Determining Peer Institutions
  • Geographic Proximity
  • Membership in Athletic Conferences, Organizations, or the Same Carnegie Classification
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Criteria for Peer Selection
  • Benchmarking
  • Cohorts
  • Groups and Cross-Sectional Data
  • Groups and Longitudinal Data
  • Event-Based Analyses
  • Synthetic Cohorts
  • Event History Analysis
  • Regression Discontinuity Design
  • Summary
  • 12. Presenting Research to an Audience of Policymakers
  • Informing and Educating
  • Informing
  • Single Data Point
  • Multiple Data Points on a Topic
  • Multiple Data Points on Multiple Topics
  • Educating
  • Writing for a Policy Audience
  • Presenting to a Policy Audience
  • Communicating to a Policy Audience
  • Interacting With the Press and Media
  • Data Visualization
  • Presenting Quantitative Data
  • Elements of a Table
  • Title of the Figure or Table
  • Table Elements
  • Source
  • Notes
  • Elements of a Figure
  • Presenting Qualitative Data
  • Elements of Design
  • Color
  • Typeface.

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