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Tuition Discounting Through Unfunded Institutional Aid At Private Baccalaureate Colleges, Jeremy Paul Martin Jan 2012

Tuition Discounting Through Unfunded Institutional Aid At Private Baccalaureate Colleges, Jeremy Paul Martin

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No abstract provided.


Educational Efficiency In Virginia Public School Divisions, Clinton Robert Calzini Jan 2011

Educational Efficiency In Virginia Public School Divisions, Clinton Robert Calzini

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No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Undergraduate Greek Membership On Alumni Giving At The College Of William And Mary, Patricia Purish O'Neill Jan 2005

The Impact Of Undergraduate Greek Membership On Alumni Giving At The College Of William And Mary, Patricia Purish O'Neill

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No abstract provided.


Cutting Up The Melon: A Case Study Of Academic Earmarking At Selected Institutions, Sherrell Anthony Foster Jan 2004

Cutting Up The Melon: A Case Study Of Academic Earmarking At Selected Institutions, Sherrell Anthony Foster

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No abstract provided.


Building Communities Of Participation Through Student Advancement Programs: A First Step Toward Relationship Fund Raising, Anita Story Friedmann Jan 2003

Building Communities Of Participation Through Student Advancement Programs: A First Step Toward Relationship Fund Raising, Anita Story Friedmann

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No abstract provided.


Student Debt And Debt Burden Of Graduate And First Professional Students: A National And Institutional Analysis, Daina Paupe Henry Jan 2001

Student Debt And Debt Burden Of Graduate And First Professional Students: A National And Institutional Analysis, Daina Paupe Henry

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The purpose of this research was to assess the short-term debt burden of graduate education for those students needing to acquire loans. Building on and refining the work of Leslie and Brinkman, and Keynes (but narrowing the analysis to post-baccalaureates) an analysis of amount of student debt and debt burden (the proportion of debt payments to income) was conducted. Using institutional and NPSAS data, debt was analyzed by student level (i.e. masters, doctoral, first-professional) and program of study (business, education, law, physical sciences, social sciences, and other). Student loan debt was combined with average consumer debt to assess total debt …


Relationships Among Long -Term Debt, Current Fund Revenues And Expenditures, And Endowment Value At Public Four-Year Colleges And Universities, Michael Lee Stump Jan 2001

Relationships Among Long -Term Debt, Current Fund Revenues And Expenditures, And Endowment Value At Public Four-Year Colleges And Universities, Michael Lee Stump

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The purpose of this study is to determine what relationships exist among current fund revenues, current fund expenditures, long-term debt, and endowment value for public four-year colleges and universities, for fiscal years 1992 through 1997. An important objective of the study is to "let the data speak for itself." The research questions focused on trends among the four variables; whether long-term debt displaced some portion of current fund revenue and whether endowment value influenced this relationship; whether institutions incurred more debt when their revenues and endowment values have been increasing; and whether revenues failed to keep pace with institutions' needs …


Long-Term Debt In College And University Institutional Finance, James Alan Shultz Jan 2000

Long-Term Debt In College And University Institutional Finance, James Alan Shultz

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No abstract provided.


Constantly Vulnerable Yet Persistently Strong: A Study Of The Financial Condition Of The Liberal Arts College, Robert Joseph Bouressa Jan 1993

Constantly Vulnerable Yet Persistently Strong: A Study Of The Financial Condition Of The Liberal Arts College, Robert Joseph Bouressa

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the income and expenditure patterns at three Liberal Arts I colleges in the Midwest from 1979-89. It combines from hard data from HEGIS/IPEDS financial reports and interviews with campus administrators to examine the effects the 1980s had on the institutions and makes a judgment about the financial condition of each college as they entered the 1990s. The study also examines state, local, and federal policies and presents the administrators' policy views about solutions to help ensure a financially strong sector of liberal arts colleges. It was concluded that the financial condition of …


The Relationship Between A Locality's Fiscal Capacity And Its Per-Pupil Expenditure In The Commonwealth Of Virginia As A Result Of The 1988 Funding Formula Change, Mary Messer Mehaffey Jan 1993

The Relationship Between A Locality's Fiscal Capacity And Its Per-Pupil Expenditure In The Commonwealth Of Virginia As A Result Of The 1988 Funding Formula Change, Mary Messer Mehaffey

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

For the first time in 15 years in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a major restructuring in the elementary and secondary education finance formula was enacted during the 1988 General Assembly and revenue for education was increased by {dollar}576 million for the upcoming biennium. The overriding purpose of these modifications was to reduce disparities between more and less affluent school systems. The problem of educational disparity is not unique to Virginia. Over the last 20 years, between 60 and 70 individual pieces of litigation have been filed, contesting the constitutionality of public school finance systems in 41 of the United States. …


Alumni As Givers: An Analysis Of Donor-Nondonor Behavior At A Comprehensive I Institution, Linda Faye Burgess-Getts Jan 1992

Alumni As Givers: An Analysis Of Donor-Nondonor Behavior At A Comprehensive I Institution, Linda Faye Burgess-Getts

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

There has been limited research published about the characteristics of alumni donors in higher education. The majority of the research that has been done focused on large universities, consequently, such research findings may not be generalizable to smaller institutions.;The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent selected demographic, academic, behavioral, and attitudinal variables would discriminate between donors and nondonors in a smaller college or university such as a Comprehensive I institution.;Data for the study were gathered through a questionnaire mailed to a simple random sample of 300 alumni of a Comprehensive I institution. A 72 percent response …


Crimson Missionaries: Harvard College And The Robert Boyle Trust, John D. Burton Jan 1989

Crimson Missionaries: Harvard College And The Robert Boyle Trust, John D. Burton

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No abstract provided.


Economies And Diseconomies Of Scale In The American Two-Year Colleges, Duncan Roger Butts Jan 1988

Economies And Diseconomies Of Scale In The American Two-Year Colleges, Duncan Roger Butts

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The economies of scale concept holds that as an enterprise increases its output, the cost per unit of output decreases. The concept also holds that as the production output increases further a point is reached at which the cost per unit of output increases, marking the start of diseconomies of scale. Furthermore, the concept holds whether the enterprise is a manufacturing or education institution.;Community college financial, enrollment, and award data for the ten years between 1976 through 1985 were obtained from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). Appropriate data selection produced a sample of 758 state, local, or state-local …


The Role Of The Department Of Planning And Budget In Shaping Higher Education In Virginia, Russell E. Whitaker Jr. Jan 1986

The Role Of The Department Of Planning And Budget In Shaping Higher Education In Virginia, Russell E. Whitaker Jr.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the role of the Department of Planning and Budget in Virginia in coordinating and regulating public institutions of higher education. The study focused on the impact of the Department's activities related to the execution phase of the budget cycle. It was hypothesized that the Department had been a relatively unnoticed yet potent force in the coordination of public higher education in Virginia.;The role of the Department was determined by (1) an examination of the legislative requirements placed on the Department by the 1976-1984 sessions of the General Assembly, (2) an examination of …


The Budget Information Systems Of Selected Colleges And Universities In The State Of Virginia As Described And Perceived By Budget Managers, Archie William Earl Sr. Jan 1986

The Budget Information Systems Of Selected Colleges And Universities In The State Of Virginia As Described And Perceived By Budget Managers, Archie William Earl Sr.

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The purpose of this study was to describe the budget information systems of selected colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia along with their advantages and disadvantages as perceived by budget managers.;Ten institutions were selected to participate in the study so as to assure the inclusion of at least one of each of the various types of colleges and universities in Virginia. The data needed to describe the budget information systems were collected via personal interviews with key budget information system personnel at the selected institutions. Data needed to describe the advantages and disadvantages of the budget information systems, …


An Investigation Of Progress Toward Fiscal Neutrality In Expenditures For Public Education In Virginia, 1969-70-1979-80, Raymond E. Vernall Jan 1982

An Investigation Of Progress Toward Fiscal Neutrality In Expenditures For Public Education In Virginia, 1969-70-1979-80, Raymond E. Vernall

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The purpose of this study was to investigate progress toward the achievement of fiscal neutrality among the school divisions of Virginia between 1970 and 1980. Fiscal neutrality is defined as the absence of an observed relationship between the local wealth and the expenditures for education within a school division. The relationship of the wealth of individual school divisions to per pupil expenditures within those divisions and the intent of the General Assembly of Virginia regarding the establishment of fiscal neutrality were also examined.;A comparison was made between the 1970 and 1980 per pupil expenditures of each school division in Virginia …


Educational Implications Of Local Property Assessments In The Lower Peninsula Region Of Virginia., Benjamin Thomas Peele Jan 1948

Educational Implications Of Local Property Assessments In The Lower Peninsula Region Of Virginia., Benjamin Thomas Peele

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No abstract provided.


Financing Local School Libraries In The States Of Connecticut, Louisiana, Missouri, Virginia, Wisconsin, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, And South Carolina, John Holt East Jan 1937

Financing Local School Libraries In The States Of Connecticut, Louisiana, Missouri, Virginia, Wisconsin, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, And South Carolina, John Holt East

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Sources And Distributions Of The State Literary Fund, Oscar S. Chaplain Jan 1936

The Sources And Distributions Of The State Literary Fund, Oscar S. Chaplain

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No abstract provided.


State Financing Of Secondary Education In Virginia, James Thomas Walker Jan 1936

State Financing Of Secondary Education In Virginia, James Thomas Walker

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No abstract provided.


The Evaluation Of The Free School Finance Practice In Virginia, Eli Leonard Jan 1927

The Evaluation Of The Free School Finance Practice In Virginia, Eli Leonard

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No abstract provided.