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Summary:

Smart financial management means more students served Community College Finance provides an introduction to best practices for community college leaders and their boards, with guidance on the complex regulations, processes, and considerations surrounding the financial management of these unique institutions. As community colleges continue to increase in importance, this book provides non-technical yet extensive information to guide current and future leaders toward the establishment of effective processes to secure and maintain the funding that is so crucial to the education and future of mil.

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; About the Authors; Part 1 Sources of Revenue; Chapter 1 Factors Influencing Community College Finance; The Public Community College Movement; Community Colleges and Unemployment; The Origin of Public Resources; Competition for Public Resources; Conclusion; Questions; Chapter 2 The Shifting Balance of Revenue; Balancing Interests; Harmonizing Financing Policy Actions; Conclusion; Questions; Chapter 3 Institutional Support; Community College Revenues; Trends in Revenue; Types of Revenue; Conclusion.
• QuestionsChapter 4 Tuition and Fees and the Cost of Attendance; Tuition; Trends in Tuition and Fee Prices; Cost of Attendance; Conclusion; Questions; Chapter 5 Student Financial Aid; Higher Education Act and the Federal Role; Applying for Federal Aid; The Pell Grant Program; The Federal Student Loans Programs and Student Borrowing; Campus-Based Student Aid Programs; Federal Tax Incentives for Higher Education Attendance; Veterans' Benefits; State Student Financial Assistance; Institutional Aid; Federal Student Aid, Institutional Policy, and Administrative Costs; Conclusions; Questions.
• Chapter 6 Infrastructure and Funding IssuesThe Concern for Educational Facilities; Problems with Community College and Higher Education Facilities; Funding Facility Needs; What Is Coming in College Construction?; Conclusion; Questions; Part 2 Expending Fiscal Resources; Chapter 7 Institutional Expenditures; Community College Expenditures; Expenditure Trends; Budgeting; Conclusion; Questions; Chapter 8 Aligning Mission and Money; Community College Completion; Measuring the Mission; Conclusion; Questions; Chapter 9 Costs, Efficiency, and Productivity; Institutional Costs.
• Efficiency and ProductivityConclusion; Questions; Chapter 10 College as an Investment; The Purpose of College; Students: Consumers or Investments?; Return on Investment; Strategic Investments; Conclusion; Questions; Part 3 Leadership Resources; Chapter 11 Funding Formulas; Enrollment-Based Funding Formulas; Performance-Based Funding Formulas; Toward a Typology of Performance Funding Formulas; Conclusion; Questions; Chapter 12 Setting Prices; Tuition-Setting Authority; Tuition Pricing Models; Student Price Response; Conclusion; Questions; Chapter 13 Managing a Fiscal Crisis.
• Governmental ResponsesInstitutional Responses; Conclusion; Questions; Chapter 14 Tenets of Advocacy; Generating Allies; Advocacy at Different Levels of Government; Further Dimensions of Advocacy: Rewards and Risks; Conclusion; Questions; Chapter 15 Future Forces in Community College Finance; Federal Support; Practices and Innovations; Conclusion; Questions; Appendix: Principles of Taxation; References; Index; More from Wiley; EULA.

Author/Creator:

Mullin, Christopher M. , author

Contributors:

Baime, David S. , author

Honeyman, David S. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Community College Finance: a guide for institutional leaders [by Mullin, C.M.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Community College Finance : A Guide for Institutional Leaders [by Mullin, C.M.] (Hoboken : Wiley, ©2015 — ISBN 9781118954911)

Subjects:

Community colleges — United States — Finance

Community colleges — Finance

Community colleges

United States

General Notes:

Description based on: Vendor-supplied metadata.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

LB2342

ISBNs:

9781118954959
1118954955
9781118954911 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

904597989

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1895805 (source: MiAaPQ)