Community College Formula Funding: A Policy Analysis Framework

The Time Equations and Formula Budgeting in Jointed Model for Higher Education

“…For the purpose of our work is to understand the important point to the fact that throughout the world the funding formula similar and fit into the typology proposed by Francis Gross in 1979 (Gross, 1979 [4]). A useful overview of early work presented Richard Fonte (Fonte, 1987). Ken Snowdon (Snowdon, 2011 [9]) presented the modern results of a comparative analysis of funding formulas in the United States and Canada.…”

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“…Although there is considerable literature pertaining to the costs associated with effective learning strategies (Callan, Ewell, Finney, and Jones, 2007;Catterall, 1998;Ehrmann and Milam, 1999;Levin and McEwan, 2001) as well as the issue of general cost management and control in higher education (Fonte, 1987;McClain, Krueger, and Kangas, 1989;McPherson, Schapiro, and Winston, 1993 ;Sherr and Lozier, 1991;Simpson, 1991), few articles provide the requisite granular detail necessary to craft a cost-reporting scheme for assessment. One exception is Ewell and Jones's monograph The Costs of Assessment, published by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, which focused on "deriving typical direct costs associated with establishing a comprehensive institutional-assessment program" (Ewell and Jones, 1985, p. 9).…”