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COMMUNITY COLLEGE FINANCE:
A COST ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXPENDITURES RELATED TO
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS
by
Michael T. Collins
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2011
Copyright 2011 Michael T. Collins
Object Description
| Title | Community college finance: a cost analysis of community college expenditures related to maintenance and operations |
| Author | Collins, Michael Thomas |
| Author email | collinsmtc@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-04-28 |
| Date submitted | 2011-08-05 |
| Date approved | 2011-08-08 |
| Restricted until | 2011-08-08 |
| Date published | 2011-08-08 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Melguizo, Tatiana Vega, William |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to develop a costing model for maintenance and operations expenditures among 16 single-campus California community college districts and assess the impact of a variety of variables including size of student enrollment, physical plant age, acreage, gross square footage, and general obligation facility bonds on district maintenance and operations expenditures. Through a quantitative analysis of maintenance and operations expenditures, the data provided in this study were used to develop a model and benchmark which allows community college administrators to consider the maintenance and operations expenditures at their respective institutions in a clear and consistent manner, and compare their costs to other similar districts. ❧ District expenditure data as well as facilities data for the fiscal years 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2008-09 were collected. District expenditure data were collected from the California Community College Chancellor Office’s Fiscal Data Abstract for the study years, while facility data were collected from the Foundation for California Community Colleges with express written consent from each sample district. ❧ Results of the study indicated that enrollment size matters most in maintenance and operations expenditures, much more so than the effect of campus acreage and mean building age. The sample’s average cost of maintenance and operations per FTES was calculated to be $426.22/FTES. There is a strong relationship between campus gross square footage and maintenance and operations expenditures. The cost of maintenance and operations per GSF for the sample was calculated at $9.90. The sample districts committed an average of 7.6% of general fund expenditures to maintenance and operations. Finally, general obligation bond funding had a minimal effect on the level of maintenance and operations expenditures in this specific sample. |
| Keyword | community college; finance; cost analysis; maintenance and operations |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Collins, Michael Thomas |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-CollinsMic-253.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | ! COMMUNITY COLLEGE FINANCE: A COST ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXPENDITURES RELATED TO MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS by Michael T. Collins A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2011 Copyright 2011 Michael T. Collins |
