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Step 2 The variation of dollars per FTES.
Data on the following variables were acquired and averaged over a three-year
period and the results were correlated with the instructional expenditures
(dollars per FTES):
1. Total FTES per district in the sample measured as Full Time Equivalent
Students or FTES (Enrollment Reports)
2. Credit FTES (Enrollment Reports)
3. Non-Credit FTES (Enrollment Reports)
4. Average salary for Full-time (FT) instructors (Staffing Reports)
5. Average Part-time (PT) instructor wage rate (Staffing Reports)
6. Percentage of FT instructors at each district (Staffing Reports)
7. Percentage of FT instructors at each district (Staffing Reports)
8. Number of FT faculty by FTE (Staffing Reports)
9. Number of PT faculty by FTE (Staffing Reports)
10. Student to Faculty Ratio (dividing FTES by FTE)
11. Total number of faculty (Total FTE)
Table 8 provides data on the 11 variables to the respective college, which have
been averaged for the three fiscal years of 2005-2006, 2006-2007, and 2007-2008.
The variables in Table 8 were correlated using the Pearson Correlation Coefficient
against dollars per FTES as well as each other. The resulting correlation matrix is
Object Description
| Title | Finance in the California community college: Comparative analysis and benchmarking of instructional expenditures |
| Author | Karamian, Martin |
| Author email | martinsfsu@netzero.com; karamim@piercecollege.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-17 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-04-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Melguizo, Tatiana Vega, William |
| Abstract | The goals of this empirical study of community colleges are to 1) create a benchmark for per student instructional expenditures; and 2) account for variations in instructional expenditures among a peer group of community colleges in Southern California. The peer group sample included 22 single campus community college districts in the Los Angeles area. Using data for three fiscal years a refined mean benchmark value for instructional expenditures of $2,676.71 per full-time equivalent student (FTES) was estimated with a standard deviation of $326.54. Using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, 11 variables were correlated with instructional costs per FTES. The largest and only statistically significant determinant included the number of part-time instructors (-0.424). While other variables were correlated, none were statistically significant at the 95% confidence interval. The results from the sample suggest that larger colleges have lower instructional costs per FTES despite higher faculty pay. Expanding credit student enrollment within the funding growth limits set by the State, along with additional part-time instruction within the limits set by the State will likely result in lower instructional costs per FTES and an economy of scale effect. The effect of increased institutional size on quality of education was not assessed. |
| Keyword | finance; California; community college; comparative analysis; benchmarking; instructional expenditures; economics; higher education; spending; instruction; education; economy of scale |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1990/2010 |
| 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-m3775 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Karamian, Martin |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Karamian-4454 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Karamian-4454.pdf |
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| Title | Page 92 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 84 Step 2 The variation of dollars per FTES. Data on the following variables were acquired and averaged over a three-year period and the results were correlated with the instructional expenditures (dollars per FTES): 1. Total FTES per district in the sample measured as Full Time Equivalent Students or FTES (Enrollment Reports) 2. Credit FTES (Enrollment Reports) 3. Non-Credit FTES (Enrollment Reports) 4. Average salary for Full-time (FT) instructors (Staffing Reports) 5. Average Part-time (PT) instructor wage rate (Staffing Reports) 6. Percentage of FT instructors at each district (Staffing Reports) 7. Percentage of FT instructors at each district (Staffing Reports) 8. Number of FT faculty by FTE (Staffing Reports) 9. Number of PT faculty by FTE (Staffing Reports) 10. Student to Faculty Ratio (dividing FTES by FTE) 11. Total number of faculty (Total FTE) Table 8 provides data on the 11 variables to the respective college, which have been averaged for the three fiscal years of 2005-2006, 2006-2007, and 2007-2008. The variables in Table 8 were correlated using the Pearson Correlation Coefficient against dollars per FTES as well as each other. The resulting correlation matrix is |
