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Instructional unit characteristics that influence budget allocations in Nebraska community colleges
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine instructional unit characteristics to determine the importance of their influence on budget allocations as perceived by Nebraska community college instructional administrators. The study sought answers to four research questions: (1) What are the instructional unit characteristics that influence budget allocations among instructional units as perceived by the panel of judges? (2) Can the panel of judges agree on the descriptions of the instructional unit characteristics? (3) Can the panel of judges agree on the degree of importance of budget allocation influence of selected instructional unit characteristics? (4) Can the panel of judges agree on the comparative degree of allocation influence of the instructional unit characteristics? The population of this study was the instructional administrators of the Nebraska technical community college areas. The Delphi technique of survey research was utilized to collect data from a randomly selected 28 member panel of judges. Major findings of the study included: (1) The panel of judges reached consensus on 28 instructional unit characteristics they perceived as influencing budget allocations. (2) The panel of judges reached consensus on the description of 29 instructional unit characteristics. (3) The panel of judges achieved stability but did not reach consensus on the rating of budget allocation influence of the instructional unit characteristics. The eight characteristics with the highest rating of influence included: quality of curriculum, quality of faculty, mission correlation, number of full-time equivalent students, reimbursable educational units, number of head count students served, employment outlook, and number of full-time equivalent faculty. (4) The panel of judges reached consensus on the comparative degree of allocation influence of the instructional unit characteristics. The rank order from high to low of the eight most influential characteristics included: number of full-time equivalent students, number of full-time equivalent faculty, number of head count students served, quality of curriculum, reimbursable educational units, number of semester/quarter credit or contact hours taught, projected capital equipment costs, and responsiveness to current societal needs and demands.
Subject Area
School administration|Curricula|Teaching|School finance|Community colleges
Recommended Citation
Tyson, Dennis Allen, "Instructional unit characteristics that influence budget allocations in Nebraska community colleges" (1990). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9118480.
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