ERIC ED327242: Fiscal Year 1990 Unit Cost Report for the Illinois Public Community Colleges.

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Fiscal Year 1990 Unit Cost Report for the Illinois
Public Community Colleges.
INSTITUTION
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.
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DESCRIPTORS
Community Colleges; *Educational Finance;
*Expenditure per Student: *Expenditures; *Program
Costs; Salaries; School District Spending; State
Surveys; Two Year Colleges; *Unit Costs
IDENTIFIERS
*Illinois
ABSTRACT
Fiscal year (FY) 1990 results of the annual unit cost
study of the Illinois public community colleges are presented in this
report, based on data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs
provided by the colleges. After an initial summary overview, data and
analyses are presented, including: net instructional unit cost for FY
1990 compared with previous years; net instructional unit cost since
FY 15-4; state average instructional unit cost since FY 1984; 1990
instn tional unit cost; net instructional unit cost by cost
categc ies; indirect instructional support unit cost; and net
instructional unit cost by the seven instructional cost categories.
Highlighted findings included the following: (1) in FY 1990, the
state average net instructional unit cost for the 39 community
college districts in Illinois was $116.16, an increase of 5.1% from
FY 1989; (2) state averages for the cost categories comprising
instructional unit costs were $44.12 for direct salaries, $8.56 for
direct department cost, $1.74 for direct equipment cost, $45.61 for
allocated indirect cost, $15.62 for operation and maintenance, and
$0.51 for building rental; (3) state averages for support services
included $10.34 for academic administration and planning, $4.62 for
learning resources, $9.83 for student services, $3.42 for
administrative data processing, $7.75 for general administration,
$0.42 for auxiliary services (subsidy only) and $9.25 for general
institutional cost; and (4) average unit costs ranged from a high of
$177.65 for Health Occupational programs to a low of $83.68 for Adult
Basic Education/Adult Secondary Education. A total expenditures
report is appended. (GFW)
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Fiscal Year 1990 Unit Cost Report
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Illinois Public Community Colleges
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FY 1990 Unit Cost Report
Illinois Community College Board
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 1990 UNIT COST REPORT
FOR ILLINOIS PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES
The fiscal year 1990 state average net instructional unit cost in the 39
1.
public
community college
districts
Illinois
in
was
$116.16.
This
represents an increase of $5.63 (5.1 percent) from the fiscal year 1989
state
average
of
$110.53.
instructional unit costs
Net
from fiscal
year 1984 through fiscal year 1990 are shown in this report (see pages 3
and 4 for details).
The fiscal year 1990 state average unit cost measures calculated in this
2.
study were:
net instructional unit cost
$116.16
full instructional unit cost
$120.72
total institutional unit cost
$130.49
(See pages 5 and 6 for details.)
The fiscal year 1990 state average unit costs for the cost categories that
3.
comprise instruction in Illinois public community colleges were:
direct salary cost
$44.12
direct department cost
$ 8.56
direct equipment cost
$ 1.74
allocated indirect cost
$45.51
operation and maintenance cost
$15.62
building rental cost
$
.51
(See pages 7 and 8 for details.)
The state average unit costs for support services in the public community
4.
colleges of Illinois during fiscal year 1990 were as follows:
academic administration and planning cost
$10.34
learning resources cost
$ 4.62
student services cost
$ 9.83
administrative data processing cost
$ 3.42
general administration cost
$ 7.75
auxiliary services cost
.42
$
general institutional cost
$ 9.25
(See pages 9 and 10 for details.)
FY 1990 Unit Cost Report
The Fiscal Year 1990 Unit Cost Study analyzed
5.
unit cost:: in the seven
instrucLional
categories
utilized
for
state
funding
purposes.
The
differential
for
funding
these
seven
categories
based
is
on
their
differential unit costs.
The state average unit cost, excluding
State
Community College of East St. Louis, for
each category is shown below:
Baccalaureate and General Academic
$117.36
Business Occupational
$125.92
Technical Occupational
$142.45
Health Occupational
$177.65
Remedial Education
$115.30
Adult Basic Education/
Adult Secondary Education (ABE/ASE)
$ 83.68
General Studies
$ 94.38
(See pages 11 and 12 for details.)
Public service expenditures
6.
rose $3.2 million in fiscal year 1990 to
$58.2 million.
Public service includes non-credit community education and
community service activities for governmental agencies, local business
and
industry, and the general community.
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U.
Illinois Community College Board
FISCAL YEAR 1990 UNIT COST REPORT FOR THE
ILLINOIS PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Introduction
1
Section I - Comparison of Fiscal Year 1990
Net Instructional Unit Cost with Previous Years
3
Table 1 - State Average Net Instructional Unit Cos:: in
Illinois Public Community Colleges Since Fiscal Year 1984
3
Table 2 - Net Instructional Unit Cost in
Illinois Public Community Colleges Since Fiscal Year 1984
4
Section II - Fiscal Year 1990 Net Instructional Unit Cost,
Full Instructional Unit Cost, and Total Institutional Unit Cost
Table 3 - Comparison of Fiscal Year 1990 Unit Cost
by Type of Cost in Illinois Public Community Colleges
5
Table 4 - Fiscal Year 1990 Unit Cost by Type of Cost
and Function in Illinois Public Community Colleges
6
Section III - Fiscal Year 1990 Net Instructional Unit Cost
7
Table 5 - Summary of Fiscal Year 1990 Net
Instructional Unit Cost by Cost Categories
in Illinois Public Community Colleges
7
Table 6 - Fiscal Year 1990 Net Instructional Unit Cost
by Cost Category in Illinois Public Community Colleges
8
Section IV - Fiscal Year 1990 Indirect
Instructional Support Unit Cost
9
Table 7 - Summary of Fiscal Year 1990 Unit Cost
for Indirect Instructional Support in
Illinois Public Community Colleges
9
Table 8 - Fiscal Year 1990 Unit Cost by Instructional
Support Areas in Illinois Public Community Colleges
10
Section V - Fiscal Year 1990 Net Instructional Unit Cost
in Seven Instructional Categories
11
Table 9 - Summary of Fiscal Year 1990 Net InstrUctional
Unit Cost by Seven Instructional Categories
in I/linois Public Community Colleges
11
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FY 1990 Unit Cost Report
TABLE OF'CONTENTS
(Continued)
Page
Table 10 - Fiscal Year 1990 Net Instructional
Unit Cost by Seven Instructional Categories
in Illinois Public Community Colleges
12
Appendix:
Total Expenditures Reports
13
Table A-1 - Fiscal Year 1990 Expenditures by Function
in Illinois Public Community Colleges
14
Table A-2 - Fiscal Year 1990 Net Instructional Expenditures
by cost Category in Illinois Public Community
Colleges
15
Table A-3 - Fiscr: Year 1990 Expenditures by
Instructional
Support Areas in Illinois Public Community Colleges
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FY 1990 Unit Cost Report
rage 1
INTRODUCTION
The Unit Cost Study is an annual project
involving the direct participation of
all public community colleges in
Illinois.
Each college submits basic data
on
course offerings,
enrollments,
and costs
to
the Illinois Community College
Board staff,
who
in turn check the data for consistency
with credit hour
claims and financial reports and
then compile the various reports of the
Unit
Cost Study.
The Unit Cost study provides the Illinois
Community College Board and the
Illinois Board of Higher Education with
information needed to perform their
planning
and
coordinating
functions.
It
also
provides
the
individual
community colleges with a useful tool in
local planning,
evaluation, and
management.
The study provides the basic cost information for
determining the
credit hour grant rates that are the basis
for state financial support to
public
community
colleges.
In
addition,
the
Unit
Cost
Study
an
is
accountability
report
the
to
citizens
of
each
public
community
college
district.
Every effort has been made in the design of the Unit
Cost Study to ensure
comparability
among
colleges.
The
effective
utilization
of
the
Fiscal
Management Manual by the colleges establishes consistency
in financial data
from college to college.
In addition,
the ICCB has developed a Unit Cost
Study Manual which proviees detailed procedures for
conducting the Unit Cost
Study.
Specific descriptions and definitions of the basic
functions and cost
centers also are contained
this manual.
in
caution must be
Nevertheless,
exercised
making
in
direct
comparisons
among
colleges.
Environmental
characteristics and historical trends
vary among public community colleges and
must be taken into consideration when comparing unit
costs.
Several factors
which may contribute to high unit costs
are high faculty salaries, a high
proportion of vocational curricula, and low enrollments.
On the other hand,
high enrollments
and a
large proportion of
low-cost curricula are among
factors which .ontribute to low unit costs.
The Unit Cost Study consists
of
basic enrollment and cost data.
Direct
instructional cost data are supplied by each
college for each instructional
area
offered.
These data include midterm enrollments
in student semester
credit hours;
costs for direct instructional salaries;
direct departmental
such
costs,
as
contractual services,
supplies,
travel,
and et,uipment;
and
direct instructional equipment costs.
Indirect costs also are
by
each college in total dollar amounts.
The Unit Cost Study computer programs
allocate
these
indirect
costs
each
to
function
(instruction,
organired
research, public service) and then to each instructional
area on the basis of
the
proportion
student
of
semester
credit
hours
generated
given
in
a
instructional area.
The unit costs in this report are shown for
a student semester credit hour.
The unit "student semester credit hour" is
an output measure of instruttion,
defined as one student taking one semester credit of
coursework.
(Colleges on
the quarter system convert quarter hours to semester hours.)
One full-time
equivalent (FTE) student is defined as 30 student semester credit
hours.
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FY 1090 Unit Cost Report
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The Unit Cost Study includes all
expenses from both general operating and
restricted purposes fdnds of the community colleges
that are expended for
instruction, organized research, and public service.
It includes expenditures
from local taxes, student tuition and fees,
other local sources, state grantr,
and federal grants.
Also included are expenses for equipment and
building
repairs,
renovations,
and
remodeling
that are locally funded and are not
reimbursed by the state.
Not included are the full costs for the construction
of new facilities, site
purchase,
site
improvement,
or
interest
and
principal
on
any
bonded
indebtedness.
Building
depreciation
costs
are
included
the
in
Full
Instructional Unit Cost.
Finally, a report is available upon request which lists
the fiscal year 1990
statewide average net instructional unit cost
by instructional subject
area
designated by the program classification system
codes and six-digit
(PCS)
Classification of Instructxonal Program (CIP) codes
for all public community
colleges
in
Illinois.
This
report details the cost per student
semester
credit hour by each cost category for each
instructional subject area and is
similar
to
detailed
reports
showing
the
unit
cost
and
total
cost
by
instructional subject area previously produced for
each community college.
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FY 1990 unit Cost Report
Page 3
Section I
COMPARISON OF FISCAL YEAR 1990 NET INSTRUCTIONAL UNIT
CrIST
WITH PREVIOUS YEARS
The
results of the Fiscal Year 1990 Unit
Cost Study show that the state
average net
instructioval unit
cost
the public community colleges
in
of
Illinois has increased from $110.53 in fiscal
year 1989 to $116.16 in fiscal
year
1990,
an
of $5.63
increase
(5.1 percent).
Table
1 shows the state
average net instructional unit cost and the annual percent change
since fiscal
year 1984.
Table 1
STATE AVERAGE NET INSTRUCTIONAL UNIT COST IN
ILLINOIS PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES SIUCE FISCAL YEAR 1984
FY 1984
FY 1985
FY 1986
FY 1987
FY 1988
FY 1989
FY 1990
Average Net
Instructional
Unit Cost
$79.24
$84.87
$92.03
$99.82
$103.92
$110.53
$116 16
Percent Change from
Previous Year
+13.4%
+7.1%
+8.4%
+8.5%
+4.1%
+6.4%
+5.1.Z
Table
shows
the
net
instructional unit
2
for each
costs
the public
of
cnmmunity colleges in Illinois since fiscal
year 1984.
College of DuPage-Open
Campus only operated between fiscal years 1982 through
1985; therefore, cost
data are limited to those years.
In addition, fiscal year 1985 was the final
year the Chicago Urban Skills Institute functioned
as a separate college in
the City Colleges of Chicago.
Although the unit cost study has been modified
during the past thirteen years, the comparability of
instructional costs from
year to year has been preserved.
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FY 1990 Unit Cost Report
Page 4
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Illinois Community College Board
Table 2
NET INSTRUCTIONAL UNIT COST IN ILLINOIS PUBLIC COMMUNITY
COLLEGES
SINCE FISCAL YEAR 1984
Dist.
No.
District/Co1lece
FY 1S84
FY 1985
FY 1986
FY 1987
FY 1988
FY 1990
irr 1989
522
Belleville
$ 72.24
$ 84.20
$ 92.65
$ 99.37
$ 90.89
$ 90.60
$ 97.55
503
Black Hawk
(92.47)
(85.61)
(97.50)
(95.13)
(97.93)
(107.02)
(114.81)
Bast
79.49
85.11
133.85
121.09
114.06
150.96
151.57
Quad Cities
94.87
85.71
90.97
90.79
95.08
100.06
109.40
508
Chicago
(69.47)
(67.43)
(74.70)
(88.28)
(88.40)
(98.70)
(108.77)
City-Wide
64.35
75.94
58.01
76.59
78.18
89.40
100.77
Daley
84.52
86.39
93.51
99.95
97.94
110.99
121.44
Kennedy-King
94.61
114.32
75.80
90.35
88.27
99.56
109.84
Malcolm X
83.14
97.65
65.42
76.56
74.38
83.81
93.68
Olive-Harvey
87.69
)3.27
75.06
87.30
86.74
94.55
104.45
Truman
84.02
93.71
70.41
82.37
82.64
90.91
100.86
Urban Skills
48.76
28.46
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Washington
93.49
102.82
102.66
122.84
128.12
137.87
147.36
Wilbur Wright
92.72
101.73
97.62
110.70
111.45
127.67
131.82
77.0
507
Danville
81.76
91.07
111.05
114.20
117.55
126.02
502
DuPage
(77.63)
(88.32)
92.46
96.30
100.01
98.95
'101.90
Main
84.09
94.38
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Open
59.29
71.91
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509
Elgin
96.25
105.58
112.90
115.68
120.54
119.89
116.78
512
Harper
83.17
96.19
111.40
119.94
127.43
130.54
138.01
519
Highland
71.73
91.83
96.65
96.31
98.15
112.47
115.74
514
Illinois Central
82.19
92.20
101.15
99.98
101.44
112.35
115.99
529
Illinois Eastern
(63.42)
(60.63)
(61.94)
(72.38)
(84.01)
(75.74)
(85.54)
Frontier
39.21
37.53
41.02
56.38
72.59
62.33
69.49
Lincoln Trail
66.92
73.33
68.93
84.67
105.75
97.96
109.84
Olney Central
73.48
71.39
74.17
82.08
99.41
90.11
101.53
Wabash Valley
73.00
64.96
65.85
69.53
70.46
64.14
73.14
513
Illinois Valley
83.83
77.07
E9.53
93.05
94.62
104.20
110.99
525
Joliet
90.02
102.30
107.10
121.07
17,3.63
136.09
122.41
520
Kankakee
70.61
73.82
74.32
76.65
75.79
96.62
92.89
501
Kaskaskia
86.72
91.27
97.49
101.72
101.74
106.63
108.75
523
Kishwaukee
78.74
90.57
102.28
108.08
115.42
122.06
127.56
532
Lake County
92.42
107.85
116.73
121.96
131.13
126.17
133.44
517
Lake Land
82.21
87.39
103.48
100.09
92.34
96.01
95.80
536
Lewis 5 Clark
80.04
89.51
88.86
91.26
101.64
118.95
111.09
526
Lincoln Land
92.43
101.59
99.99
103.37
103.42
105.83
112.20
530
Logan
83.20
94.05
93.42
92.72
98.55
100.39
104.48
528
McHenry
80.31
89.12
105.46
102.01
109.35
120.90
123.85
524
Moraine Valley
77.84
88.74
84.31
90.10
94.92
117.12
112.93
527
Morton
97.43
104.48
119.55
121.29
130.83
128.46
137.92
535
Oakton
96.62
108.15
114.88
115.38
120.89
123.49
125 20
505
Parkland
86.18
93.44
106.67
126.05
134.98
131.58
127.11
515
Prairie State
88.94
111.02
123.14
122.43
119.13
122.28
126.02
521
Rend Lake
97.02
94.16
103.02
101.39
102.47
109.29
120.65
537
Richland
97.88
110.49
106.50
107.50
121.92
130.24
132.88
511
Rock Valley
94.92
78.00.
99.65
114.67
120.99
135.04
136.32
518
Carl Sandbr.rg
84.29
88.44
103.17
106.37
108.42
109.65
125.89
506
Sauk Valley
84.62
99.93
110.98
106.60
115.71
120.25
124.04
531
Shawnee
75.18
89.82
88.85
94.66
92.22
95.29
110.81
510
South Suburban
74.72
85.47
86.74
96.11
117.96
117.97
141.43
533
Southeastern
79.95
89.77
88.16
86.45
83.82
96.14
98.79
534
Spoon River
86.18
106.76
121.23
111.90
116.07
116.53
134.29
601
State Comm. Coll.
108.74*
128.17
128.56
121.51
136.66
147.78
159.35
504
Triton
88.12
101.40
114.99
129.15
131.03
132.64
143.34
516
Waubonsom
92.98 91.07
117.11
96.66
162.54
143.30
130.48
_Alai
539
John Wood
100.58
Ilooll
105.13
121.63
124.72
134.48
STATE AMAGER
$ 79.24
$ 84.87
$ 92.03
$ 99.82
$103.92
$110.53
$116.16
*Estimatad -Reports Not Submitted
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