1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996389786003316

Autore

Seaman Henry <fl. 1675.>

Titolo

Kalendarium nauticum [[electronic resource] ] : the sea-man's almanack, for the year of Christ 1676. Being bissextile or leap-year. Comprising not onely such things as are usually contained in other annual almanacks, but accommodated with such precepts, rules, and tables, as are of daily use in the practise of navigation and traffick. Principally referred to the meridian of London[;] With direction how it may become useful in any part of the world, and especially to the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. / / By Henry Seaman, marriner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by T. N. for the Company of Stationers., 1676

Descrizione fisica

[40] p

Soggetti

Almanacs, English

Nautical almanacs

Astrology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Imperfect: badly stained, with much loss of text.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961794403321

Autore

Weisbrod Burton Allen <1931->

Titolo

Mission and money : understanding the university / / Burton A. Weisbrod, Jeffrey P. Ballou, Evelyn D. Asch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-19044-4

1-316-09877-X

1-281-79130-X

9786611791308

0-511-42940-1

0-511-51101-9

0-511-42821-9

0-511-42978-9

0-511-42760-3

0-511-42892-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 339 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

378.44

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Finance

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1 An Introduction to the Higher Education Industry ; 1 -- ; 2 The Higher Education Business and the Business of Higher Education -- Now and Then ; 9 -- ; 3 Is Higher Education Becoming Increasingly Competitive? ; 39 -- ; 4 The Two-Good Framework: Revenue, Mission, and Why Colleges Do What They Do ; 58 -- ; 5 Tuition, Price Discrimination, and Financial Aid ; 77 -- ; 6 The Place of Donations in Funding the Higher Education Industry ; 102 -- ; 7 Endowments and Their Management: Financing the Mission ; 130 -- ; 8 Generating Revenue from Research and Patents ; 149 -- ; 9 Other Ways to Generate Revenue -- Wherever It May Be Found: Lobbying, the World Market, and Distance Education ; 162 -- ; 10 Advertising, Branding, and Reputation ; 175 -- ; 11 Are Public and Nonprofit Schools



"Businesslike"? Cost-Consciousness and the Choice between Higher Cost and Lower Cost Faculty ; 196 -- ; 12 Not Quite an Ivory Tower: Schools Compete by Collaborating ; 206 -- ; 13 Intercollegiate Athletics: Money or Mission? ; 218 -- ; 14 Mission or Money: What Do Colleges and Universities Want from Their Athletic Coaches and Presidents? ; 251 -- ; 15 Concluding Remarks: What Are the Public Policy Issues? ; 278.

Sommario/riassunto

Mission and Money goes beyond the common focus on elite universities and examines the entire higher education industry, including the rapidly growing for-profit schools. The sector includes research universities, four-year colleges, two-year schools, and non-degree-granting career academies. Many institutions pursue mission-related activities that are often unprofitable and engage in profitable revenue raising activities to finance them. This book contains a good deal of original research on schools' revenue sources from tuition, donations, research, patents, endowments, and other activities. It considers lobbying, distance education, and the world market, as well as advertising, branding, and reputation. The pursuit of revenue, while essential to achieve the mission of higher learning, is sometimes in conflict with that mission itself. The tension between mission and money is also highlighted in the chapter on the profitability of intercollegiate athletics. The concluding chapter investigates implications of the analysis for public policy.