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Finance of Higher Education


Course Description

This course broadly covers financial issues in and the financial management of higher education, with attention to funding and cost trends as well as financial decision-making and budgeting models.


Athena Title

Finance of Higher Education


Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in EDHI 8400E


Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Student learning Outcomes

  • Upon completing this course, students will be able to identify core sources of revenue and expenditures for colleges and universities.
  • Upon completing this course, students will be able to connect trends in higher education funding to institutional finances.
  • Upon completing this course, students will be able to analyze financial issues and models across units of analysis, particularly the institutional and individual level, and higher education sectors.
  • Upon completing this course, students will be able to critique scholarship on the finance of higher education.

Topical Outline

  • 1. Finance issues for government
  • 2. Finance issues for institutions
  • 3. Finance issues for individuals

Syllabus


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