on 24 Aug 2005 Dan Lester <dan@riverofdata.com> wrote:

> Wednesday, August 24, 2005, 7:10:37 AM, you wrote:
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> AH>        Happy to oblige. Here is a summary of figures
> AH>         published by University of Idaho and my analysis.
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> AH> PROFITABILITY OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER ED IN OHIO
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> I assume you're referring to IDAHO above and not OHIO.  Right?

	I apologize for the typo. Idaho is correct.

> And once again, you're spouting antiquated information.  Where is your
> data for the last decade?  I thought you wanted us all to do CURRENT
> research.

	The data set changed after 94-95, so it is not
	consistent with the earlier set. Here is 95-2001:

Profitability of public degree granting institutions in IDAHO 1995-2001
[data in thousands of dollars]

		1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99\3\	1999-2000	2000-01
Revenues	545,766	536,224	564,542	599,207		639,263		699,339
Expenditures	510,601	530,013	556,349	603,889		626,644		685,758

PROFIT		35,165 	6,210 	8,194 	(4,682)		12,618 		13,582
% Revenues	6.44%	1.16%	1.45%	-0.78%		1.97%		1.94%

\3\Data imputed using alternative procedures.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d03/tables/dt336.asp
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d03/tables/dt352.asp

National figures show a rise in profitability to 3.57% for 2000-01.

	Best wishes,

Albert Henderson
Former Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1994-2000
Contributor HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. AN ENCYCLOPEDIA (ABC-CLIO 2002)

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