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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED131823 AUTHOR: Van Alstyne, Carol; Coldren, Sharon L.
TITLE: The Costs of Implementing Federally Mandated Social
Programs at Colleges and Universities. Policy Analysis
Service Special Report.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 85 p.
AVAILABILITY: Publications Division, American Council on
Education, One Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. 20036
($3.50)
ABSTRACT: Federally mandated social programs that apply to
colleges and universities because they are treated as
business entities are covered in this report. These
programs
have contributed to the continually increasing operating
costs of colleges and universities over the last decade.
This study aims at providing quantified examples of these
cost increases and at understanding their impact on the
financial condition of academic institutions. The programs
of federal social legislation covered include: equal
employment opportunity, equal pay, affirmative action, age
discrimination, wage and hour standards, unemployment
compensation, social security tax increases, health
maintenance organizations, retirement benefits, wage and
salary controls, occupational safety and health, and
environmental protection. Implementation efforts from 1965
to 1975 are reported for six institutions: University of
Illinois-Urbana, Miami-Dade Junior College, Duke
University,
Georgetown University, Hampton Institute, and College of
Wooster. The results of this study suggest that
implementing
federal policies regarding social justice, manpower,
science, defense, and taxation has a far greater financial
impact on higher education than does any explicit and
coherent federal policy in support of higher education.
Some
of the effects are intended, some unintended, and some
scarcely recognized. (LBH)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Age-; Discriminatory
Legislation; Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; Federal-Programs;
Federal-Regulation; Financial-Problems; Fringe-Benefits;
Salaries-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Costs-; *Educational-Finance; *Federal
Legislation; *Higher-Education; *Operating-Expenses;
*Social
Action
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