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The Financial Future of Research Universities.

The article discuses the financial future of research universities, looking forward from the 2012 fall. An overview of university revenue sources, including from tuition, endowments, governments, athletics and miscellaneous business income from technology transfers and paraphernalia sales, is provid...

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Published in:Social Research Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 631 - 635
Main Author: Bienen, Henry S.
Format: Article
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press Fall2012
Subjects:
United States
Educational finance
Research universities & colleges
Higher education finance
University & college finance
Government revenue
Endowments
College sport finance
Finance
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Summary:The article discuses the financial future of research universities, looking forward from the 2012 fall. An overview of university revenue sources, including from tuition, endowments, governments, athletics and miscellaneous business income from technology transfers and paraphernalia sales, is provided. The author discusses the relationship between revenue and costs at research universities, the latter of which include creating engineering and science programs, financial aid to students, research, faculty and staff salaries and athletics.