ERIC Number: EJ827603
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Mar
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-8211
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Funding Allocation and Staff Management. A Portuguese Example
Rosa, Maria Joao; Amado, Diana; Amaral, Alberto
European Journal of Education, v44 n1 p127-140 Mar 2009
For many years the Portuguese Ministry of Education used a funding formula to allocate the State budget to public higher education institutions. Some of its major objectives were higher enrolments and allocation equity. As the expenditure on salaries was a major component of the budget, the formula was supposed to force convergence to established standard staff/student ratios. This article analyses the evolution of staff numbers in Portuguese public universities to assess how successful the funding formula has been in forcing convergence to standard staff numbers.
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Universities, Educational Finance, Resource Allocation, Foreign Countries, Educational Equity (Finance), Enrollment, Higher Education, Expenditures, Salaries, Budgets
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Portugal
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