Thanks to Professor Mike Russell for directing our
attention to educational benchmark data from the National Center for
Education Statistics.  In spite of inevitable time lags on the reporting
year of the data, the trends seem clear.

                 As Mike observed, in FY 2000 public universities generally
spent 31% of their revenue on instruction, 10.1% on academic
support  (including libraries), 4.5% on scholarships, 10.5% on research,
17.1% on administration (institutional support).  The data reveal a
declining trend in expenditures on instruction from 39 to 31% over some
twenty-five years and administration expenditures rising from 13% to 17.1%.

                 Annual audits by the UT System/Office of Comptroller
produce reports of UT System and UTC expenditures by the same universally
accepted categories.  Aligned side by side, these are the comparable
expenditure patterns.

Table 347 National Data 2000UT System 2003UTC 2003
Instruction                        31%46.5%47.3%
Academic Support           7.9%10.1%8.6%
Libraries                          2.2%Included in Academic SupportIncluded
in Academic Support
Scholarships                    4.5%3.9%7.6%
Research                        10.5%8.6%1.3%
Inst. Sup (Admin)          17.1%10.2%7.8%





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Dick Gruetzemacher, Ed.D.
Director,
Planning, Evaluation, and Institutional Research
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
B-107 Siskin Memorial
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Phone:  423.425-4007
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