From:	Dan Lester, INTERNET:dan@riverofdata.com
To:	[unknown], INTERNET:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU

Date:	8/23/2005 11:32 AM

RE:	Re: [SERIALST] Open Letter to Research Councils UK: Rebuttal of ALPSP Critique

on 23 Aug 2005 Dan Lester <dan@riverofdata.com> wrote:

> I'm still waiting to see the proof of the "profits" of the public
> institutions of higher education.
>
> For a start, tell me about the University of Idaho which is millions
> in the hole, or Boise State University, where I'm employed.  If you
> tell me where those secret dollars are, I'll gladly go after them for
> library materials, and also so that the employees get more of a raise
> than the one percent we got this year.  At least that's better than
> the zero percent of two of the last four years.

	Happy to oblige. Here is a summary of figures
	published by University of Idaho and my analysis.

PROFITABILITY OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER ED IN OHIO

	Revenue		Expenditures	Profit	Profit %
1980-81	169,274 	166,844 	2,430 	1.44%
1985-86	235,507 	238,438 	(2,931)	-1.24%
1988-89	290,303 	289,148 	1,155 	0.40%
1989-90	320,119 	314,398 	5,721 	1.79%
1990-91	359,710 	353,561 	6,149 	1.71%
1991-92	396,173 	391,441 	4,732 	1.19%
1992-93	416,359 	409,167 	7,192 	1.73%
1993-94	456,107 	445,463 	10,644 	2.33%
1994-95	492,918 	473,733 	19,185 	3.89%
===============================================	Average:
sum	3,136,470 	3,082,193 	54,277 	1.73%

http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/idstats/chapter05/chapter05.htm

Table 5-54 TOC Current-Fund Revenue of Public Institutions
of Higher Education, by State, 1980-81 to 1994-95 (in
Thousands of Dollars).

Table 5-55 TOC Current-Fund Expenditures of Public
Institutions of Higher Education, in Idaho, the Region,
and the U.S., 1980-81 to 1994-95 (in Thousands of Dollars).

Thanks for asking.

Best wishes,

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