Boxes

1. Introduction

1.1

Early University Funding

6

2. Institutional Revenues

2.1

Universities in the Fortune 500?

16

2.2

Complicated Fund Sources and Pitfalls

34

3. Institutional Expenditures

3.1

Higher Education vs. Healthcare Cost Increases

54

3.2

The University’s Bottom Line(s)

57

5. Human Resources

5.1

Faculty Titles: A Primer for the Uninitiated

99

6. Academic Affairs

6.1

Competition in Faculty Hiring is (Sort-Of) Like Professional Sports

139

6.2

A Parable for Online Higher Education

147

7. Student Affairs

7.1

College Dropouts Get Mostly A’s and B’s

178

7.2

How Free is Free College?

190

8. Research

8.1

Research Grant Funding Success Rates

208

9. Public Service, Cooperative Extension,
and Community Engagement

9.1

Land Grant Universities

225

11. Health Sciences, Hospitals & Medical Schools

11.1

Relative Value Units (RVUs)

264

12. Athletics

12.1

Athletic Associations, Divisions and Conferences

272

13. Fundraising

13.1

State Support As “Endowment Income” for Public Universities

299

13.2

University Fundraising Lingo—A Non-Exhaustive Glossary

308

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