Ali-Akbar Haghdoost; Marjan Amirimoghadam; Mahshid Loloei; Mohammad-Reza Baneshi; Faezeh Sabbah; Mohammad-Hossein Mehrolhassani
Volume 11, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 13-22
Abstract
Background & Objective: Quantifying real costs in total and per student is one of the key objectives of budgeting in longterm plans for higher education sector without any doubt this will improve the performance of universities However the evidences and experiences in this regard are very ...
Read More
Background & Objective: Quantifying real costs in total and per student is one of the key objectives of budgeting in longterm plans for higher education sector without any doubt this will improve the performance of universities However the evidences and experiences in this regard are very limited within Iran The purpose of this study was to estimate and analyze all costs of a school (as a model) compatible with activitybased costing in the logics of operating budgeting Methods: Having reviewed all available relevant documents of School of Public Health Kerman University of Medical Sciences in one academic year (201011) real costs were extracted and categorized In the same time all available facilities (classes laboratories library computer rooms and common rooms) human resources students and infrastructures of the school were surveyed The cost data were grouped into five sections: training costs research costs administrative costs current supportive costs and maintenance/development costs Results: The total cost of School of Public Health was 24726 million Iranian Rial (IRR) consisted of 18850 IRR for teaching costs 1894 IRR for research costs 2519 IRR for administrative costs and 1463 IRR for maintenance and current costs The total per student cost was 3111 IRR The total per postgraduate student cost was 25 times more than of undergraduate students Conclusion: A main part of the costs particularly salaries is out of hand of direct managers of the school These costs are usually hidden and are not presented in costs at the school level It seems that fixed salary of academic staff inflated human costs while it is suggested that with a better educational management the system could increase their responsibilities and improve their productivities Our computation as a model may help medical universities around the country to create a clear picture of their costs in line with the rules of operating budgeting
Ali Mardaninezhad; Ida Farhadi; Tahereh Khanjani; Marjan Amirimoghadam
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2013, , Pages 179-190
Abstract
Background & Objective: Current approach to the education is open learning Universities in line with the new technologies tend to provide distance and semidistance education and they are engaged in elearning through setting up websites Analyzing the existing data in intended websites can be beneficial ...
Read More
Background & Objective: Current approach to the education is open learning Universities in line with the new technologies tend to provide distance and semidistance education and they are engaged in elearning through setting up websites Analyzing the existing data in intended websites can be beneficial in improving distance education and elearning The aim of this study was to evaluate the qualities of virtual websites of medical science universities in the world Methods: In this descriptive qualitative and quantitative study 40 web sites of medical science universities were evaluated through website quality evaluating tools (Cronbachs alpha = 095) Results : “Specific purpose for data range” and “audiences and websites goal” were in excellent conditions Also “ease of searching” “graphic” “updating” “internal links” writers academic background” “stability of the structure” and “speed of website loading” were in good conditions Conclusion: The findings of this study can be used by medical science university website managers to improve the quality of the related websites