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Postsecondary Education

NCES 2006-160
May 2006

Table B-1. Comparison between NACUBO and OMB Circular A-21 functional categories

 

NACUBO

A-21

Major function Subcategory Subcategory
♣ Instruction
  •   General academic instruction
  •   Vocational/technical instruction
  •   Special session instruction
  •   Community education
  •   Preparatory/remedial instruction

 

  •   All teaching and training (except research training)
  •   Vocational teaching
  •   Technical teaching
  •   Departmental research
  •   Sponsored instruction and training
♣ Research
  •   Institutes and research centers
  •   Individual and project research
  •   Sponsored research
  •   Research training
  •   University research
♣ Public service
  •   Community services
  •   Cooperative extension
  •   Public broadcasting
 
♣ Academic service/ support
  •   Libraries
  •   Museums and galleries
  •   Educational media services
  •   Academic computing services
  •   Ancillary support
  •   Academic administration
  •   Academic personnel development
  •   Course and curriculum development
  •   Libraries
  •   Departmental administration
♣ Student services
  •   Student services administration
  •   Social and cultural development
  •   Counseling and career guidance
  •   Financial aid administration
  •   Student admissions
  •   Student records
  •   Student health services
  •   Student services administration
  •   Social and cultural development
  •   Counseling and career guidance
  •   Financial aid administration
  •   Student admissions
  •   Student records
  •   Student health services
♣ Institutional support
  •   Executive management
  •   Fiscal operations
  •   General administrative and logistical services
  •   Administrative computing services
  •   Public relations/development
  •   Executive management
  •   Fiscal operations
  •   General administrative and logistical services
  •   Administrative computing services
  •   Sponsored projects administration
♣ Operation and maintenance of plant
  •   Physical plant administration
  •   Building maintenance
  •   Custodial services
  •   Utilities
  •   Landscaper and grounds
  •   Major repairs and renovations
  •   Physical plant administration
  •   Building maintenance
  •   Custodial services
  •   Utilities
  •   Landscaper and grounds
  •   Major repairs and renovations
♣   Other sponsored activities

 

  • Sponsored health service

  • Sponsored community service programs

♣   Other institutional activities

 

  • All activities except:

    • Instruction, departmental research, organized research, other sponsored activities
    • F&A cost activities
    • Specialized service facilities
  • Residence halls
  • Dining halls
  • Hospitals and clinics
  • Student union
  • Intercollegiate athletics
  • Bookstores
  • Faculty housing, student apartments, guest houses
  • Chapels
  • Theaters
  • Public museums
  • Other similar auxiliary enterprises

♣   Scholarships and Fellowships (not used in facilities inventory)

 

 

♣   Auxiliary enterprises

  • Provides goods and services for a fee to students, faculty, and staff
  • Intercollegiate athletics

 

♣   Hospitals

  • Patient care operations of a separately organized and budgeted hospital

 

♣   Service Centers

 

  • An operation that provides services or products for a fee to users principally within the institutional community

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