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Table 351. -  Current-fund expenditures per full-time-equivalent student in higher education institutions, by control and type of institution and purpose of expenditure: 1995-96\1\
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                                      |               Total              |              Public              |           Private
                 Item                 |__________________________________|__________________________________|__________________________
                                      |  All   |        |        |       |  All   |        |        |       |  All   |        |
                                      | insti- |Univer- | Other  |2-year | insti- |Univer- | Other  |2-year |institu-|Univer- | Other
                                      |tutions | sities | 4-year |       |tutions | sities | 4-year |       |tions\2\| sities | 4-year
______________________________________|________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|_______|________|________|________
                  1                   |   2    |   3    |   4    |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9   |   10   |   11   |   12
______________________________________|________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|_______|________|________|________
  Total current-fund expenditures\3\ .|$18,383 |$32,265 |$18,304 |$7,255 |$15,403 |$25,444 |$17,307 |$7,180 |$27,325 |$52,413 |$19,907
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Educational and general expenditures .| 14,604 | 24,126 | 14,676 | 6,785 | 12,380 | 19,700 | 13,403 | 6,733 | 21,275 | 37,200 | 16,725
                                      |________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|_______|________|________|________
  Instruction ........................|  5,571 |  8,705 |  5,466 | 3,185 |  4,978 |  6,946 |  5,486 | 3,240 |  7,348 | 13,902 |  5,435
  Research ...........................|  1,695 |  4,863 |  1,093 |     8 |  1,558 |  4,292 |  1,351 |     8 |  2,107 |  6,551 |    678
  Public service .....................|    682 |  1,447 |    621 |   151 |    686 |  1,611 |    619 |   158 |    669 |    960 |    623
  Academic support ...................|  1,288 |  2,182 |  1,280 |   576 |  1,160 |  1,865 |  1,314 |   563 |  1,671 |  3,118 |  1,224
    Libraries ........................|    416 |    747 |    414 |   151 |    346 |    593 |    389 |   149 |    625 |  1,201 |    455
  Student services ...................|    923 |    907 |  1,054 |   744 |    748 |    742 |    780 |   722 |  1,446 |  1,396 |  1,494
  Institutional support ..............|  1,756 |  2,015 |  2,082 | 1,071 |  1,379 |  1,417 |  1,713 | 1,038 |  2,886 |  3,782 |  2,675
  Operation and maintenance of plant .|  1,186 |  1,663 |  1,250 |   706 |  1,031 |  1,357 |  1,170 |   691 |  1,650 |  2,567 |  1,379
  Scholarships and fellowships .......|  1,271 |  1,948 |  1,564 |   296 |    656 |  1,168 |    727 |   261 |  3,118 |  4,252 |  2,910
    From unrestricted funds ..........|    794 |  1,280 |  1,026 |    62 |    317 |    689 |    349 |    49 |  2,226 |  3,026 |  2,116
    From restricted funds\4\ .........|    477 |    668 |    538 |   234 |    339 |    479 |    379 |   212 |    892 |  1,226 |    794
  Mandatory transfers ................|    232 |    395 |    267 |    50 |    183 |    302 |    242 |    51 |    380 |    672 |    306
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\1\Preliminary data.
\2\Includes private 2-year colleges.
\3\Includes expenditures for auxiliary enterprises, hospitals, and independent operations which are not shown separately.
\4\Excludes Pell Grants.

NOTE.--Data for private 2-year colleges are not shown separately because of low survey response rate.  Because of rounding, details may
not add to totals.

SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
(IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" and "Finance" surveys.  (This table was prepared November 1998.)


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