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Buck1985
terrabudget.xlsx

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Program Evaluation: Line Item Budget
Department: Mathematics Department
College: Jamestown College

: Students are estimating, so they do not need an actual category. -Kristen Hill
Expense Line Item Budget Explanation
Faculty Staffing Salary $568,537.00 This was calculated by researching the average salary of the department chair ($71,247), Assistant Professors ($71,247), and Adjunct Professors ($34,500)
Faculty Staffing Benefits $228,540.00 This was calculated using a benefits calculator online.
Aministrative Staffing Salary $225,618.00 This was calculated by researching the average salary of the dean of a department ($109,689), an Assistant Dean ($70,979), and an Adminstrative Assistant ($44,950)
Aministrative Staffing Benefits $58,845.40 This was calculated using a benefits calculator online.
Technology Costs $18,500.00 Cost is factored that there is 8 classrooms in the Mathematics department. Each classroom holds a new SmartBoard Projection System, and a desktop computer. There is a shared office printer in the main office.
Equipment Costs $1,000.00 Cost includes access to tutoring software, graphing calculators, and mathematical instruments.
Software Costs $160,396.00 Cost includes Microsoft Office Membership for the college and also a Blackboard Interface for the students and classes for a year.
Interview Costs $1,000.00 These interviews are conducted by a Research Assistant over the course of a week.
Data Collection Instruments Costs $2,000.00 Recordings, Interviews, questionares, surveys, and observations.
External Evaluator Costs $3,450.00 Number comes from an online quote from an real company
External Evaluator Travel/Per Diem $1,000.00 Number comes from the cost of a standard hotel room for three days and three meals a day.
Research Scope of Depth Costs $5,000.00 Actual cost based off of CHEA data
Supplies and Materials $150.00 Paper, ink cartiage, pens, paper clips.
Data Analysis Time Costs $23,400.00 This was calculated by have a data scientist employed at the university who works two hours a day, three days a week for nine months. His hourly rate is $100.
Technical Expertise Costs $2,100.00 Cost of hiring IT consulting firm with an entry level consultant for three days at 4 hours a day.
Evaluation Design Costs $875.00 Actual cost based off of CHEA data
Overhead Costs and Fees $10,000.00 This number is 1/3 cost of research projects total cost. This includes utilities, rent, taxes, licenses, government fees, insurance, depreciation, adminstrative salaries, and legal expenses
Operating Costs (office space, utilities, etc.) $3,100.00 Extra office space, ulitities, phone access
Program Costs (to support evaluation) $17,000.00 Similar Bachelor's Program Cost at another insitution
Institutional Review Board (approval costs) $1,500.00 Actual cost based off of CHEA data
Other Direct Costs (ODC) $500.00 Extra funds for various expenses.
(Note: Insert additional rows above as necessary.)
Totals: $1,332,511.40
Instructions on how to annotate items:
Include, at the bottom of this budget template or in a separate document, explanations of budgeting choices for each line item and the information and data that informs those choices.
explanations of budgeting choices for each line item and the information and data that informs those choices.
Note: Lines reflecting each individual expense type (e.g., “office supplies” ) would
be a single line as opposed to multiple lines for paper, pens, tape, and so on.

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