Expense - Academic Support

<p>The academic support category includes expenses incurred to provide support services for the Institution's primary missions: instruction, research, and public service. It includes the retention, preservation, and display of educational materials, such as libraries, museums, and galleries; the provision of services that directly assist the academic functions of the institution, such as demonstration schools associated with a department, school, or college of education; media such as audio-visual services and technology such as computing support; academic administration (including academic deans but not department chairpersons) and personnel development providing administration support and management direction to the three primary missions; and separately budgeted support for course and curriculum development For institutions that currently charge some of the expenses-for example, computing support-directly to the various operating units of the institution, this category does not reflect such expenses.</p>