Private College 529 Plans

Such a system can be found in some European countries, such as Germany. The states in the United States have increasingly adopted such schemes in order to reduce the inequality in education spending across districts generated under local funding. Construction of schools, procurement of equipment and educational materials, provision of services, administrative support, and technical backstopping is mainly financed by the government. However, around 90% of the ministry's recurrent budget covers personal emoluments and leave no-salary components, including core items of improving quality of education, grossly underfunded.

With this comes a huge level of organisation, scheduling, communication and time management. The scholarship costs for all students, including athletics scholarships, are found in that second number. Thus, the university is obliged to show such scholarship costs in the aggregate. But since athletics costs are not reported out separately, the athletics department often will show its numbers without those costs. On a university budget of $1 billion in revenue, about 80 percent, or $800 million, would cover fixed costs, and maybe another 10 percent, or $100 million, would cover variable costs.

Even if comments and corrections to coursework are given, they may have no bearing on the degree which is awarded. In other cases professors may serve only to write compliments to the student that can be given as references. Some advertise other indicators of authenticity that are not relevant to academic credentials. For example, the University of Northern Washington advertises that its degrees are "attested and sealed for authenticity by a government appointed notary". In reality notarization only certifies that the document was signed by the person named. Diploma mills share a number of features that differentiate them from respected institutions, although some legitimate institutions may exhibit some of the same characteristics.