AbstractTitle : A Study of the Expe

Abstract
Title : A Study of the Expenses of the University Farm Service of the Course in Learning, Teaching the Practice in the University Farm of the Undergraduate Level of Suranaree University of Technology
Authors : Petchanit Thongsuk and Others
Publish : 2009
Source : Institutional Research Project Financially Supported by Suranaree University of Technology
A study of the expenses of the university farm service of the course in learning, teaching the practice in the university farm of the undergraduate level of Suranaree University of Technology was to study to find the management expenses on service-learning teaching of the university farm. The objectives of this research were: (1) to study the expenses of the university farm service of the course in learning, teaching the practice in the university farm of the undergraduate level of Suranaree University of Technology, (2) to propose the concept on separating the expenses of the operating of the learning, teaching practice (cost center) from the enterprise practice (profit center), and (3) to present the indicator of the service-learning teaching with the practice in the university farm.
The instruments used in this study in the academic year 2001-2003, including the expenses information of the management expenses from the financial statement of the university farm in the academic year 2001-2004. The information of the course that uses the university farm for learning, teaching from the Center for Educational Services, Suranaree University of Technology, the information details of the practice and the material expenses from the university farm of the undergraduate level of Suranaree University of Technology. The data obtained were analyzed using statistic. (1) average, and percentage. (2) analyzed using description of the data.
The results of the study related to the management of the undergraduate level of Suranaree University of Technology from 2001-2003
The major finding were as follows:
1. The 3 years average service of the course in learning with depreciation, teaching the practice in the university farm undergraduate level of Suranaree University of Technology, of 9.30 million baht per academic year
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2. The income from selling the products of learning-teaching that could decrease the subsidy from the university.
3. The 3 years average service of the course in learning with depreciation, teaching the practice in the university farm of the undergraduate level of Suranaree University of Technology per academic year, School of Crop Production Technology, of 2.81 million baht, School of Animal Production Technology, of 4.65 million baht, Program in Agricultural Engineering, of 1.41 million baht. And school of others of 0.40 million baht.
4. The 3 years average service of the course in learning, teaching the practice in the university farm of the Compensation, service contracting and specific non-renewable materials expenses of 1,520.82 baht per academic year.
5. The 3 years average expenses with depreciation per student of 7,754.91 baht per academic year.
6. To propose the concept on separating the expenses of the operating of the learning, teaching practice (cost center) from the enterprise practice (profit center), the university should support the expenses and the investment in learning-teaching affairs, the university should support the capital budget in order to be able to achieve self-support and send the income to the university.
7. Making the indicator for providing the service of the course in learning, teaching the practice in the university farm including (1) the amount of course for providing the learning-teaching, (2) the amount of students who used the service in the university farm, (3) the level of evaluating the efficiency of the services, and 4) the satisfaction of the users.