The State of Funding for Curriculum Materials Centers and Collections

Abstract

Using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, researchers analyzed whether there
was a correlation between education student enrollment and curriculum materials
center/collection (CMC) budget across eighty universities in the United States. Findings
indicate that there is a positive correlation between those variables, although
the relationship is weak. Universities with large education programs tend to have
better-funded CMCs; however, variability across institutions is still significant. Findings
suggest that many university CMCs may be comparatively underfunded based
on student enrollment in education and historical trends