Object Code Aggregations
RCM Model
Object codes are aggregated into the rows that appear in a RCM Report. The same basic
aggregations are used in most reports. However, student aid is treated differently depending on the
fund group.
Some student aid (including some graduate and professional student aid) is treated as a discount
to tuition and is included as contra-revenue in the Tuition Income section. Some student aid (like
TA and RA stipends) is treated as compensation and is included in the Academic Compensation
section. Some other graduate and professional student aid (like TA and RA tuition remission)
remains in the non-compensation expense section. This way of aggregating student aid will be
used for any 1XX and 2XX reports that report on funds that we manage on a fiscal year basis.
However, reports that are used exclusively for Grants and Contracts and URFs will show the
graduate and professional student aid line (row 19) in the student aid expense section. This will
allow easier comparison of Grant and Contract total expenditures with the PBUD amount.
The object code aggregations and report templates that are to be used for outline budgets and
BEN Financials reports are documented at
http://www.budget.upenn.edu/dlDocs/RCM_template_1A.pdf * (All Fund Groups) and
http://www.budget.upenn.edu/dlDocs/RCM_template_1C.pdf * (Grants & Contracts)
Another more summarized version of all of this information, showing the rows and columns that
appear in a single page School/Center “revised RCM Model” presentation, is documented at
http://www.budget.upenn.edu/rcm/single_page_format.pdf *
* Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader
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