I have an issue here that I think anyone who has been involved with
Service Centers has been confronted with ---- the process of ensuring
that all academic (under grad. & grad. classes) time spent using a
service or recharge facility is properly logged and charged.

Lehigh U.'s current policy is based on A-21 & CASB and states that the
use rate, based on estimated operating costs and usage time, must be the
same for sponsored (federal) projects and academic departments.
Industrial accounts and other external users may be charged higher
rates (what the market will allow).

My questions is this ---- Does anyone's policy regarding service centers
allow for volume discounts (haha).  We have a new faculty member whose
former institution allowed him to institute a volume discount rate
structure.  He wants to institute the same policy here.  The volume
discounts will favor academic users with sponsored (federal) users
rarely, if ever , benefiting from the discounts.

Has anyone encountered this situation?  Any thoughts or suggestions?