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Burke, Joseph C. – AGB Reports, 1985
Public universities, especially those in state systems, are facing a crisis in governance, the result of divisive conflicts on state campuses and of deadening constraints from state capitals. Each campus must develop a clear statement of its purposes and priorities. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Change, Governance, Government School Relationship
Burke, Joseph C. – 1998
This report lists 11 budgetary principles for higher education institutions, and presents the results of a survey which examined whether the practices of four-year public higher education institutions in California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Wisconsin followed these precepts during the fiscal problems of the early 1990s. The 11…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Long Range Planning
Burke, Joseph C. – 1998
This study examined how closely 11 accepted principles for managing budgets were followed at 98 public college campuses during the first half of the 1990s, a period of budget problems. The colleges reviewed were in six states: California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Wisconsin. The study found that (1) planning was not inclusive,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Decision Making, Educational Finance
Burke, Joseph C. – Trusteeship, 1994
The State University of New York's chancellor and trustees devised an annual performance report to show constituents that they value accountability. The use of performance indicators would indicates how well the multicampus system meets its goals and provides data to enhance requests for more state funds and less regulation. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, Annual Reports, College Administration, Governance
Burke, Joseph C.; Serban, Andreea M. – 1998
This report presents the results of a telephone survey conducted in 1997 and 1998 of the 50 State Higher Education Finance Officers in regard to performance budgeting and performance funding of public higher education. It was found that 21 states used some form of performance budgeting in public higher education in 1998, up from 16 in 1997, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Educational Attitudes, Educational Finance
Burke, Joseph C.; Serban, Andreea M. – 1998
This study examined the attitudes of State Higher Education Finance Officers (SHEFOs) in regard to performance budgeting and performance funding of public higher education. A telephone survey of all 50 SHEFOs or alternate officers was conducted in June 1998, and the results were then compared to a similar survey conducted in April 1997. It was…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Educational Attitudes, Educational Finance