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Campus Autonomy and Its Relationship to Measures of University Quality.
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Volkwein, J. Fredericks – Journal of Higher Education, 1986
A study that found a low relationship between state regulation and four measures of quality and success is described. The data suggest that the influences of financial and academic flexibility are statistically overwhelmed by other variables, expecially the relative generosity of state funding. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Factor Analysis, Governance, Government School Relationship
The Correlates of State Regulation and University Autonomy.
Volkwein, J. Fredericks – 1986
Measures of state regulation of universities were studied to determine characteristics of states that may be associated with regulatory tendencies, as well as college characteristics that may protect them from regulation. The focus was academic, budgetary, and personnel regulation. Three national data sources were utilized, along with…
Descriptors: College Programs, Decision Making, Financial Policy, Governance
State Financial Control Practices and Public Universities: Results of a National Study. Revised. ASHE 1984 Annual Meeting Paper.
Volkwein, J. Fredericks – 1984
Results of a national study of budgetary control imposed upon 88 Ph.D. granting public universities by 49 state governments (excluding Alaska) are presented. A comparative analysis is provided of financial control practices in each state, along with an index that places these practices along a continuum. Information is included on the nature and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, College Administration, Educational Finance