Maryland's postsecondary colleges and universities serve more than 350,000 students and enrollments are expected to increase in the coming years. Along with growth in enrollment, the state expects to see an increasingly diverse student body. The 2013-2017 Maryland State Plan for Higher Education, "Maryland Ready," highlights the…

Ten states now offer in-state college tuition rates to illegal immigrant students. Others are struggling to enact similar policies. But while many advocates want to open the doors to higher education for undocumented students, critics say the laws granting in-state tuition discriminate against other low-income students and legal residents of the…

President Barack Obama's American Graduation Initiative, the pledge of $12 billion for America's community colleges over a 10-year span, delighted Maryland officials because the state's community-college enrollment is growing at more than 4 percent a year while public and personal budgets are shrinking. With 16 community colleges serving the…

Maryland's governor, Martin J. O'Malley, didn't get much of his legislative agenda through the General Assembly this year, but he did succeed on one front: preserving enough state aid for the public-university system to stave off a tuition increase for the fourth consecutive year. Like politicians in several states, Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, made…

This study examined the relationship between and among the changes in the level of institutional fundraising and changes in state funding at Maryland public 4-year institutions. As institutions have become more engaged in fundraising, the impact of private giving success on changes in state funding becomes more apparent in the context of increased…

This report compares high school indicators of college readiness for the Baltimore City Schools Class of 2011 with actual readiness as determined by Maryland colleges. Each Maryland college determines its own criteria for entering credit bearing courses or taking developmental courses. As a result, findings are reported separately by college…

In 1999, the Maryland Higher Education Commission adopted a set of operating funding guidelines for four-year public institutions based on per-student funding at peer institutions. These guidelines are used to inform the budget process and to assess levels of state support for four-year public higher education institutions. The guidelines use an…

Guidelines for evaluating postsecondary career education programs in Maryland are provided. The basis for the evaluation system self-study design is a model developed by Malcolm Provus and described in "Educational Evaluation: New Roles, New Means, The Sixty-eight Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II." The…

This report presents results on the number of Maryland high school graduates who attend Howard Community College (HCC). The number of recent public high school graduates showing up at HCC increased from 384 (spring 1992 graduates) to 443 (spring 1997 graduates). HCC's share of the students who attend college in Maryland has ranged from 36-42% with…

A plan for all of the state of Maryland's 13 public colleges and universities to be included in the University of Maryland System is discussed. The system would be governed by a board of regents, and each college would have a board of trustees to monitor campus issues. (MLW)

This report presents 44 tables detailing the retention and graduation patterns, by institution, of first-time, full-time students at Maryland's public four-year colleges and universities, from 1977 to 1996 . Specifically, it looks at the number and percent of students retained at their original public four-year campus or who graduated from any…

The study described in this report was conducted to examine the funding of Maryland's community college system and to develop an improved funding approach that would take into account differences in local wealth. After a discussion of the purpose and scope of the study, an explanation is provided of the existing funding structure, which is based…

This report contains information on the retention and graduation patterns of full-time undergraduates at Maryland's public four-year colleges and universities from 1981 to 2001. It looks at the number and percentage of students who were retained at their original public four-year campus and those who graduated from any senior public college or…

A study examined the graduation and transfer rates of students assessed for remediation at Maryland community and public four-year colleges, and possible differential success rates based on the amount of remediation required. These data were also compared with those of students not requiring remediation. Policy implications are discussed. (MSE)

A biracial Task Force, formed by letter of charge from the Chairman of the Maryland Council for Higher Education, held its first meeting at Morgan State College on April 5, 1974. The Task Force heard presentations and received documentation from Bowie, Coppin, and Morgan State Colleges and from the University of Maryland. Members of the staff of…