Explore the Programs & Profiles guide to discover what Minnesota has to offer. With two-year and four-year public and private institutions as well as accredited cosmetology and specialized trade schools, the profiles found in the beginning of the guide get right to the facts on tuition, fees, class sizes and required exams. The program grid,…

This guide presents what Minnesota has to offer for higher education. With two-year and four-year public and private institutions as well as accredited cosmetology and specialized trade schools, the profiles found in the beginning of the guide get right to the facts on tuition, fees, class sizes and required exams. The program grid, found in the…

In a time of transformation in higher education, "Leading Change: How Boards and Presidents Build Exceptional Institutions" fills a significant void in leadership literature and focuses on the changing level of board engagement. This book examines 18 institutions, across the spectrum of higher education, at which the board played a…

In the university setting, the issue of faculty morale typically has been linked to a variety of perceived inequities, including inequities in faculty salary. New approaches for analyzing two different, but related, types of inequity are proposed. One approach addresses whether salary compression, often perceived by faculty to exist, actually does…

This report provides a resource of accurate, timely and comprehensive facts about higher education in Minnesota. It includes comparisons over time as well as national and peer institution comparisons to add context for the interpretation of the data. It is expected to be used by a number of stakeholder groups such as legislators, educators and…

Academic administrators from sixteen private colleges in Minnesota and nine chapter presidents of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) responded to a questionnaire investigating tenure policies and procedures in Minnesota private colleges. Results of the survey indicated that the private colleges of Minnesota will probably…

The Louis W. and Maud Hill Family Foundation is engaged in a productivity program to assist private colleges in its eight state service region (Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) in controlling escalating costs while maintaining educational quality. The Hill Foundation's effectiveness could…

This paper explores the proposition that if American higher education has been broadly successful in serving its society, it is in large part because American colleges and universities, and the system of which they are part, were created under conditions of weakness, both academic and financial. (Contains 12 notes.)

In the first decade of the 21st century, the nation, the states, and colleges and universities began to grapple with the challenges of globalization, changing demography, the implications of the digital era, and of a less expansive public sector. Although not a transformative period for higher education, the decade saw significant innovations in…

States are taking a closer look at public policy toward private higher education. The Education Commission of the States plans to appoint a special committee to study such issues. Charges of "empire building," automatic student subsidies, and philosophical objections to aid are discussed. (MLW)

Explores the teaching of the social foundations of education at Minnesota's private four-year colleges. Reports that, according to a faculty survey, most of the schools teach social foundations in an introductory, sophomore year course. Concludes that most of the courses focus on current educational issues and downplay educational history,…

Minnesota's experience in involving its private colleges in coordination offers an example of one important criterion of statewide board effectiveness. (Editor/PG)

Views of academic deans at 15 private Minnesota colleges concerning assessment were surveyed. About half of the colleges experienced some but not great pressure for assessment from their external environment while the remaining had felt essentially no pressure. The deans identified obstacles to assessment, including fears about possible intrusion…

Supplement I of Making the Transition, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission's Report to the 1975 Minnesota Legislature describes the state and federal progams administered by the Commission and it provides extensive historical data on the level of activity in the programs since their inception. The Commission's recommendations for state…

This report presents data tables on fall 1996 enrollment at Minnesota's public and private postsecondary education institutions. An introduction and glossary precedes the main body of the report, which has four parts: (1) five-year summaries for each institution, including total headcount, full-time and part-time enrollments, male and female…