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Download full textNew Jersey State Commission on Higher Education. – 1997
This report examines costs of higher education in New Jersey, comparing the state's system of higher education and its individual sectors with national counterparts. The comparison takes into account such factors as differences in the cost of living and the size and relevant structural characteristics of a state's higher education system. In…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Expenditures
Peer reviewedHollander, T. Edward – Planning for Higher Education, 1991
New Jersey abandoned formula funding of higher education in favor of incentive funding combined with base budgeting. State institutions receive basic operating funds and compete for extra monies by planning initiatives for problems on which state leaders want more action. Incentive funding has cost little and improved quality noticeably. (MSE)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Change Strategies, College Planning, Competition
Merisotis, Jamie P.; Hill, Margaret H. – 1995
In light of significant restructuring in New Jersey higher education and shrinking public funds, this project comprehensively examined New Jersey's system of financial aid. It was conducted through the compilation and assessment of program data as well as through interviews with several individuals in the New Jersey higher education community. The…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Financial Aid Applicants
Folger, John; Jones, Dennis P. – 1993
In view of increasing financial pressures, this paper argues that a new approach to fiscal policy and to the structure of the financial relationship between state government and institutions of higher education is needed. A proposed three-part budget would include the following: (1) a base or core lump-sum budget managed by higher education…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
New Jersey State Coll. Governing Boards Association, Inc., Trenton. – 1994
This is the final report on long range planning for financial support for and investment in New Jersey's state colleges. Opening sections summarize the findings of the Advisory Commission on Investing in the State Colleges charged with examining the issues, origins, membership, charge and general principles of that Commission, the economic, social…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Blue Ribbon Commissions, College Role
New Jersey State Commission on Financing Postsecondary Education, Trenton. – 1977
The current system of financing postsecondary education in New Jersey and that proposed by the Booher Commission in its final report, "Financing in an Era of Uncertainty," are compared. The Booher Commission was a public, blue ribbon commission appointed by the New Jersey Board of Higher Education. Implementation of the recommendations…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Expenditures
Illinois State Scholarship Commission, Deerfield. – 1986
The National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs/National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs conference on student aid is reported. Following the conference agenda and lists of registrants and conference speakers, the following papers are presented: (1) "Reinterpretation of Hansen's Census Data" (John B. Lee); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Black Students, College Choice
New Jersey State Board of Higher Education, Trenton. – 1981
Based on audited financial statements submitted by each of the colleges and on plant and capital data provided by the New Jersey Department of Higher Education Office of Facilities Planning and Construction, this report summarizes Fiscal Year 1980 financial data for the county colleges of New Jersey. The report first presents a composite profile…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Community Colleges, County School Districts, Educational Finance
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. Office of Community Coll. Programs. – 1979
Based on audited financial statements submitted by each of the colleges and on plant and capital data provided by the New Jersey Department of Higher Education Office of Facilities Planning and Construction, this report summarizes Fiscal Year 1979 financial data for the county colleges of New Jersey. The report first presents a composite profile…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Community Colleges, County School Districts, Educational Finance
New Jersey State Board of Higher Education, Trenton. – 1981
The 1981 statewide plan for higher education in New Jersey is presented. The following challenges for the future are briefly addressed: education in a technological society, liberal education for social change, the size and composition of the college population, public priorities and fiscal resources, the role of government, the Board and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, College Admission
