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Lyall, Katharine – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2011
The business models under which most public universities in the U.S. operate have become unsustainable. They were put in place when state economies were stronger and there were fewer programs making competing claims on state funds. The current Great Recession has made things worse, but the unsustainability of current business models derives from…
Descriptors: State Universities, Sustainability, Economic Factors, Business
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1973
This document presents a report on the fall 1972 head count and fulltime equivalent student enrollment (including off-campus students) in Virginia's state-controlled institutions of higher education. Its figures and tables summarize student enrollments for individual institutions, for groups of institutions (2-year and 4-year), and for all…
Descriptors: College Students, Enrollment, Higher Education, State Colleges
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1993
This report on graduate education, requested by the Virginia General Assembly, was developed by a task force that included graduate students, faculty, and administrators. The task force based its work on a previous report issued by an advisory committee of chief academic officers, a review of recent literature on graduate education, and their own…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Accountability, Degree Requirements
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1976
Higher education bills and appropriations to higher education approved by the 1976 Virginia Assembly are summarized. This session was the first in which the Council of Higher Education, operating under the expanded responsibilities granted to it by the General Assembly in 1974, provided formal recommendations on institutional budget requests to…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Financial Support, Governance
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Morse, R. Michael; Plungas, Gay S.; Duke, Debra; Rollins, Lisa K.; Barnes, H. Verdain; Brinson, Betsy K.; Martindale, James R.; Marsland, David W. – Academic Medicine, 1999
To increase supply of generalist physicians, three state-supported Virginia medical schools formed a partnership with governmental stakeholders in the Generalist Physician Initiative. Lessons learned concerning stakeholder participation in planning, shared philosophical commitment, support for risk-taking, attitudes toward change, and trust are…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Consortia, Curriculum Development
Smartt, Steven H. – 1981
The role of advanced programs in urban universities and the relationship between large public urban universities and comprehensive state universities in less-populated areas are addressed. An overview of the issues, case studies in three states, a study comparing students in two doctoral programs, and information on the characteristics of large…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Doctoral Programs, Financial Support, Graduate Study