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Moore, Jamillah; Teng, Allen – 1998
A hearing was planned by the California Senate Select Committee on Higher Education Admissions and Outreach to consider the role of the Scholastic Assessment Tests (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT) in the admission of students to California's public universities. The hearing was intended to provide a serious discussion of the merits and…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students
Direct linkDickert-Conlin, Stacy, Ed.; Rubenstein, Ross, Ed. – Russell Sage Foundation, 2007
The vast disparities in college attendance and graduation rates between students from different class backgrounds is a growing social concern. "Economic Inequality and Higher Education" investigates the connection between income inequality and unequal access to higher education, and proposes solutions that the state and federal governments and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Higher Education, Graduation Rate, College Attendance
Download full textSwoboda, Marian J., Ed.; Roberts, Audrey J., Ed. – 1980
This volume of essays examines the role of women in the development of public higher education at the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin State Universities. Part 1, "Turn of the Century Beginnings," contains an essay by Jean Droste titled "Vocational Aspirations and Job Realities." Part 2 focuses on women in the professional…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational History, Females, Feminism
Higher Education in Latin America. Issues of Efficiency and Equity. World Bank Discussion Papers 77.
Winkler, Donald R. – 1990
The current state of higher education in Latin America is examined in discussion papers which attempt to identify the major problems in efficiency, finance, and equity in the area and offer policy choices for improving university performance and quality while maximizing society's return on its investment. The papers are organized as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Efficiency, Enrollment
Wharton, Clifton R., Jr.; And Others – 1988
The fundamental issues confronting public higher education in its efforts to reach America's minorities are addressed. Higher education's historical progress in providing a path to equality is surveyed, and certain recent trends showing a clear reversal of that progress are examined. Three chapters offer strategies for stopping the trend and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Education
Hoffman, Allan M., Ed.; Julius, Daniel J., Ed. – 1995
This book contains 19 papers describing the implementation of Total Quality Management in a variety of higher education settings. Following a Foreword by Peter Likins and a Preface by Daniel J. Julius, the chapter titles and authors are: (1) "TQM: Implications for Higher Education--A Look Back to the Future" (Allan M. Hoffman and Randall…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
Williams, John B., III, Ed. – 1988
Issues concerning desegregation of U.S. campuses and federal regulation of higher education under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are considered in 12 essays. Titles and authors are as follows: "Title VI Regulation of Higher Education" (John B. Williams, III); "The Production of Black Doctoral Recipients: A Description of…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, College Attendance, College Desegregation
Swoboda, Marian J., Ed.; Roberts, Audrey J., Ed. – 1980
This monograph reviews the role of women in the development of public higher education at the University of Wisconsin with special focus on the period of the 1970s. Essays are presented in the categories of the politicization of women, curriculum, language, athletics, lifestyle, and the re-entry woman. Essays include: "The Women's Movement…
Descriptors: Athletics, College Curriculum, Educational History, Females
Bardo, John W., Ed. – 1990
This collected work presents nine papers concerning state college and university expectations which were originally presented at an August 1989 conference in Colorado developed by the Academic Affairs Resource Center. Topics considered in the essays include the essential philosophy undergirding the American Association of State Colleges and…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Economic Development, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Tierney, William G., Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004
Today, institutional leaders face numerous struggles: intervention from boards of trustees, alumni, and state legislators; decline in financial support from the states; and competition in an increasingly global marketplace. While it is agreed that effective governance structures allow institutions to respond creatively to these challenges, how…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Global Approach, Governance
Galsky, Alan, Ed. – 1991
Faced with a one-fourth drop in the number of high school graduates between 1979 and 1995, many colleges and universities are responding by making themselves more attractive to students and their parents, instituting procedures to recruit students more effectively and providing a more satisfactory 4 years for the undergraduate experience using an…
Descriptors: Career Centers, Declining Enrollment, Dormitories, Enrollment Influences
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1992
This book offers essays on the response of public four-year colleges to the enrollment trends and challenges of the 1980s, particularly the challenges of providing service in light of the unexpected demand for higher education in that decade. The issues and lessons of the experience of the 1980s are covered in 10 chapters by higher education…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, College Students, Curriculum Development
Ehrenberg, Ronald G., Ed. – Praeger, 2006
Public higher educational institutions, where about 80 percent of all college students and 65 percent of all four-year college students are educated, appear to be in serious trouble. In order to delve more deeply into this topic, the author invited a wide-ranging team of experts to examine changes in public higher education over the last quarter…
Descriptors: Public Education, Higher Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Swygert, H. Patrick, Ed. – 1993
This book presents speeches given and articles written by State University of New York presidents concerning issues confronting public higher education in the State of New York today. Essays and speeches are categorized under the following topics: (1) the development of the State University of New York; (2) public higher education in society; (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Colleges, Community Colleges
Goodlad, John I., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This book utilizes 29 case histories of geographically and institutionally diverse teacher education programs to provide a comprehensive historical perspective on teacher education in the United States. The volume, organized into four parts, is further divided into nine chapters. "Part One: "Teacher Education: A Contemporary Perspective…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Segregation, Diversity (Institutional), Economic Factors
