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How Do Affirmative Action Bans Affect the Racial Composition of Postsecondary Students in Public Institutions?
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Liu, Huacong – Educational Policy, 2022
This study investigates the associations between statewide affirmative action bans and the racial composition of undergraduate students at public 4-year colleges and universities in five states, that is, Arizona, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma. I use the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data from 1999 to 2017, and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Racial Composition, Undergraduate Students, Public Colleges
Assessment Update: Progress, Trends, and Practices in Higher Education. Volume 30, Issue 1, January-February 2018
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Hundley, Stephen P., Ed. – Assessment Update, 2018
This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) James Madison University: Reflections on Sustained Excellence in Assessment (Keston H. Fulcher and Elizabeth R. H. Sanchez); (2) Editor's Notes: Assessment Excellence Abounds! (Stephen P. Hundley); (3) The Promise of an All-in-One Assessment System for Student…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Battle Continues over In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants
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Gilroy, Marilyn – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
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…
Descriptors: Tuition, In State Students, State Colleges, Undocumented Immigrants
As New York Goes, so Goes the Country?
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Kelderman, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
In this article, the author examines the financial crisis on Wall Street which resonates through higher education across the state, and beyond. The economic malaise is taking its toll in places like Rhode Island, where state budget cuts of 17 percent forced colleges to cut class offerings and leave more than 150 positions unfilled. Florida's…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Problems, Budgets, State Colleges
1986-87 State Appropriations for Colleges: Highlights of Legislatures' Recent Actions.
Galloway, Jennifer A. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
Recent state appropriations for higher education in Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont are tabulated. Governors in all those states signed spending bills for higher education. (MLW)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Higher Education, State Action, State Aid
Arizona Lowers Credit Requirements for Graduation at State Universities.
Zapler, Mike – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
In response to the increasing amount of time it takes many students to complete a bachelor's degree, Arizona's Board of Regents has lowered the number of credits required to graduate from the three state universities. Critics are concerned about educational quality and the role of the Arizona Board of Regents in academic matters. (MSE)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Degree Requirements, Governance, Higher Education
Battles over State "Sunshine Laws" Are Heating up as Public Colleges Are Pressed to Open Records.
Cage, Mary Crystal – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
"Sunshine laws," which stipulate when records and meetings of state agencies must be made public, have prompted legal battles as newspapers and public-interest groups demand access to the records of public colleges. Intensifying debates in Arizona and South Carolina are described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Freedom of Information