This report presents the recommendations of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education concerning funding for public colleges and universities in the state for 1998-99. Two recommendations are provided by the commission. The first recommendation is a statement of the Commission's estimate of the financial requirements needed to support the…

The author shares personal reflections as he worked through research questions associated with court-ordered attempts to integrate state-supported, historically black universities in Alabama. The study illustrates the difficulty of talking about race and racial discrimination history, suggests that some black colleges may have to desegregate to…

The authors present a definition of long-range planning in higher education and discuss trends in the 1980s which will make such planning urgent for Alabama's postsecondary system. (SJL)

This document presents recommendations to the state legislaturefor a unified higher education budget for the state of Alabama for fiscal year 2000-01. The first section of the report provides a summary of the budget recommendations, which increase higher education appropriations by 7.53 percent to approximately $860 million. This funding level…