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Ehrenberg, Ronald G. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
After receiving his PhD in 1970, the author has spent almost 30 years conducting research on the economics of higher education, chairing faculty budget committees at Cornell, serving as a Cornell vice president and then as a trustee of both Cornell and SUNY, and being associated with innumerable national commissions and higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Private Colleges, Educational Finance, Research Universities
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Educational Record, 1980
On January 6, 1980, John Silber, president of Boston University, was interviewed on "60 Minutes." The effects of that national television exposure on Silber and on the entire higher education community are discussed with Silber in an interview. The situation at Boston University and problems of college presidents are explored. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Budgets, College Administration, College Faculty
Alford, Albert L.; And Others – AGB Reports, 1981
Three viewpoints on the Reagan budget are presented. Administration spokesman Albert L. Alford identifies the benefits of bringing inflation under control by halting the growth of student aid; John D. Phillips expects a reduction in new enrollment in the independent sector; and Aims C. McGuinnes recommends that trustees regain control over their…
Descriptors: Budgets, Economic Factors, Federal Aid, Federal Regulation
Wyatt, Joe B., Ed.; And Others – 1979
The development and use of financial planning models, with a focus on the Stanford University financial tradeoff (TRADES) methodology, are covered in conference papers, along with the application of the Stanford conceptual framework in five institutional settings. Additional papers consider an experimental modeling language that was developed to…
Descriptors: Budgets, Case Studies, College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs
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Hollister, Robinson G. – Academe, 1989
Detailed knowledge of how an institution obtains and expends its resources forces faculty to look at the whole picture of an institution. The budget process should be one in which the various institutional interests achieve mutual recognition and consensus about policies, people, and perquisites. (MLW)
Descriptors: Budgets, College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Finance
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Knight, John – Australian Universities' Review, 1994
The provisions in Australia's 1993 Higher Education Budget Statement regarding equity, diversity, and educational quality are examined. The discussion draws on current models of governance of public and private systems to examine ways in which the federal government has imposed accountability mechanisms on institutions. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Budgets, Cultural Pluralism
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
Comments made by 11 governors concerning higher education in their "State of the State" addresses to state legislatures are presented. Statements include those of Terry Branstad, Carroll Campbell, Robert Casey, Steve Cowper, Mario Cuomo, Edward DiPrete, George Mickelson, Rose Mofford, Stan Stephens, James Thompson, and John Waihee. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Budgets, Certification, Educational Attitudes
Goodall, Leonard E., Ed. – 1987
An overview of the process of university participation in state politics is provided, including the way in which a university interacts with the governor's office and the way it competes with other universities and other agencies for budget dollars. The following 23 articles are included: "The Influence of State Constitutional Conventions on the…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Administration, College Planning, Educational Finance
Lewis, Stephen R., Jr. – 1980
The final report of the Committee on Priorities and Resources for the 1980's of Williams College, a small private liberal arts college, is presented. Certain assumed conditions--slower economic growth, higher inflation and energy and book costs, and lackluster securities performance--form the basic constraints for college finances. The recruiting…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Budgets, College Faculty, College Role