A collection of 22 chapters on capital campaigns is presented to provide: resource for both veterans and newcomers; technical information for fund-raising professionals and key volunteers; and a record of all aspects of current thinking on the capital campaign. Chapter titles and authors are as follows: "What Is a Capital Campaign in Today's…

A collection of 79 program ideas demonstrates creative approaches to academic programs and administrative concerns. As part of an annual event sponsored by the Ameridan Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), the ideas were nominated by institutions in the 1985 competition for the G. Theodore Mitau Award for Innovation and Change…

This paper discusses the Center for Minority and Women's Studies at the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Cortland. Changing demographics combined with a resurgent racism and continuing inequality for women pose significant challenges to higher education. The SUNY College at Cortland is meeting these challenges through the…

Data on 1985 costs for tuition, fees, room and board at 397 state colleges and universities are presented. The institutions are members of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) or the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC). Trends in charges are reported for the entire group of…

Data on degrees conferred by Connecticut institutions of higher education for the academic year 1980-1981 are examined. After rising steadily through 1973-1974, the number of degrees conferred stabilized between 26,000 and 27,000; 26,939 degrees were conferred by Connecticut institutions of higher education in 1980-1981. The total number of…

Data and narrative information are presented on college enrollments, based on a survey of institutions in the United States, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Territories. The total four-year college enrollment for fall 1981 was 7,530,013, of which 5,306,832 were full-time and 2,223,181 were part-time. The total two-year college enrollment for fall 1981 was…

Reponsibilities of the Governor's Committee on Education beyond the High School, which was created in 1963 by Governor John Connally of Texas, are outlined. In addition, the creation of a Joint Advisory Committee on Government Operations in 1975 by the 65th Texas Legislature and a Special Committee on Higher Education Financing in Texas by the…

Program development rules and regulations for Texas state colleges and universities are presented, including criteria for approval for new degrees at the baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral levels. Attention is also directed to: request for new academic degree programs and administrative changes; approval of less-than-baccalaureate programs in…

Assumptions concerning the American education system and its social structure and implications for blacks are discussed, and a Frostburg State College program that addresses academic and cultural retention issues for black students is described. This program, the Best System, includes features such as: offering black cultural history; using…

Nine concerns about postsecondary education voiced by educators, business, and other citizens in Georgia are addressed, as part of a needs assessment conducted by the Governor's Committee on Postsecondary Education. The following nine concerns are discussed and designated as true or false: Georgians are aware of postsecondary educational…

Federal and state student financial aid programs and their future are outlined in this discussion paper. An introduction to the issues of student financial aid and higher education finance includes recent changes in financing patterns due to expansion, reduction, and erosion of assets; state and federal appropriations; tax privileges; and student…

The Performance Funding Project of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to improve the current appropriations formula in Tennessee is discussed, and abstracts regarding pilot implementation of the project at four institutions are presented. The major project objective is to explore the feasibility of allocating some portion of state funds on…

Case studies that describe the attempts of three colleges to improve institutional academic and program planning are presented. The institutions--Willamette University, Lorain County (Ohio) Community College (LCCC), and Ohio University--attempted to adapt and implement the planning process described in "A Handbook for Institutional Academic…

Some underlying causes of interinstitutional rivalries are discussed concerning state support of graduate programs, often considered a measure of institutional quality, in state higher education systems. The roles played by state governing boards, administration, and faculty in these contests are also examined. (MSE)

This report presents data on Minnesota's fall 2001 enrollment at public and private postsecondary education institutions. Following an introduction and a glossary, the report has four sections. The first part contains 5-year enrollment summaries for each institution. These summaries include total headcount, full-time and part-time enrollment, male…