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Dickey, Ann K.; And Others – 1988
To investigate prospects for enrollment decline, institutional researchers from Michigan's 15 public universities participated in an enrollment project grounded in detailed examination of headcounts and credit hours over time. Each institution reported enrollment for 12 fall terms (1974 through 1985) categorized by age group, gender and degree…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Credits, Declining Enrollment, Degrees (Academic)
Download full textLayzell, Daniel T.; Lyddon, Jan W. – 1988
The relationship between the external environment and state appropriations to public higher education is analyzed, focusing on the following: (1) the extent to which environmental factors explain yearly appropriations outcomes for public four-year colleges and universities; (2) which environmental factors are most important and which are least…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Environmental Influences
Gardiner, James F.; Lancaster, Diana M. – 1986
Class attitudes among dental students were studied at Louisiana State University in spring 1986, with attention to attitudes toward leadership, faculty and administration, study habits, labs and clinics, information acquisition, social life, and class unification. Class attitudes became more uniform and deeply held as the classes progressed…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, College Environment, College Freshmen, College Seniors
Villanova, Peter; Bownas, David A. – 1984
Perceptions of college students concerning the level of stress they experience from 25 potential stressors were studied. The sample consisted of 198 students from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Based on a principal factors analysis with varimax rotation, seven stress-source factors were identified: (1) academic content, (2)…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Death, Financial Problems
Shapiro, Joan P.; And Others – 1981
The impact of an evaluation design on the effective implementation of a training program for women in higher education leadership and management was assessed. The program was designed by the University of Pennsylvania's Higher Education Resource Services. The training program, entitled "The Next Move," was introduced at three pilot…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Change Agents, College Administration
PDF pending restorationSuttle, J. Lloyd – 1981
The basis on which Yale University and other private institutions set annual tuition levels and long-term pricing policies is considered. The rising cost of private higher education is examined in relation to historical trends, economic data (price and income inflation), the financial condition of the institution, comparative cost data from other…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Educational Finance
Hines, Edward R. – 1978
The work of the Temporary Commission on the Future of Postsecondary Education in New York State is analyzed in this paper. Known as the Wessell Commission, it was created in June 1976 when the City University of New York (CUNY) was closed for lack of operating funds. Legislation permitting CUNY to reopen contained a provision for the comprehensive…
Descriptors: Committees, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
PDF pending restorationGeiger, Joseph J. – 1978
A survey, designed to assist in the development of an inventory of fiscal competencies that academic administrators perceive to be needed if they are to be effective contributors to the budgetary process and to seek answers to the question of the existence of a widespread need for the development of in-service training programs for academic…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Qualifications, Bibliographies, Budgeting
Dumont, Richard G. – 1980
A pilot project in performance funding at Tennessee Tech University is described. The pilot project was part of a statewide "Performance Funding Project" sponsored by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC). The Performance Funding Project was designed to improve the formula appropriations process by determining the feasibility…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
Millsap, William – 1979
A teachers university in Texas is examined from a systemic/ecological framework of analysis with attention to the forces for growth, nongrowth, and energy loss that are currently constraining the existing system. It is argued that this university system is currently maladapted to its environment and stated goals so that it is likely to evolve into…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Role, College Students
Hengstler, Dennis D.; Reichard, Donald J. – 1980
A recent decline in the ability to predict first-year grade point average using the traditional regression analyses incorporating Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) and high school rank as predictors fostered an investigation of the effectiveness of alternative procedures to predict academic success. Four procedures were investigated and compared,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Class Rank
Meier, Harold C.; Vaughan, Suzanne – 1977
One of the outgrowths of the student counterculture of the late 1960's and 1970's was the emergence of a specifically educational counterculture that found a following among members of college and university faculties. As war and militarism declined as dominant issues provoking campus unrest, assaults on the structure of higher education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Curriculum
Martinez, Mario C. – 1997
The paper addresses California state funding of higher education in the context of an anticipated increase in enrollment in the near future. It traces the policies of funding the system from 1990 to 1995. Simultaneous studies in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota and New York provide data for comparative analysis. The paper examines factors influencing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, In State Students
Singh, Manjit K.; Weidman, John C. – 1992
This study analyzed trends from 1971 to 1989 in academic ranks and salaries of women faculty as compared to men faculty in Pennsylvania's higher education institutions. The data for the study were culled from public documents published yearly from 1971-72 to 1989-90 by the Division of Educational Statistics, the Pennsylvania Department of…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns
Rugutt, John K.; Ellett, Chad D.; Culross, Rita R. – 1998
This study examined the contribution of classroom learning environment and teaching and learning effectiveness variables to student learning and learning efficacy in higher education settings. It attempted to identify classroom environment characteristics that differentiate high- and low- academic-efficacy student groups and the teaching and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, College Students, Evening Students
