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Download full textSilber, John R. – 1975
The economic well-being of higher education in Massachusetts is seen as a vital concern to the state. It is described as a single system, with independent and state components. Discrimination in the right of access to higher education is cited for the 42 percent of the state residents who attend independent colleges and universities in the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Davis, Sandra L.; Chamberlin, Gary D. – 1996
Faculty (n=484) and administrators (n=189) at five public comprehensive universities that had experienced annual budget reductions of at least 10 percent were surveyed concerning their job satisfaction and reactions to the reduction process. Three institutions were identified as having used unplanned approaches, and two used planned approaches.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Budgeting, College Administration, College Faculty
Lubell, Alfred M. – 1991
Steps in the development of a major in International Studies at the State University of New York at Oneonta is described. Designed jointly by the Foreign Language Department and the Business Department, the program includes the following components: an overseas segment, advanced foreign language requirement, and course requirements for economics…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Cooperative Planning, Degree Requirements
Ramaley, Judith A. – 1995
Efforts at Portland State University (PSU) in Oregon illustrate how an institution can clarify its own purposes, evaluate how the environment supports its academic mission, and effectively institute changes that will bring faculty activities and institutional purposes into a more harmonious alignment. In 1990 PSU began a strategic planning process…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Change Strategies, College Faculty
Michael, Robert O.; Shaffer, Kay L. – 1983
The development and use of a computer-based career system at Georgia State University to provide occupational and educational information to current and potential university constituents is discussed. The delivery areas and activities of the Georgia Career Information System (GCIS) are analyzed through the reduction model, a general systems model…
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Role, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making
Lundy, Harold W.; Davis, Bobby – 1983
The development and implementation of a planning and institutional research subsystem by Grambling State University (GSU) are described. Three components of the subsystem are as follows: the Grambling Institutional Data System (GRIDS), simulation and forecasting models, and the management reporting system. The way that GSU has improved the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, College Planning, Databases
Campbell, Jill F.; Spiro, Louis M. – 1986
High school guidance counselors' perceptions of the quality of The State University of New York College at Brockport were compared for 1982 and 1985. Quality assessments were also made for two university centers, nine university colleges, two agricultural and technical colleges, and two private colleges. The 1985 sample consisted of 839…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Faculty
Pereyra-Suarez, Esther – 1986
A self-paced, individualized program of instruction in eight languages (French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish) that has proven successful at San Jose State University (California) is described. The format of the program, options for individual scheduling and guidelines for class attendance, tutoring, and testing…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Content, French, German
Bjork, Lars G. – 1984
Inter-organizational cooperation was investigated as one factor associated with the development of the University of New Mexico from an undergraduate teaching institution toward becoming a nationally-ranked graduate research university. A longitudinal, ethnohistorical study was undertaken for the 1967-1978 period. The qualitative research…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Role, Competition
Crosson, Patricia H. – 1988
Many important institutional policy and practice issues related to public service in universities are discussed, including: (1) mission statements and definitions (formal mission statements and broad and narrow definitions); (2) organizational structures (centralization and decentralization); (3) leadership (line officer, staff officer, and other…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Institutional Role
Cox, Joseph W.; And Others – 1984
The use of environmental scanning by three colleges at Northern Arizona University is discussed. The environment confronting each college is described, along with the process that was used to direct change to improve the efficient use of human and fiscal resources. The process involved: scanning the internal and external environments, establishing…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Planning, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Armstrong, Ellen C.; Dykes, Marie Draper – 1978
The functions of support services participating in higher education institutional change are to provide information, power, and adaptability. An illustration of these support service roles in implementing institutional change at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is discussed. The implementation of a new academic calendar was designed to increase…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies, College Administration
Lee, Wynetta Y. – 1997
This study examined the role of the North Carolina State University Transition Program (UTP) in enhancing transition of disadvantaged students from high school and increasing their persistence to degree. The UTP, which targets academically underprepared African American and Native American students, provides special courses and counseling…
Descriptors: American Indians, Basic Skills, Black Students, College Freshmen
Evenbeck, Scott E.; Foster, Mary C. – 1996
This paper describes efforts by Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) to develop programs to serve the needs of first-year students, focusing on collaborative efforts across the university system to retain nontraditional and underrepresented students. The School of Liberal Arts Faculty Mentor Program links a first-year seminar…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Instruction
Brand, Myles – 1995
This paper presents the remarks of the President of Indiana University (IU) concerning the state of the university in 1995. It discusses excellence in education and research at IU, noting the contributions of various nationally-recognized faculty, graduates, and current students. The speech also reviews the rapid growth of IU in recent decades,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Centralization, College Administration, College Faculty
