This paper discusses the law as it applies to private colleges as distinct from public institutions. First, it analyzes how private colleges and universities may be held to the constitutional standards of public institutions if they are engaged in state action or, in other words, in activities closely involved with a public function or purpose.…

During the eighteenth century some colleges met the challenges to their purpose and survival by narrowing their focus and withdrawing their boundaries to more sectarian ground. Alternatively, it could be argued that a college could have met such challenges by broadening its focus and expanding its boundaries beyond insular denominational concerns.…

Describes how "Perspektywy," a major educational publication house in Warsaw, Poland, ranks Polish public and private secondary schools and higher education institutions. (EV)

The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) convened the "Symposium on Business and the Liberal Arts: Integrating Professional and Liberal Education" in Chicago in May 2007 out of concern that the proportion of students graduating with degrees in the liberal arts has been declining as preprofessional and technical programs have expanded and the…

The history of Education in most developing Countries shows that higher education has grown tremendously. In 1960's a Country such as Kenya had only one University but today, she boasts of seven public Universities and very many private ones. With expansion, student's numbers have increased. As a result of the needs and demands of a growing…

Several models of program review that are used in private colleges are discussed, along with differences between program review models used at public and private colleges, and perspectives on the future of program review at private colleges. Various written materials were examined, and nonstructured interviews were conducted with faculty and…

This speech concerns higher education in the 1980's and the role of the private institution. Emphasis is placed on: (1) the nature of the new period of change into which higher education must enter, (2) some of the impacts of this period on private institutions, and (3) solutions for the private institutions in the new period. (Author/MJM)

In spite of the fact that the vast majority of U.S. students attend public institutions, much less is known about their behavior and how the states that support them interact with them and with the private institutions within the states boundaries. This paper summarizes some of the things that are known and outlines some issues that still need…

Calls for the convergence of the public and private sectors in Polish higher education, particularly the procedures and institutions for the evaluation and accreditation of higher education institutions. (EV)

In order to examine the link between offering financial aid and a potential student's decision to attend a particular college, a case study of matriculation and financial aid offerings at a private, four-year liberal arts college in the northeast was undertaken. The study was prompted by a fourth straight year of significant decline in the…

This paper focuses on three academic labor market issues that researchers at Cornell University are addressing currently: (1) the declining salaries of faculty employed at public colleges and universities relative to the salaries of their counterparts at private higher education institutions; (2) the growing dispersion of average faculty salaries…

Over the past 15 years, most colleges and universities have engaged in institution-wide long-range planning efforts to examine missions and future expectations. More recently, higher education institutions are adopting strategic planning approaches that move beyond setting goals and objectives to creating specific strategies to accomplish them. To…

The paper describes the criterion performance approach, a competency based teacher education program for special education majors in a small, rural church-related private college (Cumberland College in Kentucky). The program serves a relatively large student body with only a few instructors. Entrance requirements are listed as is a recommended…

During the late 1970s the Higher Education Research Institute of Los Angeles conducted open-ended interviews with 45 presidents of private, liberal arts colleges that had received grants from the Exxon Education Foundation between 1973 and 1977. The responses indicated that the collegiate style of governance exists at these schools only in limited…

This study addressed why private research universities differ in the sources and uses of their annual giving. Some background data on the trends and variations in the shares of annual giving coming from and going to different uses are provided . Data from a panel of private research universities (n=78) for the 1968-1969 to 1998-1999 period were…