A project was undertaken at two state universities to investigate the physical dimensions of college classroom environments and their effects on student attitudes and the determining factors of such attitudes. The attitudes of 789 undergraduate, introductory psychology students toward 11 college classrooms were surveyed through administration of…

Legislative concerns in funding higher education in California are considered. Information is presented on the state's overall fiscal status and the impact of declining enrollment. Funding appropriations in 1979-80 to the University of California (UC) and the California State Colleges and University (CSUC) are specified. For the 1979-80 budget,…

Institutions of higher education face a critical turning point in enrollment. How they respond will determine their future role in our society. This document gives a detailed analysis of the impact of demographic trends on individual institutions, especially as the trends affect the relationship of public to private higher education. This document…

This paper discusses the philosophy, objectives, and evaluation criteria of a competency-based teacher education program in early childhood education. The program was established in the belief that a good teacher education program should develop a new view of what the schools are for, a new sense of personal worth and personal control in the…

Explains how course and program articulation between community, technical, and junior colleges and state universities is an outgrowth of a commitment from both to provide quality education at a reasonable cost. (PCE)

A statewide system of reporting faculty workload for the 18 Maryland state community colleges is described, and study findings on faculty workload are presented. Data are collected for full-time teaching faculty who are tenured or on continuous contract. Major findings include: 89 percent of faculty workload is spent in formal classroom…

A process for selecting peer institutions for budget and program review of public postsecondary institutions is discussed. Data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), a national database, were used to select peer institutions. The first task was to identify the kinds of institution representatives to include as…

In seeking ways to address racial problems on college campuses this study applied a hermeneutical approach to social relations which acknowledges the centrality of actors' perspectives in the creation of social reality. In this model, based on the hermeneutical theory of Hans-George Gadamer, conflict has neither a negative or positive influence on…

This report addresses the relationship between tuition, financial aid, and access to public higher education through an economic analysis of data from individual states from 1976 to 1993. The analysis focuses on states, rather than the individual, as the unit of observation and how state policies regarding the setting of tuition rates and…

This study looked at barriers, incentives, and assistance to faculty involvement in grant-seeking and grant-writing activities on the eight campuses of the New Jersey State College System. The study surveyed a random sample of 260 faculty from the eight campuses. Of these 136 responded. Analysis found that less than 20 percent were actively…

This paper describes the results of research conducted on the variation in structure and function of institutional research offices at 55 public and private postsecondary educational institutions in Georgia. The study examined five issues central to institutional research: (1) professional role identity, (2) location of the office in the…

Problems that existed during the 1937-1945 era at George Peabody College for Teachers were investigated, using a historiographical approach. In addition to a search of various kinds of records, interviews were conducted with faculty, staff workers, and administrators. The Delphi technique was used to isolate problems of an administrative nature,…

Information is presented on a study designed to collect data on the characteristics of research/sponsored programs offices at state-assisted higher education institutions that participate in the Office of Federal Programs (OFP) of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Objectives were to describe the characteristics of the…

This report looks at the infrastructure (capital outlay) needs of higher education in California through the Year 2000, indicating the needs projected by segment (University of California, California State University, and community colleges); past funding; and options for accommodating increasing enrollments and meeting capital outlay needs.…

Initial results of the survey research phase of a 3-year study of institutional planning in higher education are presented. The Institutional Planning Project was undertaken by the National Center for Postsecondary Governance and Finance. The national survey examined administrators' attitudes on planning and their perceptions of the planning…