The purpose of the Getty Foundation's Campus Heritage Initiative was to assist colleges and universities in the United States in managing and preserving the integrity of their significant historic buildings, sites, and landscapes. The projects supported through this initiative focused on research and survey of historic resources, preparation of…

One of the epicenters of the historic preservation movement in the United States, the east side of Providence is also home to Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design. Preservation leaders and institutional leaders--sometimes adversaries, sometimes partners--took a meandering path toward the expansive notion of Historic Providence that…

A method for college managers and planners to evaluate the probability of a given department to obtain future research grants and to determine the physical facility requirements based on projected grants is discussed. The procedures used at the University of Illinois are described. (MLW)

Growth in the higher education community in Israel since 1948 has been accompanied by a pattern of private funding from abroad that has shifted to a system of support by the state. The need to balance national manpower planning with institutional autonomy has resulted in the formation of a University Planning and Grants Committee as a liaison…

In 1974 the Task Force of the National Council of Independent College and Universities sought means of reducing tuition costs to students in the private sector and of thus ensuring the vitality of a pluralistic system of higher education in the U.S. This article is a discussion of the public-private dialogue in the light of Task Force…

As costs inflate and both students and revenues become scarce, the temptation to cut financial corners tends to arise. Some corner cutting may legitimately reduce costs while other cuts may injure sound educational programing or be fiscally irresponsible, unethical, or worse. Suggestions for what "not to do" are provided. (Author/MLW)