This paper describes first year implementation efforts of Southwest Texas (SWT) State University to develop a system to integrate planning, budgeting, assessment, and quality to improve the delivery of education and other services to all the institution's customers. The document addresses the common situation when an organization already has…

This paper summarizes recent strategic planning activities at Clemson University, focusing on outreach and extended education goals at the university. Specific benchmarks for outreach and extended education include: (1) by May 1994, each department will develop an operational definition of its public service mission, an action plan to integrate…

This report summarizes the results of a questionnaire study of administrative salaries in 139 universities in 47 states and 29 university systems representing 25 states. Salaries are reported for full-time administrators including officers whose responsibilities and functions range from the director of a single office to the university president.…

This study presents comparative data collected from 85 state-supported universities or university systems in 45 states, and 35 university systems representing 28 states on the administrative salaries they paid in 1993-94. The salaries are presented in rank-order (from highest to lowest) to facilitate comparisons of a particular position's salary…

Results of a survey of salaries of full-time administrators at public, doctorate-granting institutions for 1983-1984 are presented. A ranking of salaries paid among 133 universities in 45 states is presented, along with salary data arranged into nine regions defined by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The New York and Boston regions…

Educational and social functions of public higher education are examined, a five-part goal-setting process is presented, and critical variables in goal-setting and planning such as institutional size, curricular emphases, historical background, and funding are discussed. (JMD)

Rutgers has entered the development business by leasing land to the private sector for a term sufficient to generate investment interest, but short enough to guarantee the use of the land by future generations of the University. The developer selection process and the review and approval process are reported. (JMD)

Southwest Missouri State University's efforts toward a major change in institutional role and toward increasing admissions requirements are examined as they affect each other. (MSE)

Some of the implications for educational managers as they create flexibility through the formation and use of affiliated nonprofit corporations are outlined. (MLW)

Two experiences with academic program review illustrating different approaches are described: (1) the recent assessment of research-doctorate programs, conducted by a consortium of four national academic organizations, and (2) the experience of the University of California. (MSE)

A major change is underway at the University of Michigan as a new telecommunications network is being installed to become the central focus for information technology on the campus as voice communication, mainframe, minicomputer, and microcomputer installations all become part of the network. (MLW)

Multicampus systems differ in the type of control (public or private) and the jurisdiction of the governing boards, the degree of similarity among campuses, and the administrative structures. These characteristics are combined to form a typology of multicampus systems: private, statewide, hetergeneous public, and homogeneous public. (Author/MLW)

This annual report provides a variety of information about the state of higher education in South Dakota. The "Fact Book" is organized around the nine state policy goals adopted by the South Dakota Board of Regents in 1997. Data, including tables and graphs, are grouped in these sections: (1) "Goals 1, 2, & 3Students: Access,…

The large universities and colleges must give up their bureaucratized rules in favor of a system based on trust of, and respect for, the individual. Only by doing this can they become once again the crucibles in which great ideas and human involvement meet. (CK)

Louisiana State University applied a wholistic philosophy to its computer applications development. The new standards provide a step-by-step plan for the entire application process, from initiation to implementation and maintenance; list required deliverables instead of rules; and allow the programer and analyst flexibility to exercise technical…