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Peterson's Guides, Inc., Princeton, NJ. – 1993
This annual reference book presents descriptions of the approximately 350 colleges and universities with the highest proportion of incoming freshmen who come from the high-achieving group. The 1993-1994 edition describes 359 "leading colleges." An opening section discusses the guide's criteria for a competitive college, gives suggestions for…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Church Related Colleges, College Admission, College Applicants
Download full textEells, Walter Crosby; Hollis, Ernest V. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1962
Granting sabbatical leave as a stimulus to scholarly growth and as a broadening of outlook appeared among the earliest fringe benefits provided faculty members by institutions of higher education in the United States. This report on the history of sabbatical leave and present practices in that area should be helpful to institutions engaged in the…
Descriptors: Educational History, College Faculty, Scholarship, Personnel Policy
Direct linkBeckham, Joseph, Ed.; Dagley, David, Ed. – Education Law Association, 2005
Colleges and universities remain vulnerable to lawsuits and face an increasingly litigious environment. This book is intended to provide board members, administrators, faculty, and students of higher education with a basis for informed decision-making that will reduce the risk of liability through a preventive-law approach. Readers will find this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Law, Court Litigation, Public Colleges
