This study examines the efforts of higher education systems in six states to implement large-scale changes to improve student outcomes in mathematics in community colleges and four-year colleges and universities as part of the Mathematics Pathways to Completion (MPC) project. The three-year project was launched in 2015 to help Arkansas,…

Scientists are creating new and amazing materials by manipulating molecules at the ultra-small scale of 0.1 to 100 nanometers. Nanosize super particles demonstrate powerful and unprecedented electrical, chemical, and mechanical properties. This study examines how nanotechnology, as the multidisciplinary engineering of novel nanomaterials into…

Focuses on the educational and general primary budget for the Oklahoma state system of higher education for the fiscal year 1999-2000. Highlights several key components of institutional budget decisions. A section is also included on the sponsored budgets, particularly sponsored research, as it becomes ever more important to the economic…

Focuses on the Oklahoma 1997-98 fiscal year (FY) educational and general (E&G) primary budget, both revenue and expenditures. The FY98 institutional E&G budget increased by 8.2%, or $75.4 million, to $991.8 million. This increase was a result of: an increase of $45.9 million or 7.9% in state appropriations to institutions; a budgeted fee…

An assessment was made of the potential need for postsecondary education at different levels in Oklahoma. The objective of this assessment was to provide an overall framework within which the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education could establish priorities for the development of new learning sites. The assessment did not attempt to examine…

Two-year continuing education project jointly sponsored by Oklahoma County Libraries System and South Oklahoma City Junior College is described. (KP)

The annual report outlines activities in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for the period July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978. Among the information provided are: progress and plans both within the system as a whole and within the institutions; historical and statistical information (enrollment, degrees, accreditation, student aid, Title VII…

Surging demand for workers, growing income inequality, and passage of welfare reforms have made work force development one of the United States' key national concerns. Public/Private Ventures has been working with various states to design work force development strategies that seek to address the concerns of many work force development specialists…