The US colleges are struggling with soaring tuition costs as state support is unable to keep up with enrollment growth, and college officials are becoming more creative in finding ways to reduce expenses. Higher education institutions are increasingly outsourcing non-academic activities, collaborating with other institutions to share goods and…

The long-term planning concerns of colleges and universities have been shifting in recent years. Emphasis is increasingly being placed on the exploitation of all higher education resources through regional or state coordination, and on the adjustment of services to the changing educational and vocational needs of society. The Ninth Annual…

This consortium of liberal arts colleges was instrumental in developing and coordinating their research capability through data processing. Forty research and academic development projects were undertaken. Of special importance: The Pass-Fail System, Study Habits in the Three-three calendar, Changing Trends in Attrition, The Weighing of High…

The Five College Cooperative (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and University of Massachusetts) allows unrestricted access to any course in any of the colleges to any student enrolled at any of the colleges. The purpose of this research is to furnish information for planning decisions in the Fine Arts Department at Amherst College in the…

This publication, based on a 1991 Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) "Idea Exchange" meeting, addresses the issue of enhancing minority transition into graduate education, and provides an in-depth look at several types of institutional partnership programs involving universities, corporations, or research laboratories, designed to encourage…

Recognizing that today's graduate student is tomorrow's professor, some institutions have begun working to convince minority-group members that faculty careers will be prestigious, rewarding, and available. Their efforts center on increased financial support in the form of graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. (MLW)