Adam Smith's discussion of the payment modes of teachers and resulting consequences for the quality of teaching and process of curricular innovation are reviewed through the conceptual lens of modern agency theory. Smith's analysis of higher education in his day (eighteenth century) sheds light on faculty incentive and assessment problems that…

The views of Colorado citizens on a wide variety of issues about higher education in the state were surveyed. A questionnaire was mailed to 3,939 persons 18 years of age or older who were chosen from driver's license lists. From the 1,816 usable responses, information was obtained on respondent background characteristics and the following nine…

Financial and educational trends in accredited public institutions of higher education were studied for the period 1976-79 with some data for earlier years and for 1979-80. The study was based on a stratified sample of 135 institutions of which 95 participated. The sample represented all parts of the public sector except autonomous professional…