This joint statement by the presidents of 17 Virginia State colleges and universities and the Director of the State Council on Higher Education examines the condition of Virginia's system of higher education in light of reductions in revenue, and urges implementation of proposals made by the State Council of Higher Education to meet the challenges…

An overview is provided of the organization, history, governance, finances, programs, and enrollment of the merged area schools in Iowa, a statewide system of 15 public two-year postsecondary educational institutions. The first section describes the state's two-year college system and its legislatively mandated mission. The next section reviews…

The trend toward greater state regulation of public higher education is discussed, along with alternative structures or models for state financing of public institutions. The situation in Washington State is briefly described as an illustration. It is proposed that interests of the state, college, and student can be enhanced by allowing colleges…

Summer school and fall enrollments in Pennsylvania during 1975 are reported and compared with fall enrollments in the United States, 1972-1975. Statistics are offered for: total enrollments; enrollments in branch campuses and other centers; lower division undergraduate, non-bachelor's degree-credit upper-division, first-professional, graduate, and…

Data are given and discussed for seven areas of administration of the SUNY system: (1) state appropriations; (2) cost per student and tuition rates; (3) enrollments; (4) degrees granted; (5) facilities; (6) specific state aid programs; and (7) trends and prospects. Comparisons are made between 1975-76 data and earlier years, usually for the five…

National surveys have documented the substantial movement by students across state borders to attend both public and private institutions of higher education in states other than those in which they reside. This report provides data on the number of nonresident students in Maryland public institutions, the institutions they attend, and the levels…

Based on enrollment and cost data supplied by each of the 51 Illinois public community colleges under a uniform accounting system, this report graphically and textually analyzes instructional costs per student credit hour generated during fiscal year (FY) 1979. The analysis, which compares cost areas by state, district, and institutional averages,…

The report is divided into two sections: credit course enrollment (headcount) and degrees granted. The first provides data for the individual institutions and institutional types of the State University as well as system-wide data. The data in this section are for the fall term of each year and are arrayed by student load and level…

Tables detail fall 1983 higher education enrollment by type and control of institutions, by student level, and by state. Included are students enrolled in specialized institutions and new institutions not yet classified. (MLW)

Reports on the possible directions of historically black colleges and universities in the next century based on research and interviews with educational leaders. Notes that many preferred not to discuss points of controversy and that dwindling resources and other trends jeopardize these institutions. (JB)

This report provides longitudinal data on enrollments, finances, programs, and staff for the 16 campuses of the Wisconsin Technical College System from 1984 to 1994. The following tables are provided: (1) headcount enrollment by the aid categories of college parallel, postsecondary (i.e., associate degrees and vocational certificates), continuing…

This publication provides statistical data and charts concerning the status of Iowa colleges and universities for the 1989-90 academic year. Data are presented for the following categories: (1) student expenses; (2) the degrees and other formal awards conferred by each school; (3) faculty salaries and tenure status; (4) school financial data; (5)…

This report presents two large tables showing trends in the financing of public higher education since 1977-78. Introductory information explains how to use the tables, the data-time relationship (whether fiscal year, academic year, or calendar year), and includes a sample chart constructed from one state's data. The raw data used for these…

This report provides fiscal year (FY) 1991 operating budget and student information from Idaho's one public four-year college and three universities (Boise State University, Idaho State University, University of Idaho, and Lewis-Clark State College), as well as selected data on two community colleges (North Idaho College and College of Southern…

This report (the second of three volumes) presents the results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York during the fall 1990 term. The report presents data on all credit-course students and all institutions of the State University system. Volume…