In April 2004, the Governor's Commission on Higher Education and the Economy (CHEE) recommended that the Ohio Board of Regents submit a biennial report to the Governor and the General Assembly in connection with the budget process. This report is the second such report. The purposes of this report are to provide policy makers and the public with…

Cost-benefit analysis is used to illustrate current thinking about academic program review and analysis. It indicates that, at the margin, some important benefits of doctoral education have been understated and marginal costs exaggerated. It is suggested that program review choices are best left to the institutions. (MSE)

Based on a study of New York State's investment in private higher education, the following issues are discussed: access and accountability, the cost of private higher education to the public, the use and abuse of public dollars by the private sector, and the cost of the private sector to public higher education. The private colleges and…

This report summarizes each public program area in higher education in Illinois to be reviewed during the 1996-97 academic year and identifies the special issues pertinent to each. These programs include agriculture, engineering-related technologies, mechanics and repair, home economics, multi- and inter-disciplinary studies, natural resources,…