As states struggle to close deficits, direct taxpayer support to private colleges and student aid programs are in jeopardy in many states. Provides examples of reductions in state funds to private colleges and discusses the likelihood that increases in student grants will not make up the difference for private colleges. (SLD)

Used 20 years' of data from colleges of arts and sciences at a set of selective private research universities to examine whether the proportion of faculty positions and salaries going to science increased. Contrary to expectations, found that it did not. (EV)

US graduate schools are called upon to meet the country's requirements for scientists, scholars, statesmen, administrators, lawyers, and doctors. The financial needs of the US university system have multiplied in the last few decades partly because of the rise in the number of students, but primarily because of the unceasing quest for new…

This study was undertaken to assemble up-to-date hard financial data on all accredited private institutions of higher education, and to analyze and evaluate these data in order to present a solidly based description of the current situation. The questionnaires returned illustrate that private colleges and universities have reason to be…

This report is a follow-up study of a survey conducted to determine projected financial problems in private colleges and universities during the academic years of 1969-70 and 1970-71. The same 507 institutions were used in the present study and the findings of the survey show that during 1969-70, the actual deficit figures were 26% greater per…

Higher education was perhaps the nation's largest growth industry during the period 1955-1970. Budgets for all higher education institutions rose more than seven-fold, from an estimated $4 billion in 1955 to an estimated total of $28 billion in 1970-71. Current fund income rose more than five-fold to $19 billion, an average annual increase of…

This document presents a general statistical background for some of the issues confronting private colleges and universities operating under the sponsorship and within the values of the Catholic religion. The data are presented under 2 major categories: general information and financial information. Included under general information are…

This document is the third in a series of studies designed to examine the legal aspects of various potential educational problems in our society. This particular study deals with the case of a young man who, when denied admission to the only institution in the State University of New York that offered his chosen field of study, was forced to…

This document contains 2 papers prepared by the Lutheran Committee on Public Policy and Church-Related Higher Education relevant to the topic of church-related colleges. The first paper, entitled "Public Policy and Church-Related Higher Education," is a position paper that identifies the considerations pertinent to public policy decisions. The…

Recent public interest in the unique financial problems of private higher education has resulted in proposals and legislation for state support of independent institutions. Although public assistance alleviates the private colleges' financial problems, it also obligates them to increase state supervision of their activities. Several state boards…

Based on a nationwide state-by-state survey, information is presented on state laws regulating charitable solicitations for contributions undertaken on an interstate basis by charitable organizations. Brief summaries are given of each state's (and some municipalities') requirements applicable to colleges and universities and of state and federal…

An argument to continue supporting a strong private higher education system as a companion to a strong public higher education system. (Author)

This paper analyzes the effects on net tuition revenue of changes in institutional aid and the tuition rate for a sample of private liberal arts colleges. A model in which institutional aid and enrollment are simultaneously determined is specified. Using the model's estimated parameters, the effects on net tuition revenue of changes in…

The citizens of Ontario are requiring increasingly specialized skills. These are needed by the business community so that it will be able to compete effectively in the global economy. A perception exists that the traditional, publicly funded universities in Ontario are ill equipped to provide the necessary training that is required by employers.…

The historical development of private universities in Japan is traced, with special attention to the Imperial Ordinance of University of 1918, and postwar developments. The present state of private universities is examined, considering especially their role in national education, finances and financial support, and public support of the…