A year ago, the U.S. experienced the first symptoms of economic unrest--a sharp spike in fuel prices, rising costs and rising debt, and a jump in foreclosures. Between May and June 2008, unemployment rose a half-point to 5.5 percent and 49,000 jobs were lost. American higher education has been on a collision course with financial reality for more…

Through its AlaskAdvantage[R] Programs, the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education promotes, supports, and provides access to postsecondary education for Alaskans and in Alaska. This publication reports on another year of success for the state's higher education assistance agency. Among the accomplishments this year to make higher…

The Alabama Commission on Higher Education has the statutory responsibility for the overall statewide planning and coordination of higher education in Alabama, the administration of various student aid programs, and the performance of designated regulatory functions. This annual report provides information about all of these responsibilities and…

This report presents information about the state of higher education in Illinois. Higher education entered the year 2000 with a full agenda and ended it as the top-rated system of higher education in a new national report card, "Measuring Up 2000" (National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education). Illinois received "A's in…

This report presents information about the state of higher education in Illinois. In November 2000, the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education issued the first National Report Card that gave Illinois an overall grade-point-average of 88.8, the best in the United States. Nevertheless, the state could not rest on its laurels, and…

This issue contains annual reports from 48 states, the District of Columbia, and three Canadian provinces (Manitoba, the Maritime Provinces, and Quebec), focusing on problems, activities, achievements, special projects, and other areas of interest to the postsecondary education community. Reports are not included for Iowa and North Carolina. (MSE)

This report presents information about the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the state of higher education in Illinois. The Illinois Board of Higher Education, a 15-member board, is responsible for planning and coordinating the states system of higher education. The Board has statutory responsibilities for master planning, the budget, program…

The aim of the Regional Student Program is to assure access by qualified New England residents to academic programs not available in their own state that are offered at other New England public institutions of higher education. Students participating in the program are given preference in admissions and pay only the in-state tuition rate. The…

This annual report of the Maryland Higher Education Loan Corporation covers activities for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. Tables provide: (1) statistical summary; (2) loans approved, by month; (3) budget summary; (4) condition of reserve account; (5) loans approved, by county of students' residence; (6) loans approved, by lender; (7) loans…

This annual report of the Maryland Higher Education Loan Corporation for fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 covers: (1) loans approved, by month; (2) budget summary; (3) condition of reserve account; (4) loans approved, by county of students' residence; (5) loans approved, by lender; (6) loans outstanding, by Maryland lenders; (7) distribution of…

This is the seventh annual State Board of Education report on Financial Requirements of Public Baccalaureate Institutions and Public Community Colleges in Michigan, and is the first time that capital outlay requirements have been considered in a separate report. The report contains information on capital outlay requirements for 1974-75 and a…

This annual report complies with the requirements of Tennessee's Public Education Governance Reform Act of 1984, which directs the State Board of Education and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to prepare a report on: (1) the extent of duplication in elementary-secondary and postsecondary education in Tennessee; (2) the extent to which…

Alabama's Commission on Higher Education has the statutory responsibility for overall statewide planning and coordination of higher education in Alabama, the administration of various student aid programs, and the performance of designated regulatory functions. This annual report from the Commission includes: (1) a list and photographs of the…

This final report includes information concerning the Iowa-UPSTEP Program, a preservice teacher education project first funded in 1970. Contents of this report include a discussion of the initial program outline; descriptions of general education and science program requirements that arose out of the Program; a history of the major phases of the…

Community Service and Continuing Education activities carried out by higher educational institutions in South Carolina under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Program IMPACT, are reported for Fiscal Year 1972. The 11 projects funded in FY 1972 are listed as to title, name of person submitting the proposal and their institution, amount…