The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education's Program for Access and Equity improves minority participation and achievement in state colleges and universities by working with institutional leaders and state officials. It addresses statewide needs, emphasizes state and institutional planning, and stresses qualitative and quantitative minority…

The apparatus that the various States use to govern and coordinate their public colleges and universities has been substantially redesigned in the last 20 years. Especially dramatic has been the proliferation of "coordinating boards," those State agencies that occupy the legal and political turf between the various universities (which have their…

This report, a brief summary of a definitive study on the organizational, administrative, and operational patterns of 283 State Boards responsible for 1,268 institutional units of higher education, presents information on the types of boards in each State, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories and possessions, and classifies the types of…

This essay, part of a series on change in higher education stemming from the American Council on Education (ACE) Project on Leadership and Institutional Transformation, aims to help higher education governing boards at both public and private institutions understand the complexities of the change process and find practical advice about policies…

Internal and external pressures that affect college program discontinuance schemes were investigated, based on minutes of the Kansas State Board of Regents and three other government-related groups/subgroups. During 1972-1986, a total of 206 programs were merged or discontinued. In 1972 a policy was enacted whereby masters programs that had…

This paper reviews briefly recent developments in the organizations designated by various States to coordinate or govern public colleges and universities. The intent is to present the outline of a model that comprehends the universe of postsecondary education more fully and with the possibility of more effectiveness than do models now employed.…

Ostensibly, state governing and coordinating boards have been established to reduce unwarranted duplication of effort and costly competition and to increase overall efficiency of higher education operations. As this study shows, there is some indication that these objectives have been achieved, but additional research is needed to develop clear…

A survey was conducted in the fall of 1976, prompted by two concerns: (1) the dearth of background information on the thousands of men and women who serve as trustees and regents on governing boards, and (2) many preconceptions about the characteristics of board members. Information was gathered on boards of single- and multicampus colleges and…

This study is intended to stimulate rapid adoption of long-range planning in Oregon education. A principal study goal has been to review present planning activities in the state and determine future planning needs. Emphasis has been placed on long-range planning as a specific process that should and can be incorporated within the organizational…

This committee report represents almost a year of study of the various issues relating to the structure and organization of the constitutionally mandated board of education in Illinois. The committee's 31 recommendations are based on solicited expert testimony and a series of background and position papers. In addition, a highly detailed…

After three years of self-study, Maryland has emerged with a reorganized state-level coordinating agency. The mandate of the Board extends beyond the interests of the individual colleges and universities that make up the system, to embrace all aspects of the delivery of educational services to the citizens of the state. The Board finds that the…

This 2009 Annual Joint Report of the State Board of Education and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission identifies four joint priorities and nine associated goals addressing areas of need in both student learning and educator development for the advancement of education in Tennessee. The joint priorities and initiatives focus on points of…

Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements,…

Three basic concepts help to describe the author's experience as a school board member whose "real" job is working in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as a part of the academic staff: (1) personnel matters; (2) matters of budget; and (3) university/K-12 collaboration. When school boards decide that the K-12…

This paper describes current, official, statewide policy toward Illinois' 125 private colleges and universities. An opening section describes the historical development of higher education policy in the state since 1945. The next section summarizes the major current board of education policies in regulation, planning, student financial aid,…