Since 1963, 18 campuses have been developed in Ohio at public institutions of higher education offering a 2-year program in technical education. Three additional centers for technical education are being developed. In 1967-69 more than 14,000 students were enrolled in 215 different technical education programs with nearly 2,000 associate degrees…

Program and campus development plans of Wyoming's community colleges, as of September and October 1973, are provided. The report is divided into three sections: 1. The Colleges (Casper College, Central Wyoming College, Eastern Wyoming College, Laramie County Community College, Northwest Community College, Sheridan College, and Western Wyoming…

Guidelines for evaluating postsecondary career education programs in Maryland are provided. The basis for the evaluation system self-study design is a model developed by Malcolm Provus and described in "Educational Evaluation: New Roles, New Means, The Sixty-eight Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II." The…

Highlights the available information on the first black graduates of the flagship state universities of each of the 50 U.S. states. Also included are survey results listing the top 20 institutions with the "best" and "worst" race relations. (GR)

The State of Florida Department of Education provides pre-and-post-graduation data for public high school graduates throughout Florida. These data were used for the present report to produce data sets for all M-DCPS regular high schools and charter high schools graduating students in 2008 and 2009. Summary data for the district are also provided.…

Drawing data from both governmental and nongovernmental sources, this pamphlet makes the case that many people are now excluded from postsecondary education because of increasing tuition and other student charges at state and community colleges. Eight facts concerning tuition and college-going rates are documented: (1) the percentage of high…

Describes the problems involved in merging Federal City College (FCC), District of Columbia Teachers College (DCTC), and Washington Technical Institute (WTI) into the University of the District of Columbia (DCU) by September 1976. Background of the three public institutions and legislation by the 93rd Congress mandating the consolidation are…

Collective bargaining by faculty is a new and rapidly growing phenomenon in American higher education. Results of faculty collective bargaining in institutions of American higher education thus far have been mixed. A key contextual factor is the degree of adversary relationship that exists between the faculty and the administration. In studying…

In Texas higher education, fiscal 1974 was a year of reassessment. Although student enrollments and state funding for Texas colleges and universities climbed to record levels, caution and concern for the future dominated higher education planning. That concern was prompted by an inflationary economy, shifting state and national priorities,…

Some of the purposes of this Uniform Accounting Manual for the public junior colleges in Illinois are to provide the following: (1) guidelines for establishing a sound financial accounting system; (2) information on policies, procedures, and forms necessary to meet legal requirements of the State of Illinois for the public junior colleges; (3) a…

The leadership role of the State must be to assure access for all of its citizens to a quality education. This is an all-encompassing role, and it includes many factors. An important factor is that States must support the low-tuition principle in colleges and universities. The best student aid program ever devised is low-tuition. Closely related…

The five objectives of this paper are: (1) to make some observations about the California Community Colleges, (2) to state appropriate goals to be accomplished by a system of public education, (3) to relate these goals to alternative options in possible changes in governance of public education, (4) to relate these goals to possible changes in the…

Examines the events leading up to the passage of the Smith-Lever Act. Reviews the formalization of early extension activities and relates the establishment of a formal relationship between federal, state, and county governments and the university to the creation of the Cooperative Extension Service. (Author/SK)

The transfer of students in Missouri is multi-directional; that is, some level of transfer activity occurs between and within each major sector of higher education. The number of student transfers has risen from 15,500 in fall 1979 to 18,000 in fall 1982, with a peak of 20,000 transfers reported in fall 1981. The majority of student transfers…

Describes recruiting techniques used by the North Carolina Community College System. These techniques include: utilizing projects which identify the future plans of high school seniors, sending representatives to high schools, and working closely with job placement services. (MLH)