This report provides information on degree and certification programs offered and student program completions for fiscal year 1999-00 in North Dakota public and private postsecondary educational institutions. Institutional programs are coded in accordance with the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code system provided by the National…

Examined the relationships between institutional culture, decision-making approaches, and organizational effectiveness through a survey of 639 faculty and administrators at 30 public two-year colleges. Colleges with a strong adhocracy culture were able to minimize the impact of difficult enrollment and financial conditions, perhaps by enabling the…

Assesses the perceptions of chief student services officers from 172 public two-year colleges regarding student services provided in 1994. Indicates that both large and small colleges reported the quality of their services as average to slightly above average, an improvement over perceptions reported in the 1965 Carnegie Foundation study. Contains…

Presents the findings of a national study of community college chief academic officers. Examines the sequence of positions held by individuals who currently occupy the position of chief academic officer, and identifies six, three-sequence career lines representing 44 percent of the sample. (Contains 29 references.) (KS)

Over the 29-year period from 1966 to 1994, the number of faculty strikes recorded by the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions totaled 163. They transpired in 96 two-year and 67 four-year institutions. The vast majority involved faculty members employed at public sector colleges and…

The purpose of the study reported here was to determine whether or not salary expenditures may be driving the rapid increase in higher education expenditures overall. Using data from the Finance Survey of the Integrated Postsecondary Data System, the study examined figures for fiscal year 1988 through fiscal year 1991. The changing relationship…

This study used the frontier cost function framework to examine cost efficiency in public higher education. The frontier cost function estimates the minimum predicted cost for producing a given amount of output. Data from the annual Almanac issues of the "Chronicle of Higher Education" were used to calculate state level enrollments at two-year and…

The report presents results of the annual College and University Faculty Salary Policies Survey which was sent to the 1,519 public institutions of higher education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. A total of 821 public institutions responded; 616 were two-year institutions and 205 were four-year institutions. The report's eight…

Information on colleges engaged in academic collective bargaining with recognized bargaining units in 1987 is presented. Attention is directed to agents elected, no-agent elections, strikes, and first contracts signed. Information is provided for the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association, the American Association of…

This inventory of academic degree programs in South Carolina was designed to aid institutional and statewide planners and others who want to identify institutions offering a specific program. A first section lists academic programs and indicates the schools offering each program. A second section listing public and private colleges identifies the…

This report provides information on degree and certificate programs offered and student program completions for fiscal year 2001-2002 in North Dakota's public and private postsecondary education institutions. Institutional programs are coded in accordance with the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP Code) system provided by the National…

The Utah Board of Higher Education Master Plan, 2000 describes how the Board of Regents and Utah's nine public colleges and universities will serve the changing and diverse needs of students. In the plan, the Board of Regents promises students superior quality educational opportunity through nine major commitments: (1) expanding opportunities for…

This second edition of the ASHE Reader on Community Colleges addresses the need to examine community, junior, and technical colleges in the United States. It offers articles, book chapters, and papers that reflect the current research and thinking on two-year colleges. The reader is institutional in focus for the following reasons: two year…

This document provides a comprehensive set of data about Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC). It contains chapters on the college's student enrollments, graduates, personnel, finances and facilities, and support services. Highlights include: (1) the headcount for year 1999-2000 was 60,961 (equivalent to 22,506 full-time equivalent…

This document describes the structure of the postsecondary education system, the mechanisms to facilitate transfer and articulation, and the major instruments used to facilitate transfer and articulation for postsecondary institutions in the Canadian Provinces. According to this document, the British Columbia postsecondary educational school…