In 1971 legislation, the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina provided that a major function of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina should be to plan for the future of higher education. Major sections of their report on planning cover: (1) a review of higher education in the State of North Carolina; (2)…

This 1977 annual report describes the status of the following in the state of South Carolina: changes in commission membership; federally funded programs; the South Carolina Postsecondary Education Planning Commission (the 1202 Commission); program approvals; review of graduate programs; medical and health education; two-year postsecondary…

These papers are partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science Degree in Education at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. The cohort included a variety of licensure areas that represent most levels and content areas of K-12 education. The students were encouraged to keep their questions and hypothesis directed at…

This report presents revenue and expenditure data for accredited college-level institutions of higher education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for fiscal years 1987-1995. Data is based on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Finance survey. Revenue data for both private and public institutions include source of…

This document presents 46 graphs with brief explanatory narratives that analyze trends in the California higher education sector and its environment. The trends examined include: undergraduate and graduate enrollment, student migration in and out of California's higher education sector, college-going rates of California's high school graduates,…

This three-year project was designed to explore ways in which state coordinating boards and multicampus boards can support institutional restructuring and gain commitment from state and institutional officials for higher education reform. Six states--Virginia, Minnesota, Tennessee, Oregon, Florida, and Georgia--each undertook a significant…

This report presents fall 1996 data on enrollment distribution by racial/ethnic group in the Oregon State System of Higher Education (OSSHE). It finds that, in most categories, the OSSHE distribution is comparable to the distribution among public high school graduates and to the Oregon population overall. Exceptions include over-representation of…

This overview of West Virginia's 16 public colleges and universities focuses on higher education's response to six statutory goals: (1) better preparing students to enter college; (2) improving access to higher education; (3) preparing students to compete in a global economy; (4) focusing resources in areas which offer students the greatest…

This volume of the history of education in Washington is the result of many years of intermittent research by graduate students in education under the direction of the senior author. In five doctorate dissertations and about a dozen masters' theses materials have been assembled on various phases of education. The two most direct contributions were…

South Carolina is planning to base all appropriations to higher education on performance indicators rather than enrollments and facility needs. The new law gives financial incentives to improve, and outlines 37 criteria for judging institutional performance. Institutions fear the system will be biased against them or not take into account their…

Nestled in the valley between the Berkshire hills and the Taconic range, North Adams, Massachusetts, in many ways is typical of old New England mill towns working hard to create a new identity in the global economy. When Sprague Electric left town in 1985, the city of 16,000 reeled from the loss of 4,000 blue-collar jobs. This article describes…

The "High School Feedback Report" prepared by the State of Florida's Department of Education provides pre-and-post-graduation data for public high school graduates throughout Florida. These data were used for this present report which contains individual data reports for all M-DCPS regular high schools and charter high schools graduating…

This report details enrollment in South Dakota colleges and universities as of the close of the second week of the 1995 Spring term. The tables present data by headcount and full-time equivalent enrollment. Opening tables show headcount enrollment for public and private institutions and public full time equivalent and headcount historical…

The purpose of this report is to promote further development of international education in Colorado through the expansion of foreign language instruction, student and faculty exchanges, enrollment of international students, collaboration with state and private sector entities in international commerce, and the establishment of consortia…

This planning document for South Dakota's public universities emphasizes that the primary mission of the state's colleges and universities is to utilize available resources to provide an environment that supports students in their intellectual, cultural, and ethical development and affirms the State Board's commitment to diverse campus communities…