This study examined the attitudes of state education policymakers and campus representatives in regard to performance funding and budgeting in public higher education. A mailed survey of 916 state education policymakers, campus administrators, deans, and faculty senate chairs in nine states was conducted in December 1996, and a follow-up telephone…

This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a 40-month federally supported program at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh to create models for increasing the persistence rate to the baccalaureate of students who transfer from two-year colleges to four-year schools. These models were created by a transfer…

This document provides an annotated bibliography of Commonwealth (formerly the British Commonwealth) university management functions. Selection criteria included the following: items had to be practical and designed to support institutional management, be applicable to most Commonwealth higher education systems, and wherever possible be available…

This article reports the findings of a study that sought to find out how useful library World Wide Web sites of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were as tools for disseminating information and providing services to users. The study compared the library Web sites of public supported HBCUs with Web sites of other public supported…

This guide is designed to provide students, faculty, and guidance personnel at Rhode Island's three public institutions of higher education (the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, and the Community College of Rhode Island) with information needed to expedite transfer among institutions. It includes specific institutional transfer…

This brief report summarizes trends in student borrowing based on data from the 1992-93 and 1995-96 National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies. Major findings include: (1) between 1992-98 and 1994-96, the percentage of undergraduate students attending four-year institutions who borrowed from federal loan programs during the academic year increased…

Summarizes data from a survey of 54 dental schools concerning dental students' financial aid. Data and analyses include percent of students receiving aid; average annual aid per student; average first-year costs of dental school; aid distribution within private, public, and state-related schools; details on federal loan programs; grant and…

This study was initiated to determine whether factors pertinent to the choices of four-year students apply to, and are predictive of, the decisions of two-year students, or whether alternative models of choice are needed. Students completed a questionnaire which asked for information about their characteristics and college decisions. (MLW)

Data presented include a graph comparing College Retirement Equities Fund progress with a major stock price index, 1990-93; a table of median salaries of chief academic and executive officers at public, private, and church-related colleges, by enrollment; and a comparison of faculty salaries and the Consumer Price Index, 1986-87 to 1991-92. (MSE)

A survey of 90 colleges and universities found that 40 percent have internal audit departments. Information on auditor time allocation, salary ranges, departmental independence, and auditor roles and responsibilities was collected. A summary analysis by type of institution (large, small, research, nonresearch, public, independent, four-year,…

The sources of rising costs vary considerably among colleges and universities of different sectors, missions, and size. In addition, the changing environment of the 1980s led institutions in different directions, depending on the faculty and students they sought to attract and the sources of revenue available. (MSE)

An annual study on higher education trends finds that as institutions limit enrollment, hire less faculty, and downsize programs, minority faculty and students are hurt most. Data on trends in enrollment (by college type and student demographics), faculty hiring (by region), and budgets (by institution type) are charted. (MSE)

This case study of the commercialized teaching profession in Costa Rican higher education urges circumspection; the term "efficient and productive change" camouflages the state-sanctioned commodification of the instructional enterprise. Courses are becoming proprietary courseware, machinery for selling intellectual capital is emerging,…

In a lawsuit brought by six Virginia public university professors, a federal district court ruled that access to Internet material for academic purposes was a matter of public concern and that plaintiffs' interest in that material outweighed the state's regulating interests. The Fourth Circuit's reversal gave the state extensive authority over…

This article describes a 4-day pilot science program attended by 19 inner city, at-risk high school students during their winter holiday break. The program was a collaborative effort involving a local education agency, a higher education institution, and a museum of natural history. Its main purpose was developing and implement science activities…