This study used exploratory modeling, a methodology that combines traditional quantitative forecasting techniques with the insights from scenario-planning, to analyze the conditions under which California can preserve access to its system of public higher education. The study identified two trends currently dominating the issue of future…

This book addresses ways the higher education community influences and is impacted by federal policy in the context of the decline of public confidence in higher education and budget constraints. A survey was conducted of 1,554 college and university presidents followed by 140 interviews with leaders in higher education. Results are analyzed in…

This handbook for Colorado students describes schools available to any individual who wants to continue education after high school. It concentrates on how specific schools work to help students with disabilities. An introductory section entitled "Getting Started" explains the types of postsecondary schools, admissions policies, federal…

This report examines trends in college student tuition and fees for the year 1998-99, at public four-year colleges and universities, as well as trend data for the period beginning 1998-90. The report notes that while tuition and fee increases are near their lowest point in more than a decade, they remain above the rate of inflation, with average…

This report, covering 4,979 faculty in teacher education, specific academic and vocational programs, is part of an annual national survey of faculty salaries. The survey is in two parts: one covering public and one covering private four-year colleges and universities. Data for the l995-96 baseline year and 1998-99 trend year were collected for…

Total enrollment at Connecticut's 47 colleges and universities reached an all-time record of 172,740 in fall 2004. A November 2004 report, "Fall 2004 College and University Headcounts in Connecticut," analyzed headcount enrollment by status, level, institution and sector. This broader report discusses general trends in headcount…

The improvement of literacy rates, educational levels, and college-going rates are important goals for the betterment of West Virginia and its economy. The college going rate echoes the successes of the Governor, legislators, government agencies, students, and parents in contributing to the State's education system as a whole. This report makes an…

Universities were once largely insular institutions whose purview extended no further than the campus gates. Not anymore. Today's universities have evolved into multifaceted organizations with complex connections to government, business, and the community. This thought-provoking book by Harold Shapiro, former president of both Princeton University…

Statistics are presented on the 1993-94 revenue sources of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), by sector, and the degrees conferred by HBCUs, by degree level (associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional), sex of student, and state. (MSE)

A study at Cape Technikon (South Africa) investigated college choice decision making by surveying 923 applicants during the application process and 314 enrollees during orientation. Results show demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of applicants and enrollees differ, applicants consider multiple institutions, alumni and friends are the…

A survey of 87 institutions of higher education, most in North Carolina, were surveyed about the provision of structured nontechnical skills training for nonfaculty personnel, including the existence or nonexistence of a training program, program design, levels of management for which training is provided, budgets, on-site versus off-site…

Administrators at seven private and public colleges and universities nationwide offer brief statements on their intended policy on minority scholarships in light of a recent court decision, Podberesky v Kirwin, finding one University of Maryland scholarship program racially discriminatory. Most have a wait-and-see attitude while considering…

This article reviews and interprets the 1980 case of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) vs. Yeshiva University (New York). It also considers state legislatures' responses to the decision, subsequent related NLRB decisions, and the case's overall impact on educational reform in the context of individual cases and of collective bargaining.…

Problems and controversies involving public black colleges are reported in the context of the recent Supreme Court decision suggesting states should merge historically black colleges with geographically close, predominantly white institutions. In some cases white political leaders are blamed for potential closures of vulnerable institutions.…

A faculty (n=347) survey at a research-oriented public university identified four major sources of faculty support: off-campus personal relationships; colleagues within the academic unit; professional support outside the academic unit; and an ethnic/minority network, on and off campus. Differences related to gender and rank were investigated.…