This report is organized in seven parts. Part 1, "Where have all the students gone?" tells briefly the stories of some of the students from the first class--where they came from, where they have been, where they are heading now. Part 2, "Years of Challenge, Years of Change--A Better Chance: the first ten years," briefly…

American private enterprise is often in a better position than the government foreign aid establishment and the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide assistance in manpower training programs in the developing nations. Survey of various American firms' programs in Latin America reveals a wide variety of types and topics of training…

Urban and rural development requires an innovative problem-solving mechanism that would better use the leverage inherent in available resources. There is a model of such an institution now evolving in depressed areas which warrants a substantial investment of Ford Foundation funds: the Community Development Corporation (CDC)--an organization whose…

This publication is intended as a useful summary of available basic information on educational research and development (R&D). It was planned for several audiences: the staff of the National Institute of Education; other personnel in federal, state, and local governments; members of Congress; researchers and developers; trainers; administrators of…

While tuition is increasing faster than the cost of living, a longer perspective indicates that colleges and universities are victims of past rather than current inflation. Fiscal pressures will continue for some time, reflected in higher tuition, but the rate of return on investment in a college degree should rise. (MSE)

Implications of the growth of university-based contract research are examined, including moral and ethical issues, legal aspects, ownership of research results, staff rights, researcher status, publication, authority, responsibility, social justice, and conflicts between teaching and research. Eleven suggestions for successful contract research…

Education financed by employers is seen as a largely unexplored area for enrollment increases and beneficial partnerships with the private sector. Employment-based tuition assistance programs can become a building block for the full range of successful higher education relationships with employers and unions. (Author/MLW)

In 1995, the Annenberg Rural Challenge was established to promote school reform in the rural United States. Convinced that rural schools had not been well served by the urban/industrial model of education and were not benefiting from traditional approaches to reform, the Rural Challenge pursues a mission of supporting good rural schools to become…

Colleges and universities increasingly rely on fund raising activities as a major source of operating revenue, a process which is wrought with legal pitfalls. This document provides an overview of the legal considerations of fund raising for the alumni and development officer, focusing particularly on span of control considerations between alumni…

This document addresses changes and trends in private higher education, with particular emphasis on Latin America. It focuses on specific issues facing private higher education, which has developed significantly worldwide. A variety of factors have brought private higher education to the forefront. There has been a shift in several countries from…

This digest reviews entrepreneurship activities among university and community college faculty and administrators, citing a number of studies that examine corporate-university linkages. These studies note that some faculty act as consultants to organizations, thus providing an avenue for personal interaction between industry and academe, or engage…

Professional fundraising has given rise to a new information specialist profession. This career path, which has been known as prospect research or advancement research, should be more accurately characterized as information resources management for advancement. With primary emphasis on value-added information processes that involve analysis and…

This bulletin reports statistics of state universities and other institutions of higher education partially supported by the State. The topics covered in this report include: (1) Changes in courses and methods of instruction; (2) Gifts, buildings, and improvements; (3) The teaching force in State universities and other State-aided institutions of…

This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past three years. The data given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those…

In 1979 Emory University became the recipient of the largest single endowment gift (from Coca-Cola's Robert Woodruff) to a college or university. Self-studies have been initiated to recommend improvements that will guide the allocation of the uncommitted funds. (MLW)