Data on 1983 faculty bargaining agents and collective bargaining agreements in public and private U.S. and Canadian higher education institutions are presented, along with a brief narrative description of 1983 trends. For each institution, listed alphabetically by state/province, information is provided on the bargaining agent, unit size, the year…

Designed for prospective students at Washington community colleges, this guide provides information about the state's 27 community colleges, their programs, costs, instructors, locations, and admissions procedures. The guide begins by offering general information related to the characteristics of community colleges, two-year college students,…

Data on 1986 regular and adjunct faculty bargaining agents and collective bargaining agreements in public and private U.S. and Canadian colleges are presented, along with a brief narrative description of 1986 trends. For each institution, information is provided on the bargaining agent, unit size, the year the current agent was elected, the year…

Data on 1984 faculty bargaining agents and collective bargaining agreements in public and private U.S. and Canadian colleges are presented, along with a brief narrative description of 1984 trends. For each institution, information is provided on the bargaining agent, unit size, the year the current agent was elected, the year the initial contract…

Strategies for reallocation of resources that were used by five public colleges are discussed. Attention is directed to the efforts of institutions that are under severe political, economic, and time pressure. At each of the following schools that were visited, meetings were held with key administrators, faculty members, and students: the…

Information on spouses of college presidents is presented. This 1983 survey of member institutions of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) updates a 1981 survey. Of the 337 presidential spouses, 54 percent responded, including 4 of the 7 male spouses. Respondents provided information on: their personal lives and…

Data on 1985 faculty bargaining agents and collective bargaining agreements in public and private U.S. and Canadian colleges are presented, along with a brief narrative description of 1985 trends. For each institution, information is provided on the bargaining agent, unit size, the year the current agent was elected, the year the initial contract…

Data on the average salaries for college faculty in public institutions in each state are presented for 1978-79. The estimates are derived from the annual Higher Education General Information Survey. Average salaries for faculty employed on nine-month contracts and percent of increase are presented by state for public universities, public other…

The two basic purposes of this study were: (1) to determine the type of statewide planning done in states with relatively long experience in this activity, and (2) to analyze the significance of statewide planning on the operation and development of different colleges and universities within the state. Chapter I presents the conceptual framework…

The document contains the recommendations of the Ohio Board of Regents for state support of current operations of state-assisted institutions of higher education, and support of a new program of instructional grants to Ohio students enrolled in the state's accredited colleges and universities. The expenditure requirements cover the period from…

In the Great Lakes Cutover Region, comprising the upper third of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, there are 13 state colleges and universities that have evolved from normal schools into multi-purpose institutions with booming undergraduate enrollments and rapidly growing graduate programs. These institutions are situated at a great distance…

This document presents a description and preliminary evaluation of a pilot project involving Gorham State College and the Poland Spring Job Corps Center for Women in a cooperative program designed to enlarge student teacher opportunities for working with disadvantaged students and to explore potentialities of Job Corps trainees in higher…

This paper examines the redistribution impact of public higher education in California and Wisconsin. The focus is on state, rather than federal, subsidies and the undergraduate level. A study of the operation of the California higher education system indicates that income from poor and lower-middle income families is redistributed to upper-middle…

This document presents the results of a survey of the legal composition of state coordinating or governing agencies and public institutional governing boards in post-secondary education. The listings are by (1) state, state agency, and boards; (2) legal bases, whether statutory or constitutional; (3) composition, including the number of board…

The status of collective bargaining among those government jurisdictions and organizations where bargaining remains uncommon is examined. Some potentially dangerous assumptions are reviewed and the role to be played by public institutions is cited. (LBH)