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Pierce, Tracy A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The study was a qualitative investigation into the sensemaking experience of leaders during transformative organizational identity change. How people arrive at meaning (sensemaking) and the implications of that meaning for organizational performance are essential to effective leadership during change. Organizational theory holds that…
Descriptors: Social Change, Leadership, State Colleges, Leadership Effectiveness
Fuller, Ryan – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2010
The cost of attending the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) has increased in recent years as UC and CSU have raised fees in response to reduced state funding. Fees are generally lower than fees at public universities in other states, but with California's higher living costs, the overall cost of attendance at UC…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, State Colleges, Student Financial Aid, Costs
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, 2010
This report documents action taken and data gathered by the Colorado Department of Higher Education (DHE) as required by statute to report annually on students taking basic skills courses at Colorado's public higher education institutions. DHE has prepared this report which summarizes: (1) actions by DHE and the Commission on Higher Education…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Higher Education, Community Colleges, State Colleges
Halfond, Jay A. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2010
Universities are organized to assume uninterrupted growth in enrollments and endowments, steady public funding, an annual ability to inflict tuition hikes on students and their families, everlasting degree programs, vast building operations and permanent commitments to a senior professoriate. Lacking an agile and responsive governance structure,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Governance, Enrollment, Endowment Funds
Danley, Janet V. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
This chapter covers the impact of homeland security mandates on institutions and international students and scholars. The author traces the history of interest by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in developing a management system for international students and scholars that eventually resulted in the birth of Student and Exchange…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Students, National Security, Foreign Nationals
Anyaso, Hilary Hurd – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2010
This article presents a conversation with three women college leaders on how their respective Ohio colleges are faring in the economy, leadership and what tops their presidential agendas these days. Patricia L. Hardaway was appointed president of Wilberforce University in April 2008. An attorney and graduate of the historically Black university,…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Community Colleges, School Holding Power, College Presidents
Kelderman, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
In this article, the author examines the financial crisis on Wall Street which resonates through higher education across the state, and beyond. The economic malaise is taking its toll in places like Rhode Island, where state budget cuts of 17 percent forced colleges to cut class offerings and leave more than 150 positions unfilled. Florida's…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Problems, Budgets, State Colleges
Drozdowski, Mark J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Everyone knows it takes money to make money (although not necessarily to earn it), and that certainly applies to development departments. The cost of raising money can be significant; even the most streamlined operations spend about a dime to raise a dollar, and most spend closer to a quarter. For some, the cost is downright embarrassing. It…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, State Schools, State Colleges, Costs
Ko, Moon Suk – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to add to the literature on college student satisfaction. More specifically, expanding research of empirical studies set in multi-campus systems. This was accomplished by examining the influences of academic engagement factors and comparing demographic group differences related to college student satisfaction. Factor…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Interaction, Factor Analysis, Statistical Analysis
Kelderman, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
This year was bleak for state higher-education budgets. But college leaders are even more worried about what comes next. The billions of dollars in federal stimulus aid to plug shortfalls in state education budgets have helped limit the damage this year, but the money hasn't prevented all of the cuts to college budgets. Most states are spending…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Policy Analysis, Fiscal Capacity, Financial Support
Herlitzke, Mary Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) requires that graduates of physical therapist assistant programs demonstrate a commitment to social responsibility. Service-learning, a method of instruction in which students apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to a community need, can assist in the development…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Workload, Teaching Methods, Physical Therapy
Reiss, Jeffrey – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Digital piracy is a problem that may never disappear from society. Through readily available resources such as those found in a university, students will always have access to illegal goods. While piracy is a global phenomenon, an institution's resources combined with the typical college student's lack of funds makes it more lucrative. Students…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Computer Software, Corporations, Ethics
Woolfork, Kevin – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2010
On May 14, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released the May Revision to the proposed budget for the current year (2009-10) and budget year (2010-11). State finances have continued a three-year decline, with anticipated General Fund spending of $83 billion, their lowest in six years. To address the budget shortfall, the Governor proposes major…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Social Services, Budgets, Financial Support
Keating, Xiaofen D.; Castro-Pinero, Jose; Centeio, Erin; Harrison, Louis, Jr.; Ramirez, Tere; Chen, Li – ICHPER-SD Journal of Research, 2010
This study examined student health-related fitness (HRF) knowledge and its relationship to physical activity (PA). The participants were undergraduate students from a large U.S. state university. HRF knowledge was assessed using a test consisting of 150 multiple choice items. Differences in HRF knowledge scores by sex, ethnicity, and years in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physical Activities, Knowledge Level, Scores
Michalski, Greg V. – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2011
Excessive college course withdrawals are costly to the student and the institution in terms of time to degree completion, available classroom space, and other resources. Although generally well quantified, detailed analysis of the reasons given by students for course withdrawal is less common. To address this, a text mining analysis was performed…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Courses, Withdrawal (Education), College Students