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Fuller, Ryan – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2009
Fees at California's public colleges and universities have increased in the past two decades, but are still lower than fees at comparable institutions in other states. Fees for full-time undergraduate students at the University of California (UC) were $8,027 in 2008-09 and fees at California State University (CSU) were $3,849. Fees are likely to…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Community Colleges, Undergraduate Students, Fees
Stuart, Reginald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2009
President Barack Obama's American Graduation Initiative, the pledge of $12 billion for America's community colleges over a 10-year span, delighted Maryland officials because the state's community-college enrollment is growing at more than 4 percent a year while public and personal budgets are shrinking. With 16 community colleges serving the…
Descriptors: Universities, Community Colleges, Private Colleges, Counties
Fain, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
The California State University campus at Long Beach graduated 8,720 students last month. Each one got the opportunity to walk the stage, and F. King Alexander, the university's president, shook every hand. California State at Long Beach has made graduating a greater number of its 38,000 students its top priority. The slogan "Graduation…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Regional Schools, School Holding Power, Change Agents
Kelderman, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Maryland's governor, Martin J. O'Malley, didn't get much of his legislative agenda through the General Assembly this year, but he did succeed on one front: preserving enough state aid for the public-university system to stave off a tuition increase for the fourth consecutive year. Like politicians in several states, Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, made…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, State Aid, Tuition, Educational Finance
Bertuca, Cynthia; Lelonek, Carol; Tuohy, Rena; Ortner, Jill; Bouvier, Anne; Dithomas, Sarah; Hayes, Suzanne; Morehouse, Sarah – Journal of Access Services, 2009
The University at Buffalo (UB) and Empire State College (ESC) designed a project that demonstrates the viability of shipping materials directly to the patron, the cost-effectiveness of using UPS for delivering and returning materials, the value of expanded library service to ESC patrons, and the practicality of purchasing-on-demand as a service…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Library Services, Academic Libraries, Access to Information
Drozdowski, Mark J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
One may be surprised to learn that the author's institution, a small state college in Massachusetts, has a significant alumni population in and around Los Angeles. In fact, while they do not have an alumni chapter in Boston, they do have one in Los Angeles. The reason is that one of their most popular majors is communications media. They pump out…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Graduates, Films, Urban Schools
Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2011
The fundamental asset of a university is its faculty. Without faculty working with students, the university is just a set of buildings. The faculty design and teach the courses, keep the educational program updated, and work with students to help them gain the skills and knowledge they need to prepare for their careers or professional education.…
Descriptors: Productivity, Civil Rights, Job Satisfaction, Teaching Load
Cox, John L. – International Journal of Educational Advancement, 2011
This study examined the relationship between and among the changes in the level of institutional fundraising and changes in state funding at Maryland public 4-year institutions. As institutions have become more engaged in fundraising, the impact of private giving success on changes in state funding becomes more apparent in the context of increased…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Institutional Advancement, Educational Finance, Statistical Significance
Connolly, Faith; Olson, Linda S.; Durham, Rachel E.; Plank, Stephen B. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2014
This report compares high school indicators of college readiness for the Baltimore City Schools Class of 2011 with actual readiness as determined by Maryland colleges. Each Maryland college determines its own criteria for entering credit bearing courses or taking developmental courses. As a result, findings are reported separately by college…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Educational Indicators, Readiness, Urban Schools
Thornburg, Barry S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation examines the impact and significance of the New Left on the conservative campus and community of California State College, Fullerton (CSF) during the 1960s and early 1970s. Built to meet the demands of the Baby Boom after World War II, CSF became the latest in a series of California State campus expansions in 1959-1960.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, State Colleges, War, Baby Boomers
Kelly, Andrew P.; Aldeman, Chad – Education Sector, 2010
The major higher education trade associations have addressed the calls for transparency and accountability by creating two public online databases into which colleges are able to voluntarily submit information on costs and outcomes. The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) launched its University and College…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accountability, Databases, Access to Information
Hughes, Bill – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2010
Innovations from the United States have often led the world to new discoveries and solutions to complex problems. However, there are alarming indications that the United States is falling behind other countries in the ability to apply science, technology, engineering, and math to complex problems facing our world. In order for the country to…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Engineering, Technology Education, Middle School Students
McLendon, Michael K.; Mokher, Christine G.; Flores, Stella M. – American Journal of Education, 2011
Few recent issues in higher education have been as contentious as that of legislation extending in-state college tuition benefits to undocumented students, initiatives now known as in-state resident tuition (ISRT) policies. Building on several strands of literature in political science and higher education studies, we analyze the effects of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Political Science, State Colleges, Governance
Steinmeyer, Allison Paige – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2009
This article presents the author's profile. The author is an enrolled member of the Comanche Tribe and a descendant of the last leader of the Quahada Band. Currently, she attends Comanche Nation College in Lawton, Oklahoma, where she is a junior-level student majoring in both biology and chemistry with a minor in non-romance languages. From…
Descriptors: State Colleges, American Indians, American Indian Education, Tribally Controlled Education
Vignare, Karen – New Directions for Higher Education, 2009
Virtual universities (VUs) were formed to open up access to higher education for new and existing students, and they continue to grow and thrive. They come in all sizes and organizational and business models, and most differ from their founding institutions. However, VUs face more rigorous requirements for accountability and reporting. Most of…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Higher Education, State Colleges, Community Colleges