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Soares, Louise M.; Heneghan, Henry J., Jr. – 1981
Institutional image and desired goals for the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, were assessed using the Institutional Goals Inventory (IGI) of the Educational Testing Service. All faculty and administrators of the private college were administered the IGI, and their responses were compared to those of the faculty four years previously.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, College Administration, College Environment
Florida Univ., Gainesville. Inst. of Higher Education. – 1975
Proceedings are provided of a seminar on state leadership that focused on: (1) the process of state planning in public, private, and proprietary postsecondary educational institutions; (2) the process of resource allocation in a changing educational environment; (3) the emerging conflicts flowing from the legislated rise in accountability; and (4)…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Budgeting, College Planning
Council for Financial Aid to Education, New York, NY. – 1978
Information on philanthropic contributions to higher education institutions is presented, based on the Survey of Voluntary Support of Education, 1976-77. Voluntary support excludes income from endowment and other invested funds as well as all support received from federal, state, and local governments and their agencies. Information is provided by…
Descriptors: Alumni, Educational Finance, Endowment Funds, Expenditures
Chronister, Jay L.; And Others – 1978
The operational relationship between the independent sector and state planning agencies, and the issues and accomplishments of the independent sector in statewide planning for postsecondary education are examined in this study. Covered are private institution participation in statewide planning through spring 1978 and the perceptions of state…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Cooperation, College Planning, Government Role
Fadil, Virginia Ann – 1978
The direction of federal and state policy toward independent higher education is summarized with particular focus upon the last two decades leading up to present data collection efforts by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and state governments. After a review of the usefulness of the Higher Education General Information Survey…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Data Collection, Educational Planning, Federal Government
Silver, Jane H. – 1978
Based on the academic improvement of a sample group of students who participated in a loosely structured human potential seminar, a syllabus was prepared for future seminars at North Greenville College, a small, private, church-related community college in South Carolina. The following thematic objectives were used for the course: learning to work…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives
Levy, Daniel – 1979
Three criteria used to differentiate public and private colleges/universities are considered, and it is suggested that these variables of financial source, control, and mission are not adequate distinctions. Although public universities receive greater shares of their income from the government than do private ones, there are difficulties in…
Descriptors: College Role, Comparative Education, Definitions, Educational Finance
Berrier, R. Michael; O'Connor, Linda – 1980
Statistics and analyses of the 1979 opening fall enrollment in New Jersey colleges and universities are presented. The overall 1.4 percent increase in New Jersey is below the national average and below the previous year's statewide increase. However, this increase is greater than in New York or Connecticut. In two-year colleges the 5.7 percent…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Demand
Blaug, Mark – 1980
An attempt is made to explain the intricacies of British higher education finance in language that is meaningful to an American audience. After a brief description of the bases of the British system, the following issues that have been subject to recent public debates in Britain are considered: (1) the finance of Oxford and Cambridge; (2) the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Federal Aid
Anderson, Duane D.; And Others – 1978
The third in a series of six reports on higher education in Iowa, this document presents enrollment projections for Iowa postsecondary education institutions from 1978 through 1986. Data were collected from the regents universities, independent colleges, and area colleges throughout the state. A computerized nonprescriptive projection model was…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cohort Analysis, Community Colleges, Computer Programs
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1979
Information concerning California's degree- or certificate-granting colleges and universities is presented in this document compiled by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. The digest, composed of charts, graphs, and diagrams, is directed toward the layperson and only summary information is included. Enrollment figures for 1974-1981…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Annual Reports, College Faculty, Degrees (Academic)
Bowman, Leonard, Comp.; And Others – 1979
A study was undertaken to provide an opportunity for faculty from five small, independent colleges in Iowa to become familiar with current developments concerning general education programs to facilitate planning and evaluation of general education in the institutions. The participating colleges were Briar Cliff, Graceland, Marycrest, Simpson, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, College Curriculum, College Role
St. John, Edward P.; Elliott, Loretta Glaze – 1979
Information on the age and tenure status of instructional and research employees in Missouri higher education institutions for 1978-79 is summarized, including employees who devoted at least 50 percent of their time to instruction, research, or a combination of the two activities. Information in three topical areas considered important to…
Descriptors: Age, Annual Reports, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1977
A survey was undertaken in 1976 to obtain short-term estimates of doctorate production directly from the heads of the science departments involved. These biosciences departments were surveyed in the 235 member institutions of the Higher Education Panel that grant doctorates: anatomy, biochemistry, biology, biometry/biostatistics/biomathematics,…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1978
The statement of state policy toward independent degree-granting colleges and universities in California addresses these issues: independent institutions as a public resource (enrollment, degrees awarded, levels of support, tuition and fees, government revenues, program diversity, and geographic location); state policy toward independent…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Enrollment Projections, Environmental Standards
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