This report is a comprehensive overview of the organization and activities of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC). It lists officers and members of the Board of Directors; provides who, what, why, when, where, and how facts and data about the organization and its 208 member institutions, which have an…

This report provides information on the relationship between the number of students who complete a program of study at their original institution and the number who complete their program at any Florida Community College System institution. The report looks at two types of completion rates: the rate derived by considering only completions at the…

This document presents the State Board of Directors for Community Colleges of Arizona Statistical Annual Report to the Governor for fiscal year 1998-99. Section 1 presents Student Enrollment Data. It includes information on: annual audited full-time equivalent student report; unduplicated headcount; headcount by full- or part-time enrollment;…

This report presents the annual headcount statistics on students transferring from the University of Wisconsin (UW) to the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) during 1997-98. This report includes: (1) a summary narrative description, with changes from the 1996-97 data; (2) technical colleges accepting UW credits; (3) demographic…

This report analyzes the findings from an evaluation of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, using data from interviews with leaders around Alabama and leaders from business, local and state government, news media, and education. Section 1 describes the approach taken to this required evaluation. Section 2 explains terminology used in the…

The California Postsecondary Education Commission is statutorily responsible for reviewing and commenting on the need for new degree and certificate programs proposed by the public higher education systems. This report summarizes the results of approximately 100 independent reviews conducted between 2002 and 2004. The long-range academic plans of…

With the repeal of the statewide ad valorem tax in 1981, many state colleges and universities no longer had resources for construction, improvements, major repair and renovation, and the acquisition of capital equipment. The Legislature recognized the need to provide permanent capital funding for those colleges and universities not participating…

The tenth annual report on student assessment in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education is presented as required by the State Regents' "Policy Statement on the Assessment of Students for Purposes of Instructional Improvement and State System Accountability." Each institution must evaluate students at four levels (graduate student assessment…

Regional institutions of higher education would best serve the needs of our technological society in as much as such schools could focus on the vocational needs of a given geographic area. (CK)

Independent and public institutions must work together to demonstrate the importance of higher education to national prosperity and national security. State governments must provide financial support that ensures equal opportunity and adequate salary levels and supports high-cost programs. (MLW)

Nontenured faculty's claims to tenure as a property right, by virtue of common law principles, are examined from historical and litigation perspectives. The common law analysis proposed is applied to employment relationships in private and public institutions. (MSE)

On July 1, 1979, Harris-Stowe College in St. Louis, was transferred from city to state control, becoming Harris-Stowe State College. Resulting issues are discussed, including the lack of retention of two faculty members, Bob Harold Leftwich and Jo Beth Creighton, who requested assistance from the American Association of University Professors.…

The relationship between legal right and educational opportunity has produced unexpected complexity and tension. How lawyers and educators have brought their different perspectives to bear on these issues since the Morrill Act is examined. (Journal availability: Wm. W. Gaunt & Sons, 3011 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, FL 33510, $5.00.) (MSE)