The principles of collective bargaining, the factors leading to its rise, differences in the public and private sectors of higher education, and the emergence of collective bargaining as a source of faculty activism are reviewed. (MSE)

A study of the usefulness of time analysis as a method of teacher self-evaluation suggests that while the method can be of value, it raises major issues in department management, especially in British and Welsh public institutions. The implications for faculty accountability and participation in decision making are also examined. (MSE)

A special workshop at Coppin State for students who succeed in the freshman remedial mathematics course but fail on the final test is described. The two-week review provides a relaxed atmosphere, a tutoring format encouraging more active participation, and a test-anxiety workshop. (MSE)

The organizational structure and functions of Britain's statutory body to negotiate postsecondary faculty salaries in locally controlled institutions are outlined. Trends in salaries and in the committee's degree of control over the distribution of funds are examined, and it is concluded that the committee has not been allowed to be effective.…

The two public agencies responsible for funding higher education in Great Britain are described and contrasted: the University Grants Committee responsible for all universities and the National Advisory Body for Local Authority Higher Education responsible for advice on funding for a much larger group of public institutions. (MSE)

Most of the students in the State University System have been admitted to a program that leads to a graduate or undergraduate degree. Out of the 271,337 students in the SUS, however, 15,304, or approximately six percent, are "unclassified" students who are not formally admitted to a degree program. This percentage in fall 2003 represents…

nd wants of these students, nontraditional colleges have adopted research strategies that take into account both student expectations as well as their perception of satisfaction to assess service quality at their institutions. As one of the model adult learner focused institutions, Empire State College used Noel-Levitz Adult Learner Inventory in…

This report provides information on degree and certificate programs offered, and student program completions in North Dakota's public and private postsecondary educational institutions for fiscal year 1998-99. Institutional programs are coded in accordance with the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) system and are organized by level of…

Each fall, the 28 individual Florida Community College System (CCS) colleges submit a preliminary fall Student Data Base file containing information on students enrolled at the beginning of the semester. This file is used to create a federally required report known as the EF-2. The report looks at the ethnicity and gender of students by enrollment…

This report presents aggregate annual noncredit course enrollment data for fiscal year 1999 and selected detailed information about individuals enrolling in noncredit courses, along with annual enrollments for credit-generating students in Illinois community colleges. Completions are reported only for collegiate-level programs. For students…

This document reports on enrollment, demographics, and outcomes for Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) transfers to the University of Wisconsin (UW) System. Enrollment Information presents findings on transfers within and into the UW System by year (1994-95 to 1997-98), illustrates the proportion of transfers within and into the UW System…

This paper examines system leadership and the role of system heads, using data from interviews of state system leaders (board members and chief executives), as well as campus heads and selected state and association officials. System heads have crucial responsibilities within public higher education. The relationship between board members and…

This is a compendium of best practices from the member campuses of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The practices are arranged under four core areas: (1) Quality Assurance; (2) Public Engagement; (3) Access and Inclusion; and (4) Communication and Advocacy. For each practice described, information is given about the…

This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past 14 years. The data given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those…

Annually, in accordance with Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 51 of the 1965 General Legislative Session, the California State University and the University of California submit to the California Postsecondary Education Commission information on faculty salaries for their respective institutions and for a set of comparison colleges and…