The 1966 Master Plan of the State University of New York decreed the establishment of the State University College of Old Westbury. This new college was to be known as the "experimental" college of S.U.N.Y. The goals expressed by this new college are exciting, inspiring, and due to the system which promulgated them, inherently…

The 1974 Columbus College Faculty Handbook begins with an organizational chart and a listing of the duties of faculty committee membership. Sections cover: (1) major responsibilities of academic and administrative officers; (2) faculty affairs, including tenure and advisement of students; (3) business affairs; and (4) student affairs. Appendices…

Important and representative documents issued by various state departments, bureaus, and agencies are selected and annotated. Included are those of state supported colleges and universities, agricultural and historical societies, and other administrative entities. Listing is alphabetical, first by state and then by agency and title. Entries…

This report is a continuation of the planning effort undertaken in 1973 regarding the planning and coordination of postsecondary education in Michigan. The present study updates the enrollment reports, projections, and manpower data, reviews progress toward the objective of developing comprehensive and continuous planning for postsecondary…

Statistics relate to student enrollments, program development and productivity, faculty salaries and teaching loads, campus development, finance, and the state loan program. (MJM)

Many of the nation's youth believe that the country's colleges and universities are insensitive and even hostile to their demands for an end to racism, militarism violence and poverty, and to their insistence on relevant curricula. If educational paralysis and alienation of this nation's most talented youth is to be avoided, many of our…

The essential purpose of this document is to describe the organization and operation of the Central Minnesota Teacher Education Council (CMTEC) and several programs which it has developed in order to improve teacher education, to pool the resources and ideas of 35 school districts in central Minnesota, and to enhance college-school communication.…

Historically the American educational organization both institutionally and programatically within institutions has been adaptable enough to allow the co-existence of the most diverse institutional forms and curricular programs. In 1953, public 2-year colleges in New York State were encouraged to get rid of their 1-year vocational curriculums and…

A 10 percent random sample of the 1972 senior class was requested to respond to an 11 page, 90-item questionnaire concerning their educational experiences at the six state Regents' institutions. Replies were received from 62.5 percent of Fort Hays Kansas State College (FHKSC) seniors and 58.0 percent from five other institutions. The data were…

Research was conducted to determine the continuing education needs of clergymen in Michigan, particularly their most crucial ones, and to ascertain which needs might be met by programs of state-supported colleges and universities. Another objective of the study was to have the clergy identify major roles in their profession. From a total of 1,504…

Collective bargaining at public institutions of higher education has the potential for creating an atmosphere allowing political interference with academic freedom. Most contracts signed at public institutions contain a section that states that certain economic issues are subject to the approval or funding of the state legislature before they…

The number of degrees earned by persons of each sex is displayed by academic field. The introduction features tables on degrees distributed by program for 1970-71 in the U.S. and in the South; changes in number of degrees distributed by field and level in the South for 1971-72 and 1973-74; degrees distributed by field and level in the South for…

Ten college and university mergers are discussed to present information about the reasons for such mergers, the process employed to achieve them, and their consequences. The study provides practical information about several mergers that have taken place and suggests guidelines for those who wish to consider merger. A variety of factors…

With the guidelines apparently established in recent court litigation, it is likely that many more publicly-financed programs of aid to students in private institutions will develop according to the needs and ideas in different states. (Author/LBH)

The single salary schedule (SSS), based on a fixed schedule of salary steps within each academic rank and a normal time-in-step specification for each salary step, is shown to be more equitable than the contract salary system (CSS), wherein each faculty member negotiates an annual salary with the employing institution. (LBH)