This report is the fifth in a series of annual reports produced by the School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP) providing descriptive information about the schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). Following a brief history of the MPCP, this year's report contains descriptive statistics about schools participating in…

The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 expressly gave colleges, universities, and other nonprofit entities the right, which had previously been presumptively held by the federal government itself, to patent inventions resulting from federally funded research and development (R&D) activities they conduct. In the nearly three decades since the Bayh-Dole Act…

This paper argues that research assessment is of increasing importance as an instrument of New Public Management and within the context of efforts to establish a European Research Area. Specifically, it compares the procedures of research assessment in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany in an attempt to distil basic design…

Types of research currently being used in negotiating salaries and fringe benefits for faculty are discussed. As collective bargaining becomes more widespread among public colleges and universities it is suggested that the institutional researcher will be called upon to provide research relevant to the arbitration process. Master contract…

This compendium of narrative and statistical information is an overview of the Oregon University System (OUS) and is produced every two years. The introduction includes a mission and vision statement, a listing of OUS campuses and centers, a history of the institutions, OUS degree partnership programs, and distance education degree programs, OUS…

Demographic data, opinions, and projections reported by freshmen entering the University of South Carolina (USC) during fall 1978 are reported. A questionnaire developed by the American Council on Education was administered to 80 percent of the entering class as part of a continuing national study. The data are divided into the categories of…

This document presents the Fiscal Year (FY) 1990 report of Kansas' Pittsburg State University's (PSU) development program. The report addresses the annual fund, the campaign for distinction, the PSU foundation, and development plans for FY 1991. It includes an overview of FY 1990 activities and an executive summary. Among the findings presented…

This fact book is a summary of current data about Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) and represents a compilation of historical data for a 5- to 10-year period as well as comparative data, both national and statewide. It is composed of seven sections that include information about enrollment, student characteristics, academic…

This publication focuses on issues which will be important to the University of Nevada System (UNS) in the 1990s, including the need to provide the necessary resources to maintain educational access and high quality during a period of tremendous growth. Campus academic and budget priorities as well as capital construction needs are identified for…

Commuting students make up sixty-two percent of the fall 1975 student body and represent the principal source of enrollment growth at UNC-G. The Office of Institutional Research conducted a survey of 2,140 commuter and resident students in the spring of 1975. A stratified random sample was designed so that students in the different undergraduate…

The commuting university student has traditionally been characterized in educational literature as less affluent, intellectually less sophisticated and more closely tied to home and family than his peer who lives in university housing. Such generalizations, while historically accurate, do not take into account factors that are bringing older,…

Drawing on four examples of institutional research undertaken at San Joaquin Delta College (SJDC), this paper offers six principles to help researchers make their work more relevant and to enable decision makers to utilize research more effectively. The research examples provide brief descriptions of the need for, methodology of, and findings of…

This report analyzes 4,664 grade reports received from the California State College-University System for students who had transferred from Pasadena City College. The analysis covers all reports that were available as of June 20, 1973, for the period fall 1966 through winter quarter 1973. The grade reports data are tabulated. The tables provide…

In this report, an analysis is made of the academic achievement of 755 new transfers from Pasadena City College at the University of California. The time period covered was from fall 1966 to spring 1972. Three tables comprise the major portion of the report. Table I details the cumulative GPA's earned by all new Pasadena City College transfers at…

This report presents a fiscal analysis of Howard University (District of Columbia) including: (1) general education revenues; (2) education and general expenditures; and (3) faculty salaries. The study compared Howard University to four different groups of higher education institutions: similar private institutions with hospitals; public…