This playbook provides ways in which Higher Education Agencies (sometimes referred as the State Higher Education Executive Officers) and teams can blur the lines between high school, postsecondary education, and the workforce. Higher Education Agencies (HEAs) play a significant role to Raise the Bar for student success by developing an…

Superintendents and other school administrators live with tensions in political economy. The voting public believes school funding is fixed when the economy expands and new state programs are introduced. Administrators are publicly criticized when, strained for resources, their schools cannot perform within the "do more with less" paradigm. This…

Multilevel programs--that is, programs with multiple levels of administration, funding, and implementation--present dynamic and challenging environments for the conduct and use of evaluation. The challenges include questions, priorities, audiences, and purposes that vary at each level. This chapter discusses the challenges as well as the…

THE SEMINAR ADVANCED THE THESIS THAT STATE-CONTROLLED JUNIOR COLLEGES CAN BE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN IDEAL OF EDUCATING EVERY CITIZEN TO HIS HIGHEST POTENTIAL. A STATE SYSTEM OF CONTROL CAN BEST COORDINATE JUNIOR COLLEGE ACTIVITIES AND CURRICULUM, THUS (1) AVOIDING DUPLICATION OF COURSES OFFERED BY DIFFERENT…

As part of the educational planning process, the Oregon State Board of Higher Education requested this review of alternative models for the Oregon University System (OUS). Staff of the Board of Higher Education synthesized existing literature on the variety of U.S. higher education governance structures, including newer models such as the public…

This bimonthly newsletter provides information about the progress of the Honor States Grant Program, a governor-led effort to improve college--and work-ready graduation rates. This issue explores how effective education governance can support innovative state policy development, successful policy implementation, and a redesigned high school…

EXISTING JUNIOR COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN UTAH WERE SURVEYED TO ASSESS PRESENT AND FUTURE CURRICULAR NEEDS AND TO RECOMMEND GUIDELINES FOR A CURRICULAR PROGRAM FOR THE EXISTING AND PROJECTED JUNIOR COLLEGES IN UTAH. METHODS EMPLOYED IN GAINING BACKGROUND AND IN COLLECTING DATA WERE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, INTERVIEWS, CAMPUS VISITS, AND STUDY OF…

THE VIRGINIA STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, CONTROL, ADMINISTRATION, AND SUPERVISION OF ALL COMMUNITY COLLEGES ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE. THE ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FOR STATEWIDE FISCAL CONTROL, COORDINATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, LEADERSHIP IN STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES, STAFF AND…

A survey of the academic program review and approval activity of state-wide postsecondary coordinating and governing boards was concluded in 2006. This study is the latest in a series of survey/studies of state level program review and approval begun roughly thirty years ago by this author and colleagues. The boards selected for this survey were…

IN 1965-66, AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AGENCY STUDIED THE EXISTING STRUCTURE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN WASHINGTON AND CONCLUDED THAT (1) DEMAND FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION WILL INCREASE, ESPECIALLY IN NONTRANSFER PROGRAMS, (2) THE STATE SHOULD CONTINUE AND STRENGTHEN ITS OPEN DOOR POLICY, (3) A SYSTEM OF INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS IS…

This report presents results of a study of the administrative and governance structure of the California Maritime Academy and the Academy's relation to the California State University as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the State University's Trustees assuming more responsibility for the governance of the Academy. These responsibilities…

REPRESENTED IN THIS COLLECTION OF UPDATED ARTICLES ORIGINALLY APPEARING IN THE "JUNIOR COLLEGE JOURNAL" DURING 1963-65 ARE 20 CASE STUDIES OF STATES AS THEY HAVE APPROACHED THE QUESTION OF JUNIOR COLLEGE EDUCATION. WHILE THESE STATES SHARE A COMMON GOAL (THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STATEWIDE SYSTEMS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES) THEIR STORIES VARY IN…

The Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) coordinates and provides computer services to students, teachers, and educational administrators throughout the state. MECC was organized in 1973 by the state's 4 public educational systems: the state university system (7 campuses), the community college system (18 campuses), the University of…

As a result of a mandate by the 1990 Legislature, an independent study was made of Florida's system of vocational education and employment and training. Staff of the legislature and the governor's office worked on requests for proposals, reviewed responses, and monitored the study, which ran from November 1990 until February 1991. The study's…

This case study, part of the State Structures for the Governance of Higher Education study, focuses on governance and related issues in Illinois' higher education system. The study's overall purpose was to examine differences among states in their governance structures, and to determine if differences in performance were related to governing…