This document analyzes legislation in 23 states enabling collective bargaining in higher education. Highlights indicate: (1) Twenty of the 23 laws were either passed or amended within the last 3 years. (2) Only five laws made special effort to identify college faculty explicitly as being covered and needing some special concern. (3) Only three…

The Task Force on School Health and Teacher Education presents a a report on the accomplishments of the objectives for which it was formed: (1) to develop a position statement on School Health and Teacher Education; (2) to identify states that incorporate health/health education as a requirement in their programs for the preparation of teachers;…

This publication contains rank-ordered educational statistics for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The first part provides information about states' populations, which can serve as indicators of the relative demand for public education services. The second part features data on student participation in public elementary and secondary…

The U.S. Department of Education has collected data on full-time instructional faculty at institutions of higher education since 1968. This report presents the results of analyses of data on salaries of full-time instructional faculty on 9- and 10-month contracts at postsecondary education institutions. The data were collected through the…

Major findings and recommendations for postsecondary education in Indiana are presented. Topics discussed include enrollments, postsecondary participation rates, College Board admission test results, educational attainments of the Indiana adult population, characteristics and plans of Indiana high school seniors, characteristics and plans of…

This document is the Tennessee Board of Regents' (TBR's) second annual report card, which details the accomplishments of the state's public higher education institutions in four areas: student learning, academic programs, faculty productivity, and financial accountability. An overall status report is provided for the entire state system, followed…

This document reports on Maryland's progress as of 1995 toward the eight National Education Goals. The document lists the National Education Goals; describes state progress made toward each goal; describes programs that address each goal; and presents statistics on enrollment, public school funding, teacher salaries, attendance, special programs,…

The New Jersey annual report on higher education outlines achievements and problems within the system. Five sections focus on the following topics: (1) introduction; (2) system status report (size of the system, budget and finance, funding policies and formulas, faculty, state college autonomy, and overall academic health); (3) the foundations of…

The New Jersey annual report on higher education in the state highlights accomplishments during 1985-1986. Five sections look at the following topics: (1) introduction; (2) the foundations of excellence (funding to reward excellence and excellence throughout the institution); (3) equity/access (minority enrollment initiatives, basic skills,…