It has become increasingly difficult to succeed in the U.S. workforce with only a high school diploma. While 75% of the middle-class workforce had only a high school education in the 1970s, that percentage dropped to below 40% by 2007. An estimated two-thirds of all jobs in 2020 will require some postsecondary training, up from just a quarter of…

Lynette Brown-Snow, vice president of marketing and government relations for the Community College of Philadelphia, is one of several community college leaders across the country who have taken up one of the challenges proffered by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in its 2012 report, "Reclaiming the American Dream:…

This document evaluates data and opinion concerning medical education presented to the Coordinating Board and proposes recommendations to the legislature for enlarging medical opportunities in the state during the next decade. The bulk of the report contains appended reports, proposals, statistics, and discussions. Source material includes…

To utilize automated technology for student aid processing, it is necessary to work with multi-institutional offices (student aid, admissions, registration, and business) and to develop automated interfaces with external processing systems at state and federal agencies and perhaps at need-analysis organizations and lenders. (MLW)

How well new state, institutional, and private loan programs help compensate for federal student aid cutbacks depends on how well they respond to a number of practical requirements, including availability, affordability, adequacy of loan servicing and collection procedures, avoidance of excessive repayment burden, and clarity for borrowers and…

This report concerns the development of "Human Corps" programs of volunteer student service at the University of California and California State University. It summarizes information on student participation derived from surveys implemented by both universities and makes recommendations regarding the development and implementation of…

An evaluation of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and its influence in its 20 years of existence reveals discrepancies in prestige. The study represents a compilation of data collected from 100 individuals directly involved in or affected by SREB's work. Through SREB identification of educational needs and suggestions on how they might…

This report summarizes recommendations by New Mexico's Commission on Higher Education for funding the state's two- and four-year colleges in fiscal year 1997-98. Following a preface reviewing the 3-year policy framework and priorities used by the Commission in making its funding recommendations, the first section provides a summary of the…

A federal district judge ruled that state officials failed to demonstrate the need to close Mississippi Valley State University and merge Mississippi University for Women with Mississippi State University to meet desegregation requirements. He ordered Mississippi to provide additional funds to two other black colleges, and approved a state plan…

State government is and is expected to remain the chief source of funding for higher education. At the same time, the state is confronted with serious policy issues relating to support of research, public services, and adult education, to falling enrollments in some public institutions, to the probable closure of some private liberal arts colleges…

Innovation programs in higher education are generally received with some skepticism and are often asked to justify their existence and the funding they are accorded. Since the programs are largely efforts to explore and demonstrate effective teaching and learning not present in traditional postsecondary education, the appropriateness of judging…

Examines a five-stage assessment model used at James Madison University (Virginia) to assess student learning and to guide policy. Includes identification of program objectives, selection or design of methods that measure those outcomes, analysis of assessment data, application of data for decision making, and use of data to bid for state funding.…

The Coordinating Board for Higher Education and the Missouri Department of Higher Education present this fiscal year 2006 Annual Report to inform individuals of the state's status and progress in higher education. Section 173.040, RSMo (see Appendix A) specifically details what information the CBHE should include in its annual report. The various…

This paper analyzes data from a 1998 survey of state academic officers that covered state policies related to distance education technology. Concerning general planning issues, the survey found most respondents rated "overall coordination and planning" as highly important, and that 22 states have a formal technology plan in place (Web…