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Norris, Donald M.; St. John, Edward P. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1981
In the 1960s and early 1970s, statewide planning efforts usually resulted in plans for centralized hardware networks. The focus of statewide planning has shifted to the issue of improved computer financing, information sharing, and enhanced utilization in instruction, administration. A "facilitating network" concept and Missouri efforts…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Instruction, Computers, Higher Education
Direct linkSt. John, Edward P. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1995
An action-inquiry strategy that colleges, universities, and state agencies can use to design and test new approaches to tuition and student aid is proposed. Several institutional aid policy case studies are examined from two perspectives: as a process of rethinking the theories underlying current policy, and from the viewpoint of communication…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Planning
Peer reviewedSt. John, Edward P. – Journal of Higher Education, 1991
State case studies of resource management for higher education are examined to develop a framework for use at all levels in analyzing current state finance policy. A resource management approach that can be used in several ways in the review and planning process is outlined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Educational Finance, Higher Education
Download full textSt. John, Edward P.; Chung, Choong-Geun; Musoba, Glenda D.; Simmons, Ada B.; Wooden, Ontario S.; Mendez, Jesse P. – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2004
Although substantial attention has been given to federal strategies for improving college access, too little attention has been given to the impact of state finance strategies on academic preparation and access for prepared students. This report provides the following: (1) a review of prior access studies; (2) a new conceptual model for assessing…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Grants, Graduation Rate, Federal Government
Peer reviewedSt. John, Edward P. – Research in Higher Education, 1999
A study piloted a new approach to assessing the effects of changes in funding for state grant programs on college assistance. Analysis of Washington's state grant program indicates that an increase in state funds for need-based grants in 1993-1994 resulted in improved within-year persistence in public four-year universities. It is concluded that…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Grants, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
St. John, Edward P. – 1979
The status of instruction/research employees in Missouri state-supported higher education institutions during 1978-79 was examined by HEGIS discipline divisions. The employees' status was examined with respect to numbers of full-time and part-time employees, percentage part-time, and percentage with tenure. The implications of this information for…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Departments
St. John, Edward P. – 1979
Presented are data on student financial aid in Missouri collected as part of an annual state survey of higher education. In this first annual report the data are limited due to reporting limitations and inconsistencies, and the report is called preliminary. An introductory section discusses these limitations. In subsequent sections, supplemented…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Students, Community Colleges, Federal Aid
