Information on degree and certificate programs and the rate of student completions for fiscal year 1984-1985 at North Dakota postsecondary institutions is presented. Information is categorized by program level and by type of institution. For the two- and four-year institutions, the chief administrator is identified. Data are provided on tuition…

The Advisory Panel on Financing Elementary and Secondary Education appointed by President Reagan in 1982 developed recommendations regarding both the Federal role in education and the practical means for carrying out that role. To encourage accountability and educational quality, the panel urged giving locally selected authorities primary…

The financial health of private higher education in Indiana during 1968-1973 was assessed as part of a larger comprehensive study. In the report, attention is directed to enrollment trends, current fund revenues and expenditures, instructional expenditures, libraries, college administration, operations and maintenance, and balance sheets. Between…

The public controversy surrounding recent government proposals for supporting private schools through tuition tax credits has prompted an interest in studying the impact of private schooling on racial segregation in education. This report examines the degree of black-white segregation in the Catholic schools in the Chicago and Cleveland…

The 1983-1984 summary data of basic student charges for nearly 3,300 public and private two-year and four-year colleges and universities in the United States are presented. The national survey of U.S. colleges and universities obtained information on typical or modal tuition and fees charges required of full-time undergraduate and graduate…

A review of the South Carolina master plan for higher education is presented. The following issues are addressed: coordination and governance, roles and missions of state colleges and universities, enrollment projections, program review, prerequisites for freshman admission, quality incentives, desegregation of state institutions, finances, and…

Contents include discussions of: the commission's objectives and findings, the immediate problem at the City University of New York, governance, long-range structure for the public sector, the private sector, access and opportunity (including the state tuition assistance program), the board of regents, cost implications of the commission's…

Presentations and critiques include these topics: determinants of college decisions; supply and demand in postsecondary education; shortcomings of models and data bases; effects of price and nonprice characteristics; and some methodoligical considerations. Discussion questions include: Is there a middle-income squeeze?; How can nonapplicants be…

In response to a requirement in Senate Bill 1751, which became a California statute on September 12, 1976, this report reviews the costs and benefits of California's membership in the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE), as well as the desirability of further participation in WICHE-sponsored programs. The data were derived…

Summary budget data are presented for Colorado's Community College Division and the state's two-year colleges. After an introductory section, the goals and objectives of the community college section are outlined in terms of student access, quality of instruction, response to community needs, and accountability; and emerging issues, such as…

A chronology of the tuition tax credit legislation and a series of amendments to existing federal student aid programs during the second session of the 95th Congress is presented. In each chamber of Congress legislative activity proceded along four routes: (1) authorizing legislation from the education committees (amendments to existing student…

Contents include statistical data in tabular form, with some narration, on: a two-year comparison of median undergraduate charges; a regional comparison of median undergraduate tuition and fees for 1978-79; a two-year comparison of median tuition and fees for graduate and first professional students; the median of the difference of tuition and…

Student grant assistance in New York is examined from the perspectives of its evolution and growth and the state's response to the federal Basic Grants program. It is claimed that the Scholar Incentive and Regents awards represented a large share of the expenditures that all states devoted to need-based student aid. The federal government used the…

A report by the Board of Regents on student financial aid programs in New York State is presented. During 1979-80, the estimated average Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) awards increased in all undergraduate sectors and helped to offset tuition increases in both the independent and public sectors. Guaranteed student loans continued to increase in…

THIS PAPER DEVELOPS AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (IHE) FROM WHICH IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO EXTRACT A THEORY OF ENROLLMENT SUPPLY. SUCH A THEORY MUST DIFFER RADICALLY FROM THE THEORY OF THE BUSINESS FIRM BECAUSE OF TWO KEY ASSUMPTIONS WHICH CANNOT BE MADE ABOUT THE IHE--PROFIT MAXIMIZATION AND A PRODUCTION FUNCTION WHICH…