Creating a campus master plan is the first step in the process of managing enrollment growth; however, the plan is not just a document about buildings and parking spaces and classrooms and square footage. The plan should be viewed as an investment in the future of the institution and a way to link the college's mission and vision statements to the…

In 1960, California developed a "master plan" for its already famed public higher education system. It was and continues to be arguably the single most influential effort to plan the future of a system of higher education in the annals of American higher education. Despite popular belief, however, the California Master Plan for Higher…

This report is a history of Iowa's post-secondary education, outlining various studies, legislation, and possible restructuring of provisions of the existing Iowa Code that might lead to a combination of 2-year junior college education and area vocational education into a single comprehensive institution. The final pattern, however, was the…

Phase I of the Master Plan for Higher Education in Maryland sets forth an assessment of the needs for and of higher education in the state, and develops a design for meeting these needs. The purposes of the Plan are to provide for the most effective and economical use of the state's educational resources, to make the commitment of the state to…

This Master Plan for the City Colleges of Chicago outlines their goals for the latter half of the 1970's. Thirty-two recommendations are made concerning six goal areas: community and people, programs, instruction, facilities, finance, and organization. Among the recommendations are the following: (1) by 1980 the city colleges should aim to serve…

This survey was conducted pursuant to implementation of the New Jersey State Master Plan for Environmental Education. The data obtained provide a base for characterizing the state of the art of environmental education in New Jersey school districts. A previous survey in 1969 identified 185 public school districts which were then involved in either…

This document presents the results of a survey of the relationships between statewide agencies and consortia of postsecondary education. The survey indicates a trend toward interrelating consortia and coordinating agencies; however different approaches are being taken. The states of Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia are among the most…

The paper discusses alternative forms of financing for postsecondary education. Most will agree that higher education is too costly to leave to the natural devices of the marketplace. The basic fiscal alternatives are: (1) to privatize the offerings of educational services and the decision to buy them; (2) to make the offering of educational…

The Master Plan for Higher Education for the state of California is examined in its relationship to the community colleges of that state. The sections of this monograph are as follows: Community College Characteristics; Enrollment Growth; Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges; Two-Year Institutions; Local Control; Coordinating…

Presented in this document is the text of presentations delivered by the principal speakers at the Colloquium on Higher Education in Connecticut. The colloquium was decided on as one means of accomplishing dual goals: (1) informing the public of the Commission's program for developing a Master Plan for higher education pursuant to the provisions…

There are already a great many bodies devoted wholly or partly to critical scrutiny of California higher education. But it is easy to prove that their combined effort provides only the most superficial evaluation, answering almost none of the basic questions that concern legislators, taxpayers, prospective students, parents and future employers.…

This State Plan for Environmental Education, proposed by the Texas Advisory Council on Environmental Education, is designed to promote a greater public awareness and understanding among Texas citizens of their relationships with and dependence upon the natural and man-made environments. Such an awareness should foster an ability to comprehend and…

The Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education in California had the desire to include all the state's colleges and universities in a cooperative project to define goals for higher education in California utilizing the newly developed Institutional Goals Inventory (IGI). The objectives of the undertaking were fourfold: (1) to gather…

This document presents findings and recommendations prepared by 8 resource groups for consideration by the Commission for Higher Education as it develops a master plan for higher education in the state of Connecticut. The resource groups are categorized under the areas of (1) goals, (2) enrollment, (3) facilities, (4) programs, (5) improvement of…