The Academic Common Market is an interstate agreement among Southern states for sharing academic programs. Participating states are able to make arrangements for their residents who qualify for admission to enroll in specific programs in other states on an in-state tuition basis. The initial arrangements have been limited to unusual graduate…

In considering possible combinations of public and school library services, thought must be given to the varying roles of the two kinds of libraries, the location of facilities, the collection and circulation of materials, hours of services, qualifications of staff, system services, and community involvement. Some school-housed public libraries…

This study on the need for and location of new higher education facilities in California is the second in a series of statewide studies spanning two decades. The study assumes that current policies concerning student admissions, distribution of enrollments, and the form and structure of higher education will not change drastically in the near…

This study provides an overview of the current literature dealing with coordination and control of institutions of higher education. The 120 items that make up this annotated bibliography deal primarily with statewide planning for higher education, state systems of higher education, governing boards, state coordinating agencies, state coordination…

The first ten pages of this report give a brief overview of the Trainers of Teacher Trainers (TTT) Program and a description of the organization of the site visits. The remainder of the report summarizes the findings of the visits to 40 TTT projects by forty four-member teams. The four members of each team represent the four groups participating…

The next decade will require an entirely new kind of planning and coordination for statewide systems of higher education. In the past, quantitative growth and fiscal formulas have been stressed; in the future, planning will be forced to emphasize qualitative developments and flexible governance configurations. A Center study on state planning,…

The purposes of this study were to formulate recommendations for the general and specific direction and organization of public affairs programs and publications administered by the Oregon State System of Higher Education; and to develop guidelines for the general direction of public affairs in the Oregon institutions of higher education and…

Between 1969 and 1972, the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies will attempt to establish (1) an urban observatory program (a network of research-action programs) that will heighten the understanding of and deal with critical conditions in the Washington metropolitan area, and (2) an educational affairs program that will assist area…

This working paper discusses the establishment of Hampshire College with the sponsorship of the University of Massachusetts and Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges. The new college is designed to be an undergraduate institution of excellence that may become an innovative force in the field of higher education. Chapter 1 examines the changing…

Five teacher education institutions, one county school system, and the State Department of Education cooperated in the development of the Pilot Center for Student Teaching. Representatives from the institutions formed a steering committee with subcommittees selected to plan the student teaching program, a seminar for student teachers, an inservice…

The Academic Common Market is an interstate agreement among Southern states for sharing academic programs. Participating states include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Each state is able to make arrangements for its residents who qualify…

This document reports on a conference designed to investigate new directions in Asian studies in undergraduate education in the 1970's. Discussed were: the language and area studies implications for teaching asian Studies at the undergraduate level; future needs for materials in Asian studies; what an area studies program should be at an…

A planning committee of educators in Maine made three recommendations for extending educational opportunities below the baccalaureate level to more people: (1) the development of a comprehensive community college structure for the state; (2) the use of existing public and private facilities instead of constructing new buildings; and (3) the…

Change in Liberal Education is a project designed to plan, develop and implement a variety of programs in undergraduate liberal education as alternatives to prevailing disciplinary-based curricula. A secondary objective is to increase understanding of the process of change. Analysis of these problems points to three central issues: (a) the nature…

Various considerations for a global approach to higher education are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the certainty of further growth, new problems and deficiencies of existing systems, and the search for new structures. Although global or integrated planning of post-secondary education is stressed, it does not imply global control. Rather,…