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Illinois Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Springfield. – 1978
A comprehensive study was undertaken of the effectiveness of an external degree program implemented in Illinois to meet the needs of adult students studying for the bachelor's degree. The rationale, history, structure, administration, and governance of the statewide program offered through five universities are described. The majority of students…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Assessment, Experiential Learning
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. – 1979
In April 1979, the Board of Governors took a number of actions related to community college financing. They adopted principles of accountability which offered guidelines for: a planning and evaluation process; measurable statewide educational objectives; annually updated district plans to describe all program changes, district objectives, budgets,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Average Daily Attendance, Board of Education Policy, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets)
Meier, Terre; Bundy, Larry – 1977
The Management Information System (MIS) of the Washington State system of community colleges was designed to be responsive to legislative and district requests for information and to enhance the State Board's capabilities to manage the community college system and integrate its budgeting and planning processes. The MIS consists of seven…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Courses
Linney, Thomas J., Jr. – 1976
The basic authorities and procedures of budgeting for higher education in California and several major issues raised during the course of budget hearings held in 1976 and their respective resolution are discussed. The issues were raised for the most part in appropriations under consideration for the University of California, although most of them…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Faculty, College Students, Educational Opportunities
Stafford, Richard; Lustberg, Larry – 1979
Higher education in Massachusetts is considered in relation to governance and student financial aid. Growth since 1960, enrollment projections, and changing financial realities are considered. Attention is directed to reorganization of public higher education, including the struggle to strike a reasonable balance between institutional needs for…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Access to Education, Accountability, Change
Download full textFeasley, Charles E. – 1980
The major distinctions between evaluation and research are examined, the chief differences being the intent and type of criteria against which judgments are made. Conceptualization of the evaluation process in higher education is discussed on two levels. A collection of nine similes for understanding evaluation is examined in terms of major…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Policy, Budgeting, Case Studies
Arizona State Board of Directors for Junior Colleges, Phoenix. – 1979
This document presents the results of a project to improve and clarify the Cooperative Education curricula offered by the community colleges of Arizona. The first section overviews cooperative education by discussing and/or defining concepts related or inherent to cooperative education: relevancy, skills application and skills development,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
Jonsen, Richard W. – 1980
State policies developed since 1960 that affect independent higher education are reviewed in light of new social, demographic, political, and economic conditions. It is proposed that policy formation should be guided by two factors: the general state objectives for postsecondary education, and the role intended for independent institutions in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Financial Support, Government Role, Government School Relationship
Young, Malcolm B.; And Others – 1980
A study assessed the operation of the Adult Education Act State Grant Program to provide an analytic description of the state-administered program with emphasis on program participants, and to identify a set of impact measures that can be studied in a longitudinal design. A core study was conducted based on data from site visits, and seven survey…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Data Collection
Adolphus, Stephen H. – 1980
This paper was written in response to questions about the future of New York State's higher education opportunity programs, and to raise related issues that might be addressed in the 1980 New York Statewide Plan for Postsecondary Education. The introduction to the paper discusses the history of the democratization of higher education, the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Board of Education Policy, College Attendance, College Entrance Examinations
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
One- to four-page summaries are presented of fifty-seven of the 1978 annual reports of the State Advisory Councils of Vocational Education. Most of the reports, which are arranged alphabetically by state, address the effectiveness of vocational education programs, services, and activities in meeting the objectives as set forth in the state plan…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Vocational Education, Advisory Committees, Annual Reports
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. Dept. of Postsecondary Education. – 1980
The impact of changing conditions in higher education on state higher or postsecondary education agencies, and the issues facing such boards were examined in a project that also reviewed systems of coordination, governance, and structure. Existing structures were analyzed, especially their strengths and weaknesses in addressing stresses and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Agency Role
California State Univ. and Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1979
A discussion of current academic issues relevant to general education programs in the State of California is presented in this final report from the Task Force on Education. The history of the Task Force and its mission are included in the introductory statement. A series of brief comments and related recommendations for general education in the…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Certification, Core Curriculum, Curriculum
Texas Coll. and Univ. System, Austin. Coordinating Board. – 1977
In 1975 the coordinating board undertook a study of upper-level institutions, upper-level centers, and extension program study centers at public institutions. The final report explains these elements of the three kinds of institution: background, organization, enrollment and academic programs, special programs, facilities, comparable educational…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Enrollment
Gross, Francis M. – 1973
The purposes of the study were to (1) identify formulas currently used for justifying budget requests or allocating funds for operating expenses of state-supported colleges and universities; (2) provide a comparative analysis of each formula with respect to the functional budget areas recognized, the base and formula factors used, methods of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Computation, Doctoral Dissertations
