This bulletin contains the report of a survey of education in the State of Washington, made under the direction of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Education at the request of the Commission of Educational Survey created by the legislature of the State. The survey includes the State institutions of higher education, the University of Washington…

Determined the number of women and minorities in the student personnel profession in eight states. Survey results showed that responding institutions were relatively well represented by both women and minority student affairs staff. Results indicated low representation of minorities and women in advanced programs. (RC)

Public sector board members and administrators legally prepared and willing to follow through when a dismissal of a tenured faculty member is warranted can perform a valuable service by helping to raise the quality of public higher education. (MLW)

Three forms of coordination (a coordinating council for institutions having separate boards, a board of regents for institutions retaining separate boards, and a single board for a system of universities) in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Indiana are examined to determine the impact of coordination on institutional autonomy. (MLW)

Discusses the characteristics that make land-grant universities best suited for training vocational agricultural teachers. Emphasizes the resources available at land-grant universities, the advantages of the one-institution training concept, and the ineffectiveness of non-land-grant universities in reducing the vocational agriculture teacher…

Faced with declining state support, New England's public higher education institutions are stepping up private fund raising. In comparison to U.S. leaders in voluntary support, New England's public institutions have not fared well, for a number of reasons. Fund-raisers must persuade donors that their contributions will not result in reduction of…

Argues that Brown v. Board of Education outlawing segregation in public schools has had a negligible impact on longstanding practices of unequal funding of publicly operated state universities. Suggests that black colleges and universities in many states continue to receive significantly less funding than their predominantly-white sister…

Serving as a special master of a federal court, Paul R. Verkuil, the president of the College of William and Mary, developed a plan to integrate Louisiana's colleges. A governance structure, ending racial characteristics of historically Black colleges, and a quota for Black membership on the governing board are proposed. (MLW)

In at least 10 states, conservative groups are pushing for ballot initiatives to limit gay-rights laws or remove public funding from gay organizations. Legal experts feel colleges and universities would be affected, particularly in constraints placed on curriculum content, college policies and services, and use of institutional facilities for…

Although Georgia officials are moving to close college-admissions loopholes they say allow public colleges to admit many unqualified undergraduates, some black leaders fear enrollments at the state's three public, historically black colleges will suffer. The plan would funnel underprepared students into remedial classes at two-year colleges. (MSE)

A federal district judge ruled that state officials failed to demonstrate the need to close Mississippi Valley State University and merge Mississippi University for Women with Mississippi State University to meet desegregation requirements. He ordered Mississippi to provide additional funds to two other black colleges, and approved a state plan…

A federal judge has ordered Alabama's two public, historically black universities to enroll more whites as part of a statewide effort to reduce racial segregation in public colleges. Critics are offended by the judge's comments that the colleges' black heritage discourages white enrollment. The ruling also contained some more welcome results,…

A survey of National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) members found that, although many purported to be assessing undergraduate student outcomes, most had only recently begun and could not identify specific improvements resulting. However, most found the association's statement of principles on outcomes…

An analysis used 1987 national student aid data to examine the influence of prices on within-year persistence by graduate students. Results indicated that graduate students, especially in public institutions, are responsive to tuition charges in their persistence decisions. It is suggested that institutions carefully examine the potential impact…

Annual ratings that try to summarize the condition of public colleges are required in some states. The reports contain comparative data on individual institutions and are appealing to lawmakers and the public. Some see them as sources of useful policy-making information; others see them as simplistic answers to complex issues. (MSE)