Although funding for the arts in New York State reached unprecedented levels during the 1980s, funding for organizations which have distinct ethnic bases and purposes has not kept pace with funding for Eurocentric arts expressions. Data were gathered from a public hearing in New York City attended by more than 100 artists, administrators, cultural…

Designed to assist Missouri citizens in understanding the role played by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education, this guide begins by noting that the board performs four major functions: (1) statewide planning; (2) policy analysis; (3) academic program approval and review; and (4) budget recommendations to the Governor and General…

This U.S. General Accounting Office report discusses the Medicaid management controls needed to assure that mentally retarded residents of nursing homes receive the services they need to help them function independently. Medicaid's involvement with the retarded in institutions and nursing homes includes financing active treatment services, such as…

This annual report discusses activities and accomplishments of the Wyoming Community College Commission for 1984. Introductory material presents a chart of organizational responsibilities for community college education in the state; lists the board members; and describes the role and responsibilities of board members and of the Commission. Next,…

One of a series of papers resulting from a Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) project to improve evaluation and planning in community colleges, this working paper presents a plan of purposes and activities to experimentally test a model of delineation of responsibilities among accrediting commissions, state agencies, and…

An assessment is presented of the structure of fitness promotion policy and the function of fitness promotion delivery systems in the United States. The focus is upon: (1) how fitness initiatives first arose; (2) how these initiatives were formalized into broad goals, directives, or mandates; (3) to whom and how these mandates were entrusted; (4)…

To date, Ohio has not developed a systematic program for ensuring equal educational opportunity. In this paper options available for state policy which would bring about such a program are considered. Information is presented about the legal premises behind desegregation. Legal alternatives to the courts, as well as legal decisions regarding…

The focus of this paper is on examination of the processes, elements, and attitudes required to meet educational policy needs in conditions of declining enrollment. Public education is going through a period of change that is derived from forces in the larger society, rather than from within the educational system. Educators must become involved…

The sixth in a series of nine publications on state budgeting for higher education, this report focuses on the dilemmas involved in the design of budget processes, along with a step-by-step analysis of budget progress through the maze of state agencies and processes. Separate chapters in this volume deal with: theoretical perspectives on processes…

The author recommends to Congress that central planning agencies restrict their efforts to determining the roles and missions of higher education and that each state decide which of its other agencies should concern itself with operational questions and comprehensive institutional planning. Five characteristics of effective long-range educational…

Notes on a 1980 seminar for members of statewide coordinating and governing boards are presented as part of an inservice education program. Speakers and participants spoke on such topics as the relations among universities and governments in a time of increasing accountability, institutional reactions under conditions of fiscal stress, and…

This eight-part outline delineates a master plan for the provision of educational services and assistance to adult refugees residing within California. Part I identifies the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (CCC) as the department with responsibility for the master plan. Part II outlines departmental goals and objectives,…

As one component of a larger effort to document state services to federally funded teacher centers, the National Teacher Center Resource Center collected background information on teacher center staffing at the state level during fiscal year 1980-81. This report, focusing primarily on the state teacher center coordinator, describes the…

In support of a legislative examination of the governance, role, and mission of Colorado's institutions of higher education, this paper presents the position of the Colorado State Board for Community Colleges on postsecondary coordination and governance. Of the several approaches toward statewide coordination or governance that have been attempted…

A plan is presented herein for development of a Rural Education Information System for the 10 states which comprise the Southeastern Regional Council for Educational Improvement. Since the Council considers its principal function to be support of educational policy analysis and formation in its member states, the information system design…