A cost benefit analysis of the Community College of Vermont revealed that (1) the proportions of State support of the total budgets for Vermont's institutions of higher education are 22.7% at UVM, 37.2% at the VSC, and 12.7% for the Community College; (2) tuition is budgeted for FY73 to generate 27% of total cost at UVM, 29.6% at the VSC, and…

Data collected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as part of a commentary on the important role of the states in the support and development of higher education is presented. Topics are: (1) state funds for innovation, 1960-1975; (2) methods of assisting private institutions; (3) actual and potential controls over private…

By provision of law, the Ohio Board of Regents must review the appropriation requests of the public community colleges and the state colleges and universities and then submit recommendations regarding the biennial higher education appropriation for the state. To do this, the Board of Regents developed a Model Program Expenditure Budget. This…

In the California State University and College system, numerous campus-based and systemwide efforts have evolved to provide special recognition to faculty members exhibiting high-level teaching ability and demonstrating distinction as teachers. Existing award programs designed to give recognition for outstanding performances in this area are…

Results of a national survey of colleges of optometry concerning the form, scope, and methods of their short-term, long-term, and strategic planning activities are presented and discussed. (MSE)

Average faculty salaries are given by academic rank within these categories: doctoral institutions, comprehensive institutions, baccalaureate institutions, specialized institutions, two-year institutions with academic ranks, two-year institutions without ranks, and all categories combined, and for public, private, and church-related institutions.…

Faculty in some disciplines are hired at and continue to earn larger salaries than those in other fields, with salaries becoming compressed in the junior ranks. The high-earning disciplines vary by institution type. (MSE)

California state commission recommendations cover a wide range of issues, including freshmen and sophomore enrollment at universities, minority student and faculty recruitment, and the tenure review process. The plans would update the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education. (LB)

Factors affecting the future of faculty collective bargaining are reviewed, including economic and political developments, the rest of the union movement, shifts in public policy concerning the private sector of higher education, and the subjects and effects of bargaining: comparable worth, reshaping the workforce, concession bargaining, and…

Fall college enrollments are tabulated by sector (public and private), institution type (doctoral, comprehensive, general baccalaureate, and two-year), level of study (freshman, undergraduate, graduate, and first professional), state, sex, and part-time and full-time student status. (MSE)

The distribution of age, sex, race, primary occupation, retirement status, educational background, and other characteristics of governing board members for private and public colleges and universities are tabulated. (MSE)

Discusses components of the University of North Carolina's consent decree, and holds that the "remedies" proposed therein actually will prevent the achievement of equal educational opportunity in North Carolina. (GC)

This document supports the Cost Allocation Plan for state costs incurred on behalf of, and in benefit to, the public higher education institutions of Ohio. Tables report a summary of recalled/refunded debt and initial adjustment of Fiscal Year 2005 interest payments for refunded debt. Attached schedules calculate the allocable interest for each…

This report presents staff recommendations of the Illinois Board of Higher Education concerning budget recommendations for higher education operations and grants for fiscal year 1999. General funds recommendations total $2,207.1 million, an increase of 6.1 percent over 1998 appropriations. Recommendations are also included for locally-held…

This report presents tables of grades in selected first-year courses by entry-level placement test (ELT) status in Florida community colleges. The cohort used in this analysis consisted of the fall 1993 students with ELT scores as reported in the 1993-94 Student Data Base (SDB). Students who took an ELT were divided into those who passed and those…