This case study, part of the State Structures for the Governance of Higher Education study, focuses on governance and related issues in California's higher education system. The study's overall purpose was to examine differences among ustates in their governance structures, and to determine if differences in performance were related to governing…

This document contains reports and recommendations from the twelve permanent committees of the Shared Governance System of the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) in California. The report is divided into three sections, reflecting the system's tripartite division into collegial, advisory, and budget/planning areas. In each of the document's…

The United States Office of Education through its Division of Higher Education has been conducting a series of studies on the general subject of the relation of the State to higher education. Four studies have already been published in bulletin form under the following titles: (1) The State and Higher Education, Phases of Their Relationship; (2)…

This report reviews a proposal by the State Center Community College District to establish a State-approved education center in the city of Fresno. The center would be named the Willow-International Community College Center, and it would replace an existing Clovis operational outreach center that is considered by the district to be insufficient…

Ten questions for college and university trustees to ask when considering policy concerning campus information technology are presented. They address short- and long-term planning for academic and administrative computing, continuity of funding, integration of existing information resources, faculty computer literacy, campus wiring, access to…

Each year, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (CCC) develops and adopts a Basic Agenda that sets forth current priorities for the 107-college system. Guided by emerging trends and issues, this Basic Agenda constitutes the Board of Governor's long-range planning document for the 1990's. The report's preface and introduction…

A questionnaire which school districts in California were asked to fill out in an effort to determine the scope of responsibility and authority they feel is delegated to the district superintendent by the governing board is presented. The form asks them to check whether the superintendent has (1) complete authority; (2) authority, but must inform;…

Designed to provide information about the current status and future direction of Maryland's community college system, this report offers a summary and overview of all aspects of community college functions in the state. Section I provides a general overview of higher education in Maryland, presenting a higher education organizational chart, a…

Designed to provide information about the current status and future direction of Maryland's community college system, this report offers a summary and overview of all aspects of community college functions in the state. Section I provides a general overview of higher education in Maryland, presenting the structure of higher education in the state,…

The underrepresentation of Mexican Americans in Texas higher education is a major challenge facing the state's leaders. In Texas the growing Mexican American population will constitute the majority of the labor force in 20 to 30 years. The only way to insure a healthy and productive economy for Texas in the future is to invest now in the education…

South Carolina's State plan for achieving equity and equal opportunity in public colleges and universities, beginning July 1, 1986, is presented. The purposes of the plan are to provide policies, goals, and strategies for continuing efforts to eliminate racial discrimination in the State's public higher education system, and to provide estimates…

The collective bargaining agreement between Indian River Community College District Board of Trustees and the Indian River Community College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period August 1, 1986-July 1, 1987 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: recognition of AAUP, strikes and…

Overviews of several significant areas of community-based education including specific practices and procedures of community college educators are contained in this sourcebook. Articles cover the development of community-based education from its inception, clearly defining the community-based community college; specific suggestions for sound…

The sixth edition of the "State Postsecondary Education Profiles Handbook" presents information about postsecondary education in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Part I offers a narrative description of the state-level coordinating or governing agency, institutional governing boards, current master planning activities, the 1202…

A regent's view of both the dramatic events and daily operations of the University of New Mexico (UNM) from 1960 to 1981 is presented. Following a background chapter that discusses the basic theme of the book and President Popejoy's term of office at UNM, Part Two, "Student Strike," examines: President Heady's immediate trials as…