The Higher Education Coordinating Commission's Biennial report to the 1975 Minnesota Legislature attempts to identify the major trends and issues confronting postsecondary education in the mid-1970's and to recommend some actions the state can take in addressing them. The commission in this report is proposing several recommendations to the 1975…

This collection of papers commemorates the 10-year anniversary of Ball State University's designation as a state university of Indiana. The papers discuss: higher education in national perspective, the dimensions and relationship of a statewide system of postsecondary education, and the individual characteristics and aspirations of an institution…

Regional planning has been proposed as a method for dealing with the various societal problems which cross local boundaries and which can be dealt with better in a wider geographic or regional context. The report of the California Postsecondary Education Commission is based on interviews, review of the existing literature, and visits to regional…

The report describes a Federally supported education and development program conducted during the 1973-74 fiscal year for members of the Michigan State Health Planning Advisory Council. The program sought to increase: (1) the council members' awareness of and insight into the comprehensive health planning process, (2) their knowledge of the health…

This report represents an attempt to bring to the forefront the issues related to independent higher education in Michigan. Goal 4 concerns the methods by which the private institutions can be properly assisted. Recommendations include: (1) It is sound fiscal policy for Michigan to find ways to maximize utilization of existing facilities, public…

State governments today are being confronted with new responsibilities that require innovative approaches to better serve the people they represent. This study of relationships between state governments and the academic community in a 14-state region of the South provides clear descriptions of the needs of state governments and delineates the…

This issue contains annual reports for 41 states, the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces that focus on problems, activities, achievements, and other areas of interest to the postsecondary education community. Reports were not received in time for publication from Hawaii, Idaho, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode…

This report reviews the basic characteristics of an information system to be used in statewide planning, and derives the objectives of such a system for the State of North Carolina. The design and implementation calls for three stages: (1) an initial demonstration system to provide experiences in the use and implementation of the system, (2) an…

To ensure a more uniform accounting system and better communication with its schools, the State of California is introducing a planning-programing-budgeting system in all its public school districts. Schools must (1) identify specific goals for the management of the school system, and (2) subdivide functional areas into manageable units. The use…

The Dynamic Analysis and Strategic Planning (DASP) Program Division of the Center for Occupational Education at North Carolina State University is concerned with its need for information about the actual operation of planning systems and the development of a planning and information system for vocational education. To this end a three part…

Institutions were asked to send data on the total number of graduates from degree programs in Technical Education Centers who applied to their institutions, and the total number who were accepted. Results indicated that: (1) No applicant who completed an AAS degree program was denied admission to a public 4-year institution and that applicants who…

The Statewide Measures Inventory is essentially a list of items of information along with concise definitions and other information of interest, relevant to statewide postsecondary education planning and management. It has been designed primarily as a working document for use by state level postsecondary education planners and decisionmakers. The…

This study was designed to develop and establish a priority for goal statements that pertain to previously identified educational needs in Mississippi. A total of 1,297 opinionnaires were mailed to individuals classified into ten separate groups (school board members, superintendents, principals, teachers, students, parents, higher education…

This manual is concerned with the process by which courses within curricula are planned and a schedule of courses developed; the procedure by which students then choose or are assigned to courses; and, finally, the means by which confirmation of such assignments through fee payment is accomplished. This process is a fundamental operational aspect…

This manual recognizes there is a wide spectrum of budgeting practices in today's colleges and universities. In particular, universities in Ohio are at different stages in their utilization of program budgeting principles and also have different needs. Thus, this program budgeting manual was written to meet the specific needs of universities in…