In May 1974, the Undergraduate Education Reform Project of the Southern Regional Education Board sponsored a small workshop for representatives from each of the 14 SREB states. The purpose of the regional workshop was to provide an opportunity for the state representatives to identify and examine issues connected with student transfer and to share…

This document presents a report devised in 1962 for the planning of expansion of postsecondary education in Ontario through 1970. The major thrust of the report emphasizes the need for expansion with improved excellence of educational quality. Presented are enrollment projections; fields of study likely to be in demand; physical locations needing…

In 1960 the State of California established a Master Plan for the development, expansion and integration of the facilities, curriculum and standards of higher education, in junior colleges, State colleges, the University of California, and other institutions of higher education of the state, to meet the needs of the state during the 1960's and…

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools maintains an interest in the improvement of elementary schools, as evidenced by its Cooperative Program in Elementary Education. The primary Technique for improving elementary schools is the faculty study, which is the sum total of a particular school's activities in selecting a problem, enlisting…

Montana's three private colleges in a long and continuous tradition play a truly significant role in higher education of the state, just as private or independent colleges have done in the rest of the nation. It is imperative for the nation and the state to recognize and appreciate the kind of contribution that independent higher education…

Most of the recent expansion in public higher education can be attributed to demands for increasing the variety and number of educational programs, demands stemming from rapid population growth, and a clamor for innovation and alternatives in education. In meeting these demands, particularly in an environment of economic growth and an atmosphere…

The statewide plan for computing resources in Illinois higher education is presented in this document. Chapter 1 discusses the history of this plan encompassing the board of higher education involvement, State Government planning, legislative actions, plan development, and a prospectus. Chapter 2 presents the procedure used to produce this report.…

State aid to private higher education goes back to the beginning of higher education in this country. The forms of financial support for private higher education run the gamut from contracts for special services to general student aid available to students at both public and private institutions. By far the most important from the standpoint of…

Fiscal 1973 was a year of accelerating change for Texas colleges and universities. Highlights of the year's activities are noted in this document, including: (1) Student enrollments continued to climb, though at a less rapid pace than in the past decade. (2) Beginning operation during 1972-73 were two community colleges and five other new Texas…

What 4-H members need to know about their community and how they can be promoted into participation as citizens are problems investigated in this study. The objectives were to develop descriptions of needs and extent of youth involvement in varied community social structures and to ascertain the types of implementation that are best suited to…

State policy for higher education in Massachusetts as elsewhere renders certain courses of action attractive while placing obstacles to other courses of action by the legislature, government officials, coordinating and governing boards, and other agencies and persons engaged in or planning for higher education. Policy may take the form of…

For a number of years college and university administrators, government officials, and legislators, both state and federal, have striven to achieve better interinstitutional cooperation and coordination in higher education. This report treats the topic of cooperation and coordination by answering the following questions: (1) How can the state of…

This report is divided into two parts: headcount enrollment, and degrees granted at the institutions of higher education in New York. Each section contains a summary table for each type of institution followed by a table of statistics for each institution within that type. Summaries of statistics for all institutions of the State University of New…

This document presents a plan that will enable Virginia's institutions of higher education to make an effective, coordinated contribution to the development of policy and to the solution of problems in the field of science, technology, and state policy and specifically with respect to environmental quality in Virginia. Recommendations suggest (1)…

The state of Minnesota has established the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) to coordinate the state's educational computing activities. The Consortium is governed by a board of directors representing the State Department of Education, the State Junior Colleges, the State Colleges, the State University and the public and is…