This report examines the use of the name "University of Maryland System" (UMS) to characterize the state's university system and its 13 institutions. It is noted that the UMS name is somewhat misleading, in that it suggests that the system comprises only the seven institutions with "University of Maryland" in their name. The…

Paper presented at annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Dallas, April 1968.

In Fall 1967, Educational Testing Service joined with Morton Rauh, Vice President for Finance at Antioch College, to carry out a large scale survey of members of college and university governing boards. A questionnaire was mailed to trustees of over 500 institutions. From the responses of more than 5,000 board members, extensive data concerning…

The Task Force on Student Representation of the University of Minnesota recommended that 75 student representatives be added as voting members of the University Senate, and that the 62 student senators from the Twin Cities campus also serve as voting members of the Twin Cities Assembly. The memorandum sets forth reasons why these constitutional…

The author feels that it is necessary to reconsider the makeup of "communities" that form community college districts and to reorganize the boards of trustees that govern the colleges. The boards should more truly represent the people whom the colleges serve, in fact including the students, faculty, and administrators of the colleges. Communities…

The opinion of the author as a college trustee who has been involved in collective bargaining is presented in this speech on the problems of collective bargaining. (SGM)

Following introductory material, four monographs on collective bargaining are presented. The first, the strategy and tactics of collective bargaining, offers valuable suggestions as to how negotiations should be conducted and concludes on a positive note arguing that no clear dichotomy exists between faculty and administrator power. The second…

The governing boards discussed in this paper are those that have full and sole authority to govern each and all the institutions under its jurisdiction. They generally consist of a group of laymen appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. There are 14 states in which such a board is statewide, in the sense that it governs all state…

This document presents the results of a survey of member presidents and trustees of the Association of Governing Boards (AGB). The questionnaire employed several strategies for determining member needs and interests, and their perception of the role that the AGB should play in serving those needs and interests. First, a number of frequent concerns…

This article presents a review of the history of the Albuquerque Indian School and the gradual changes within the Indian communities served by the AIS, federal legislation, and the desire of the All Indian Pueblo Council to demand quality education for their children through assuming control of their school. (RTS)

Boards can reconcile necessary deviations from openness by recognizing the need to balance three public interest values: the public's right to know, the individual's right to privacy, and the institution's obligation to operate effectively. This was the conclusion of an AGB symposium reviewing Harlan Cleveland's book, "The Costs and Benefits…