Assessed are the consequences of direct aid to students in private higher education. Three levels of evidence are proposed to show that student aid is in fact aiding the private sector: (1) time series, national and selected state enrollment data disaggregated by sector, juxtaposed with time series national and state student aid data; (2)…

An evaluation of the faculty workload in Pennsylvania's state-owned higher education institutions is presented. Tabular and text data show: faculty workload in terms of full-time equivalent (FTE) student/faculty instruction ratio, student credit hours, student-contact hours, and credit-hour cost; relationship of average full credit-hour cost per…

Administrators' perspectives on faculty bargaining are assessed, using data from a survey of administrators in the California State University and Colleges. The following are reported: (1) administrators' attitudes toward, and perceptions of, a variety of current conditions in their organizations; (2) their expectations as to the impact of…

The objective of this study was to identify characteristics of researchers and small, undergraduate colleges supportive of curriculum research. A questionnaire, designed to determine professional characteristics of the respondents, and environmental, and organizational factors supportive of curriculum research was mailed to the total faculty of…

The 1975-76 contract between Saginaw Valley State College and Saginaw Valley State College Faculty Association presents agreements including: (1) consultation; (2) faculty rights; (3) academic conditions; (4) committees; (5) personnel files; (6) faculty; (7) department organization and duties; (8) grievance procedures; (9) management rights; (10)…

This survey and analysis attempt to report on plans, programs, policies, and practices to meet the exigency situation, i.e., a decline in financial support and/or enrollments that require the release of professional staff -- tenured and non-tenured. The survey was made among institutions who were members of the American Association of State…

The policy recommendations contained in this report are intended to provide financial guidelines that can be clearly understood by all concerned parties and allow for decision making at the local level within those guidelines. The recommendations provide institutions with a clear understanding of the state's relationship to financial…

This document discusses the use of a formula approach to the preparation and recommendation of state government appropriations in support of public higher education activities. Emphasis is placed on general objectives, expenditures by programs, income, primary programs, support programs, and student financial assistance. (MJM)

Guidelines for establishing community colleges in Arkansas are provided. The sections of the manual are as follows: What Is a Community College? What Are Its Advantages for the Student? Community Colleges and Other Institutions of Higher Education; The Finance and Control of a Community College; Steps in the Establishment of a Community College in…

The tables in this document are formatted to provide geographic origin information on numbers of graduate and undergraduate students both full- and part-time. Tables for each college are provided that show the numbers of students at the college from each New York State county, other state, or foreign country. In another part of the report, this…

This study examined faculty research in California presently under way; analyzed the research in terms of the stipulation in the Donahoe Act regarding functions of segments of California higher education; made proposals for implementing recommendations resulting from the study. Material for the study was drawn from documents made available by…

This new plan is the result of an examination of previous efforts by the State of Maryland to achieve a more representative racial balance in Maryland's public institutions of higher education. It is intended to: (1) eliminate vestiges of former racial dualism in Maryland's public higher education institutions; (2) increase minority and other-race…

The results of a national survey of salaries at public community colleges in 39 states and Puerto Rico are presented. The survey data were collected for the 1972-73 year in seven states and for 1973-74 in the rest of the states. The report is divided into six sections that correspond to the six questions on the questionnaire, which were as…

Five program areas among Wyoming higher education institutions were studied. The programs analyzed were: Agriculture, Apprenticeship Training, Computer Science, Law Enforcement, and Secretarial Science. The purpose of the study was to compare the five programs among the community colleges and the University of Wyoming. The report is divided into…

Each year the Cooperative Institutional Research program of the American Council of Education publishes national normative data on characteristics of first-time, fulltime freshmen college students. This report compares the national 4-year college norms with the norms of Fort Hays Kansas State College and analyzes these norms statistically to…