This booklet provides a brief historical outline of the development of community and junior colleges in the United States. After a discussion of the philosophical basis of community college education, the booklet considers the origins of the community college movement, tracing its history from the Morrill Act of 1862 which led to the creation of…

Data for 1981-1982 on revenues and expenses of the affiliated and federated colleges and universities of Ontario, Canada, are presented for each institution and on a consolidated basis. Statistical tables cover: total actual revenue and expense by type of general fund and excess of revenue over expense before and after appropriations; actual…

Information on the security operations of public four-year colleges and universities is examined, and the case of the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (UTC), which saved $66,000 a year from the security unit's operational budget, is noted. Of 561 questionnaires sent to public institutions regarding the general operation of security units,…

Results of the 1983-84 Faculty Salary Survey of Institutions belonging to the National Association of Universities and Land Grant Colleges are presented. The objective of the survey is to provide factual information to help higher education administrators with salary and budget decisions. Of 94 institutions with at least 5 different Ph.D. programs…

A historical overview is provided of the development of community and junior colleges in the United States. Following introductory comments on the influences affecting the character and growth of the two-year college, the origins of the community college are traced. Emphasis is placed on the Morrill Act of 1862, views of 19th and early 20th…

It was the purpose of the study to allow a limited number of students (200) at St. Cloud State College (now a university) in Minnesota an opportunity to design their own programs of study without regard to college curriculum regulations. The pilot program was limited to students working for a bachelor of arts degree (liberal arts). Two control…

The data in this volume were collected in accordance with the 1974 Maryland plan for the desegregation of public post secondary education institutions. Presented are employee related data for Maryland colleges, universities and state agencies, and data on members of boards associated with higher education. The statistics for institutions include…

A survey of the compensation of the presidents and chancellors of higher education institutions in Maryland was designed to cover Maryland public four-year institutions, and as a basis for comparison, to include the state's two-year institutions and 11 comparable four-year institutions in surrounding states. Data received are presented in summary…

The purpose of this project was to seek out systematically students' perceived needs, attitudes, and interests concerning an array of presently-available and possible new educational experience in order to guide individual faculty and their departments toward the use of instructional formats most likely to win student acceptance. A survey was…

In response to legislative mandate, this report assesses the impact of student charges on access to public postsecondary education and provides policy recommendations. Part I of the report summarizes the state's goals for postsecondary education, reviews past policies for achieving these goals, and outlines future options in a time of financial…

Presented is the directory of faculty contracts and bargaining agents in institutions of higher education, which as of December 31, 1980 consisted of 427 faculty unions who are certified as recognized bargaining agents, with more than 359 collective bargaining agreements in effect. Approximately 68 of these agents have either chosen not to…

Post-tenure faculty evaluation policies in all public four-year colleges and universities in Alabama were studied. A total of 420 tenured and nontenured full-time faculty and tenured and nontenured administrators were administered questionnaires. A total of 68.8 percent of administrator respondents revealed that they had written policies to…

A project was undertaken at two state universities to investigate the physical dimensions of college classroom environments and their effects on student attitudes and the determining factors of such attitudes. The attitudes of 789 undergraduate, introductory psychology students toward 11 college classrooms were surveyed through administration of…

Information about degrees and other formal awards conferred between July 1, 1976 and June 30, 1977 in New York state colleges and universities are presented. Tables provide the following information: degrees conferred in institutional classification, 1976-77; degree trends by type of institution, level of degree, and year, 1972-73 to 1976-77;…

Federal involvement in higher education and the legislative and political history of this involvement are reviewed. It is shown that there is no single federal policy towards basic research, scholarship, and graduate education. The result of changes in policy of a number of agencies can be financial and programmatic uncertainty. Federal activity…