Tuition policy is interrelated with many issues addressed by state higher education executive officers (SHEEOs), including quality, access, choice, and funding. The central policy issue is how to set tuition levels in amounts and in a manner that support the state's substantive higher education policies, explicit or implicit. Tuition and financial…

In November 1988, the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) conducted an interactive video teleconference via satellite from Washington, D.C., to encourage community college practitioners from across the country to examine the recommendations in the report of the Commission on the Future of Community Colleges,…

This report describes family support through the experiences and testimony of eight families. The eight families, who had children with very difficult health and behavioral problems, were participants in the Macomb-Oakland Regional Center's Family Support Program, near Detroit, Michigan. Interviews were conducted to give voice to the families who…

The loan collection practices and procedures of guaranty agencies and ways to reduce default costs were assessed by the U.S. General Accounting Office at the request of Congress. Questionnaires were completed by 58 guaranty agencies and visits were made to eight agencies. Before revised regulations were issued by the U.S. Department of Education…

This report documents the findings of an evaluation of the effectiveness of the information resources management aspects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-511) which went into effect on April 1, 1981. (This law was enacted as a result of concerns that the government must improve its collection, use, and dissemination of…

Issues concerning postsecondary educational quality and accreditation are addressed. To pursue excellence, colleges and accrediting agencies must: build on present strengths and recognize the need for continuous improvement; respond to demographic changes and the growth of knowledge and technology; pursue well-defined missions and objectives; view…

The Prevention Strategies Task Force of the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families of the United States House of Representatives met in Miami, Florida, to discuss changes in the Florida economy that are creating a crisis in day care services. During the meeting, 11 officials from Florida child care provider groups, state government…

Advice on developing a consulting practice is offered to academicians who are interested in initiating part-time consulting work while maintaining a primary focus on teaching. Steps in this process are assessing one's marketability, contacting the agency, developing a project work plan, and completing the work. Marketable skills include:…

Initiated in October, 1980, by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), the study addressed two concerns: present levels of service and demands for both services and programs from the GNWT to the non-English-speaking Dene and recommendations to the Executive Committee on steps to be taken now within government to overcome problems…

Differences among statewide coordinating boards/agencies and consolidated governing boards/agencies in level of authority for budgeting, program review/approval, and planning for public senior institutions were studied. The potential for effective linkage or integration of these activities was also explored. Forty-five state agencies completed…

This manual is designed to assist agencies in the development of a child care manual that will serve as an orientation tool for the new child care worker, and as an on-going reference tool. The manual is organized to orient the child care worker first to the agency objectives, functions, and organization, and then to specific child care…

Government failure to protect Indian water rights has grown so serious in the arid regions of the West that the very existence of Indians as Indians is now in peril. (Author)

Suggesting concrete operational procedures to stimulate discussion re: Objective B of the S-120 Regional Project (rural development), this paper focuses on key conceptual problems raised in a previous paper. The problem of cognitions or subjective worlds of actors is addressed in terms of Blumer's six features of public opinion; then, the…

Designed to assist management, labor, joint committees, and others concerned with the development of skilled plasterers in setting up, conducting, and improving local apprenticeship programs, this revision of national apprenticeship standards in the plastering trade includes the latest amendments and regulations of the various Federal laws…

This is the fifth edition of a list of postsecondary educational institutions and programs that are accredited by, or that have preaccredited status awarded by, the regional and national accrediting agencies formally recognized by the Secretary of Education. In addition to the lists of postsecondary specialized and vocational institutions and…