The Office of Institutional Research's role in planning and operating an off-campus center for California State University (CSU), Hayward, is described. Although the center would promote enrollment of nontraditional students, the planning and operating decisions are applicable to other higher education activities. Needs assessment for the center…

Reported are the results of a study undertaken in 1975 among a number of colleges and universities to answer these questions: What can colleges do to assist their graduates in finding a place in a crowded labor market?: Are there useful, effective patterns in efforts of a sample of institutions nominated as exemplars in this respect?; What can be…

This paper is a draft of a chapter to appear in "Academic Power: Patterns of Authority in Seven National Systems of Higher Education," edited by John H. Van de Graaff. It traces the historical development of universities in Italy with emphasis on the relationships among students, professors, and towns. Consideration is also given to…

The findings of studies on the status of medical education in the South and the deliberations of a regional conference "Alternatives in Medical Education in the South" held in Atlanta, December 15-16, 1980 are summarized in this publication. The following issues are addressed: (1) the national picture of the future supply of physicians;…

When changes occur in the number of credit hours demanded of a teaching unit, understanding of the sources of change is valuable policy making. Acceptable methods of determining sources of variance are not intuitively obvious, nor are the limitations of the simplest approaches. Sources of variance, not their causes, are discussed. Identification…

A statewide survey was commissioned by the California Community Colleges during Fall 1979 to assess public attitudes toward the colleges and to determine the need for vocational education among the California adult public. A stratified random sample of adult residents within each of California's seven community college regions was selected for a…

A survey of the leaders of the 124 union locals in southeastern Wisconsin was conducted by Gateway Technical Institute and the University of Wisconsin, Parkside, to identify the need for a structured, associate degree program in Labor Studies. The survey instrument solicited information on membership size, the practice of hiring an educational…

As expressed in this essay, the basic aim of pedagogical research on teaching methods should be to describe existing practices and to work out theories which will allow researchers to explain the causal relationships leading to extant teaching practices, which in their own turn reinforce the existing educational pattern. Research in the area of…

The papers assembled in this report were presented to the Fourth National Conference on School Finance, which was held in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 27-28, 1961, and was sponsored by the NEA Committee on Educational Finance. The theme chosen for the conference was Implications Our Rapid Population Changes Will Have For School Finance. The…

This book is intended to provide a basic introduction to the economics of education for individuals with a minimal background in economics. The first half of the book deals primarily with theoretical aspects, such as the demand for education, rates of return to investment in education, and economic growth and education. The second half of the book…

How can new candidates for a Ph.D. tell whether a job in teaching or research will be waiting for them when they finally get their doctorates? How can colleges and universities plan now for adequate and efficient academic staffing in the 1980's? This document attempts to improve academic manpower forecasts and forecasting methods that reduce…

This document examines the position of the Peralta Community College District as defined by the Budget Division-240 (B.D.-240), a statistical projection prepared annually by the California Department of Finance which measures the current and future student load on California community college districts. This load is used as an index of the demand…

The three main approaches to educational planning are social demand, manpower forecasting, and cost benefit. The social demand approach, useful only for reference purposes, attempts to forecast and assess consumer demand for education. Manpower forecasting tries to insure an output of the educational system to meet future economic demands, but…

This study documents the second of three phases of the Indiana Higher Education Facilities Comprehensive Planning Study. Papers comprising this second phase of the study are devoted to long-run forecasts of needs and resources and related significant considerations. This portion of the study focuses on regional demand for higher education and…

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) cites both economic and noneconomic benefits of a college education in its criticism of current arguments that the value of a college education is declining. Richard Freeman and J. Herbert Holloman have asserted that the value of a college degree is decreasing because its "rate of…