Drawing from a literature review and interviews with administrators at nine small, rural community colleges in Florida, this report highlights the problems of providing vocational education in Florida's small, rural community colleges. Chapter I provides background to the study and a review of the literature related to problems of providing…

The characteristics of student loan borrowers and differences between those who repay their loans and those who default are examined. Data are based on the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation Guaranteed Student Loan database and responses to a questionnaire mailed in spring 1984 to a sample of New York State student loan…

This report describes the variety of bilateral linkages which have been developed by U.S. institutions with specific Canadian and Mexican colleges in a wide range of fields. Out of 1,219 U.S. colleges and universities responding (35 percent response rate) to a survey concerning educational linkages, 109 reported linkages with Canadian…

The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers surveyed its members in 1993 regarding the effects of severe budget reductions. From 1,500 surveys mailed, there were 388 responses. The responses indicated the importance of a number of factors in institutions undergoing downsizing. Important factors included: a mission statement, the morale…

This report presents the results of a study of the condition of higher education facilities in the United States and offers recommendations to improve the deteriorating state of such facilities. The 1995 survey examined statistical, financial, and operational data gathered through mailed questionnaires returned by 400 institutions. The results…