This "Issues in Prevention" focuses on statewide coalitions and state systems. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Statewide Coalitions for Prevention; (2) Louisiana Higher Education Coalition; (3) Statewide Initiative Grantees; (4) The Ohio College Initiative; and (5) Higher Education Center Resources.

This Equity Plan is designed to meet three major objectives for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. It is meant to serve as the policy reference for systemwide equity and diversity efforts for the remainder of the 1990s and to be the procedural and policy blueprint for the efforts of the individual universities in the system. The…

To realize its vision as an accountable, collaborative, and increasingly integrated network of universities focused on higher learning, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education commits itself to three major initiatives, focusing on: (1) learning; (2) collaboration and integration; and (3) the accountability imperative. These goals and the…

Describes the approach to articulation and transfer being used among Pennsylvania's two- and four-year institutions and its two basic principles: to protect the integrity of the associate degree and to ensure the equitable treatment of transfer students. Describes how dual admissions arrangements facilitate interinstitutional cooperation. (DMM)

This book identifies factors, structures, and procedures contributing to effective statewide coordination and governance of public colleges and universities. The heart of the book consists of descriptions of representative structures in 4 states, where interviews were conducted with 114 individuals--legislators, gubernatorial staff, system heads,…