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Ehrenberg, Ronald G. – Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, 2009
Endowments of major universities such as Cornell have received much attention over the past few years. Last academic year, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation into the finances of universities with endowments that exceeded $500 million dollars and required all of these universities to file reports detailing their finances.…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Employment Level, Educational Finance, Tuition
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Hakim, Simon; Weinblatt, J. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Whether consensus existed among groups involved in implementing the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was examined through the Delphi technique for legislators, policymakers, directors of rehabilitation centers, and client training staffs. Different perceptions of objectives are highlighted, and the usefulness of the Delphi technique is…
Descriptors: Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making
Jones, Tom – VocEd, 1985
Suggestions are presented to help vocational education programs become effective lobbyists: decide what you want, choose the appropriate forum, take a position, review current laws, know what is allowed, identify your leaders, form a network, cultivate legislative leaders, take part in hearings, provide information, testify, and build working…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Decision Making, Human Relations, Information Utilization
Elmore, Richard F. – 1980
Addressed primarily to practitioners--legislators, administrators, and their staffs--this monograph is structured around a series of hypothetical exchanges between legislators and administrators concerning the implementation of a basic skills program. The author asserts that the hierarchical control that legislators traditionally rely on for…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Compliance (Legal), Decision Making
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Frost, Susan H.; And Others – Journal of Higher Education, 1997
State higher education policy-making processes can evoke or avoid public consideration of underlying tensions in postsecondary education. A study of imposition of out-of-state enrollment limits at the University of North Carolina, and its effects on the Chapel Hill campus, suggests contemporary dynamics of state policy-making can suppress…
Descriptors: Administrators, Case Studies, College Faculty, College Students
Crosson, Patricia H. – 1981
The opinions of Pennsylvania educational and legislative leaders on four issues of critical importance to higher education in the state were evaluated. For the two issue areas of enrollment and resources, respondents were asked through interviews and a questionnaire to make projections for the 1980s, to identify the group or agency that should be…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Planning, Decision Making, Declining Enrollment