Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to identify the determinants that potentially influence quality education in private universities in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach: To attain this objective, 234 data were collected through face-to-face interviews on campus during February-March 2013 from Bachelor of Business Administration…

Questionnaire-derived data in this report are directly comparable to data published for both 1973 and 1975. The fall 1975 college and university enrollment statistics show a 9.4 percent rise, the third consecutive year of an accelerating rate of growth. In addition to one institutional listing with summary enrollment data, this report includes…

The Committee on Relationships with Other Educational Institutions of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASU-LGC) Council on Extension, undertook to assign 49 states to one of six categories which reflected the degree of coordination present among the institutions. The categories were delineated as follows:…

This 1995 federal survey designed to provide the first nationally representative data about higher education distance education course offerings. Data were collected in fall 1995 from 2-year and 4-year higher education institutions and were weighted to provide national estimates. The study includes information about the percentage of institutions…

Purpose: To study the quality in higher education in Cambodia and explore the potential factors leading to quality in Cambodian higher education. Design/methodology/approach: Five main factors that were deemed relevant in providing quality in Cambodian higher education were proposed: academic curriculum and extra-curricular activities, teachers'…

This study examined the extent to which presidents of independent colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools commissioned economic impact studies and their views on the usefulness of such studies. Seventy-three presidents completed a survey questionnaire in the spring of 1997. Responses indicated that 21 schools had conducted an…

College and University Personnel Association (CUPA) presents its survey results of salaries of administrators in higher education for 1989-90. The annual survey offers salary data on 167 administrative positions at 1,390 public and private institutions to enable decision makers to evaluate their current pay levels and plan their compensation…

This report focuses on the specifics of the curriculum and its related costs and the distribution of income and expenditures of 75 private 2-year colleges under the sponsorship of the National Council of Independent Junior Colleges. An initial assessment of the kinds of institutions studied and the methodology used in the analysis is followed by a…

W. John Minter and Howard R. Bowen's annual report on "Financial and Educational Trends in Independent Higher Education, 1978" is examined. Problems in data reporting by college administrators that skew financial assessment reports are noted. A rating questionnaire for institutional quality is appended. (Author/LBH)

A study was undertaken to discover and examine the attitudes of private liberal arts college presidents toward accreditation. The motivating factor was evidence of concern among these presidents that institutional accreditation is not meeting the needs of their colleges, and may actually challenge the viability of a college at a critical time in…

The problems and outlook of small private liberal arts colleges are examined with regard to: the segment of private higher education that is in financial trouble, with a view as to why; the actions being taken by troubled schools to remedy their problems; and the effect of federal and state programs on the financial status of these institutions.…

The Tuition Assistance Grant and Loan Program (TAGLP) provides financial assistance to Virginia students attending independent colleges in Virginia. The study described in this report was designed to examine the group of students who receive financial assistance (in the form of grants) under the TAGLP, and to determine the impact of the Tuition…

This 1970 inventory of continuing education activities during the academic year July 1, 1968 to June 30, 1969 produced a 100% return of questionnaires (146) from private colleges and universities, junior and community colleges, state aided colleges and universities, state related colleges, and state universities and colleges in Pennsylvania.…

This analysis investigates the relationship between (1) income and expenses of medical students and (2) selected characteristics of the medical schools they attended by assessing the degree to which variations in student financing patterns are explained by differences among medical schools. The data used were derived from anonymous questionnaires…

Information is presented about the administrative computing activities of colleges and universities belonging to CAUSE (the professional association for computing and information technology in higher education). Profiles and trends are provided based on 1985 Member Institution Profile Surveys conducted in 1980, 1983, and 1985. A total of 350…