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Higher Education Counts: Achieving Results

Connecticut Department of Higher Education (NJ1), 2009

To improve performance, Connecticut must: (1) Increase student access and success in all types of postsecondary education (4-year, 2-year, training), particularly in critical workforce fields; (2) Reach consensus on what constitutes a "college-ready" curriculum for high school students; (3) Improve college graduation rates; and (4)…

Descriptors: Operating Expenses, Higher Education, Graduation Rate, State Aid

Trends in College Spending: Where Does the Money Come from? Where Does It Go? A Report of the Delta Cost Project

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Wellman, Jane V.; Desrochers, Donna M.; Lenihan, Colleen M.; Kirshstein, Rita J.; Hurlburt, Steve; Honegger, Steve – Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability, 2009

How do colleges and universities spend their money? To most, it's a black box. The public looks at tuitions, states look at appropriations, trustees look at the endowment, and department managers look at their budgets. How colleges actually spend their money is barely understood by the general public and even many policy makers. In the current…

Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Politics of Education, Cost Indexes

Higher Education Counts: Achieving Results, 2011. Report

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Connecticut Department of Higher Education (NJ1), 2011

This report, issued by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education, reports on trends in higher education for the year 2011. Six goals are presented, each with at least two indicators. Each indicator is broken down into the following subsections: About This Indicator; Highlights; and In the Future. Most indicators also include statistical…

Descriptors: Economic Development, Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Evaluation

No College Student Left Behind: The Influence of Financial Aspects of a State's Higher Education Policy on College Completion

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Titus, Marvin A. – Review of Higher Education, 2006

Using national data from various sources, this study investigates the influence of financial aspects of state higher education policy on college completion. It found that college completion is positively associated with total state grants as a percentage of appropriations of state tax funds for operating expenses of higher education and state…

Descriptors: Higher Education, Grants, Operating Expenses, Graduation Rate

Key Facts about Higher Education in Washington

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Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2011

Since its establishment in the 1860s, Washington's higher education system has evolved rapidly to meet a myriad of state needs in fields as diverse as agriculture, bioscience, chemistry, environmental sciences, engineering, medicine, law, business, computer science, and architecture. Today, higher education, like other vital state functions, faces…

Descriptors: Public Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Technical Institutes, Private Colleges

Key Facts about Higher Education in Washington: 2009-10

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Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2010

First published in 2002, "Key Facts about Higher Education in Washington" provides valuable information on the ways higher education serves the state and its people. The most current data and information available is presented throughout this report to highlight the "Key Facts" about Washington's postsecondary institutions,…

Descriptors: State Aid, Delivery Systems, Student Characteristics, Outcomes of Education

2004-05 Performance Year Ratings Impacting Fiscal Year 2005-06. The Citadel. Sector: Four-Year Colleges and Universities

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