This is the first report of the review of operations of five service academies operated by the government: U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York; Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland; Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut; and Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York. This report…

This study attempts to follow up students who were admitted to the Graduate School at Western Illinois University but failed to enroll. The study is designed to (1) evaluate present services to potential graduate students and (2) better predict what proportion of accepted applicants will enroll. The no-shows are compared for the Fall Quarters of…

This report discusses some of the financial issues and choices with which Harvard University will have to cope in an environment of increased stringency: issues of money-allocation, money raising, and money management. Part I presents highlights of Harvard's recent financial history and its prospects in quantitative terms. Part II presents some…

This report discusses the general state of faculty compensations, and considers in some detail the prospects and special financial problems of the nation's public institutions. The discussion centers on: (1) the decline in the rate of increase in compensation; (2) the effects of inflation on ranks and types of institution, with special emphasis on…

There is a great deal of uncertainty about the graduate education of scientists and engineers. Students are worried about employment opportunities, institutions worry about the quality and quantity of their future graduate programs, and the government worries about an adequate supply of trained manpower for the future. Added to these worries are…

The financial crisis in the graduate education of students in the liberal arts is not as severe as it is in the sciences, since the liberal arts never received large grants to begin with. Yet the job market is pinching that area too, becuase its only job market, higher education, is experiencing severe financial strains. It has become necessary to…

Foreseeing problems with existing patterns of financing higher education and of college attendance, the College Scholarship Service held a colloquium in 1966 to deal broadly with the most effective methods of supporting higher education and with the role and problems of the educational consumer. An important trend--the marked and seemingly…

This paper is a criticism of "Finance and the Aims of American Higher Education" by Howard R. Bowen (HE001412). Veering toward "free education" is inconsistent with ordinary notions of equity because: (1) the purely private benefits of higher education accruing directly to the individual are substantially greater than all costs incurred, and (2)…

The most difficult problem in the financial management of a program of Public Service Employment (or subsidized work-training experience) is the over-obligation of funds. Some training slots are never filled, some trainees drop out early from the program, and others complete their training early. All of these factors "free" funds which…

The severe fiscal problems of private higher education are precisely described in this book. Emphasis is placed on where the money comes from, where it goes, and the consequences of expenditures exceeding income. What private colleges are doing about budget deficits is examined, and important recommendations about what they should be doing are…

This research explored the problem of private colleges borrowing money to pay for construction of needed buildings. The study revealed that most colleges had borrowed money in the past for construction. About two-thirds of those foresaw further construction, and one-half of those who planned to build also planned to borrow to meet part of the cost…

This document reports on the financial condition of 48 liberal arts colleges. Emphasis is placed on the deficit picture between 1970 and 1973; income and expenditure trends for the 48 colleges; implications of the decline in expenditure growth; needed measures of inflation and real resource growth; indicators of financial and academic health in…

This report on higher education finance in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is divided into six sections. Section one deals with state support for higher education, and whether the state should give greater attention to the private sector than it has in the past. The question of whether the state could support substantial additional costs of…

Given that public television must often resort to "talking faces" to fill time (because discussion programs are so cheap to produce), consideration needs to be given to how to do this in audience-attracting ways. One particularly useful method is to pattern the discussion on the enduring human ritual of the sacrifice: with the audience as…

The 20th Annual Legislative Work Conference of the Southern Regional Education Board provided participants with an opportunity to hear and discuss specific proposals for change in higher education. The participants considered the relationship between manpower needs and postsecondary educational opportunity and the kinds of students who attend…