In 1987, the first Commission on the Future of Independent Higher Education charted a path for independent colleges and universities in New Jersey. Many changes have taken place in New Jersey higher education in the 15 years since this "Boyer" report was issued, and in 2000, a new Commission was formed to review progress since the 1987…

The participant's manual for a national teleconference (May 29, 2002) contains materials on whether statewide independent living councils (SILCs) should become non-profit organizations eligible under section 501(c) of the Federal Tax Code. Introductory material includes the conference agenda, information about the trainers, and information about…

In spite of the fact that the vast majority of U.S. students attend public institutions, much less is known about their behavior and how the states that support them interact with them and with the private institutions within the states boundaries. This paper summarizes some of the things that are known and outlines some issues that still need…

This document asks institutions of higher education in England to complete the annual survey on full-time equivalent student load on recognized higher education courses. The data will give an early indication of the number of higher education students studying in the academic year 2003-2004. It will enable the Higher Education Funding Council for…

On March 28, 2003 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a report titled "Race-Neutral Alternatives in Postsecondary Education: Innovative Approaches to Diversity." The purpose of this report is to describe a number of race-neutral approaches that postsecondary institutions across the United States are using. This staff assessment by the…

The first six sections of this report are based on data provided by each Texas public university and health-related institution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001, September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2001. Data in these sections, which include an overview, a summary of major findings, summary data, and institutional and historical data, show that total…

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 redesigned federal job-training programs to create a more comprehensive and accessible public workforce program. This strategy brief explains the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), outlines strategies for leveraging WIA funds, and provides examples of out-of-school time (OST) programs benefiting from WIA…

This report extrapolates basic implications from work being done by pioneer initiatives to reform education support initiatives. Pioneer initiatives around the United States are demonstrating the need to rethink how schools and communities can meet the challenge of addressing persistent barriers to student learning. This report stresses the need…

Materials in this collection were submitted by school districts and programs participating in a "summit" of leaders involved in efforts to reform and restructure education support programs. Program descriptions and supplemental materials are provided for the: (1) Memphis, Tennessee City Schools, where the reform was a comprehensive…

Noting that family resource centers (FRC) embody the comprehensive approach needed to respect families and meet their needs for providing their children with a healthy, nurturing beginning, and that financing issues fundamentally affect how responsive family resource centers will be to the needs of the people they serve, this guide was developed…

This report outlines important features of a new system for managing university buildings in Sweden with an outlook of building management systems in three other Nordic countries. It explores the changes in managing public buildings and real estate that occurred in Sweden and the structure for the ownership of former public properties that…

Annual funds face pressures to contact all alumni to maximize participation, but these efforts are costly. This paper uses a logistic regression model to predict likely donors among alumni from the College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Maryland, College Park. Alumni were grouped according to their predicted probability of donating…

This book traces the history of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching from its founding in 1906 through 1979. A 1999 foreword by the current president of the Foundation notes the influence of the book and briefly updates the foundation's history. The foreword reiterates the book's judgment that the foundation's policies typically…

This booklet provides an overview of higher education in the United Kingdom. Higher education in the United Kingdom is rich and diverse, provided by many different types of organizations carrying out teaching, scholarship, and research. There are more than 1.8 million students in higher education in the United Kingdom, and 88% are from the United…

This report presents results from the 1999 Survey of Industrial Research and Development. It contains a full set of statistics produced from the survey, trends in industrial research and development (R&D) since 1953, and statistics on employment since 1989. Contents include: (1) "Note to Users of Historical Statistics"; (2) "Detailed Statistical…