A number of group reports, speeches, and collections of notes have been compiled from a design workshop which dealt with the development of college facilities. The emphasis is particularly upon the recently formed local college system in the Canadian province of Ontario. Problems involved in the formulation of this system are related to…

This is a cost effectiveness study accompanied by recommendations on legal, fiscal, and procedural steps to be taken should the constitutional amendment removing restriction of state assistance to independent colleges be approved by the legislature. Examination is made of the educational marketplace, arrangements of other states in similar…

A progress report reviews the Milwaukee School Board's continuous program of acquiring sites and building schools. An itemized listing of 140 completed construction projects is supplemented with pertinent facts and figures, including--(1) growth factors affecting school building needs, (2) resultant increases in the physical plant, staff and…

There is widespread interest in restructuring state systems of higher education, with special focus on the role of private colleges and universities. This report considers this issue from 6 perspectives; (1) a description of conventional relationships between state systems and private sectors in higher education which suggest the need for…

The educational system is wracked by three crises: the crisis of efficiency and support; the crisis of relevance and control; and the crisis of race and class. Concerning the first, budgeteers and law makers will soon want answers about the efficiency of the present distribution of educational tasks and levels, new programs, and the use of new…

The views and examples found in this paper are based on a case study of the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts. The principal objective of this case study was to understand how an organization in higher education employed available resources in order to promote both internal and external reform in the field of higher education.…

The primary purpose of the Educational Opportunity Fund (E.O.F.) is to enable educationally and economically disadvantaged students to obtain a college education by extending financial aid and academic supportive services that will increase their chances of succeeding in an accredited college curriculum. Once the students are enrolled, the…

This publication presents papers from an invitational seminar, the case for Low-Tuition Public Higher Education, February 1974 and other useful documents on the same subject. Topics cover some introductory perspectives on low tuition; financing higher education; an analysis of recent tuition policy recommendations; equity and the middle class; a…

Revisions and additions to a 1973 study of state funding formulae for public 2-year colleges are provided. The 1973 study included information for 43 states, whereas the 1974 study includes information for 45 states, 5 of which were not in the original study. Part 1 of the report gives the changes in formulae; Part 2 provides formulae for states…

The public has a major financial investment in the education of teachers but has failed to give this problem the attention it deserves. Preservice education prepares the teacher only to the readiness for teaching stage, and on-the-job experience occupies only a minor proportion of the teacher education program. In the first years of teaching,…

This bulletin presents data from a survey covering research and development (R&D) expenditures of state government agencies (exclusive of state universities and colleges) for 1973. Charts showing expenditures, by source of funds of selected years and share of character-of-work components in state agency R&D activities, are shown in the report.…

The inventory of private foundation support for health manpower education and training presented in the document indicates the manner in which this important element in the private sector of the economy--the philanthropic foundation--supplements Federal and State support of health occupations training. The report deals only with private (and…

This report is the fifth in a series of annual reports to the President and Congress on the magnitude and characteristics of federal funding of research, development, and other science-related activities at universities, colleges, and other nonprofit institutions. The report analyzes current patterns of federal higher education support in terms of…

In December 1973 the Higher Education Panel conducted a survey of its 646 member institutions regarding their experiences in the fall of 1973 with the Office of Education student assistance programs. The data from responding institutions (515) were weighted statistically to develop population estimates of the number and type of students nationwide…

State Advisory Councils from all 50 States and Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Pacific Territories, Guam, and Samoa sent representatives to the seventh Joint Meeting of State and National Advisory Councils on Vocational Education. Some topics presented and discussed were "The Impact of the Educational Amendments of 1972 on State Advisory…