The objective of this analysis is to outline in broad fashion the current trends and issues in the licensure of health manpower and to contrast two proposed alternative systems of credentialing that focus on licensure of health care institutions instead of individual health care providers. The argument of the analysis is that the current system of…

After a decade of almost unlimited funds, the universities in Ontario are faced not only with declining enrollments but with an attack on their very function and role. The Wright Report, the final version of the Report of the Commission on Post-Secondary Education in Ontario, appeared early in 1973. It has engendered major controversy, and its…

The purpose of this study was to describe the environment at Arkansas State University as perceived by the students in the fall of 1972 and to ascertain whether these students agreed or disagreed with the environmental perception of a similar sample of students in the fall of 1969. The obvious objective of this analysis was to determine trend…

In 1968, a task force was appointed, by the National Planning Conference on the Feasibility of a Uniform Crediting and Certification System for Continuing Education, to study the feasibility of a uniform unit of measurement of noncredit continuing education programs which could be used by noncollegiate and collegiate institutions and continuing…

This pamphlet examines the question of what the proper role of the juvenile court should be. It specifically questions the wisdom of the juvenile court's involvement with children engaged in anti-social but non-criminal activity. It includes a brief discussion of the historical origin of juvenile court, along with a history of jurisdiction over…

This report discusses consultation as a process of assessment, defining, implementing, and evaluating. Within the context of institutional change, these steps are useful in viewing the policies and procedures that make up the institution's functional environment, the institution's social environment, and the institution's physical environment.…

This document reports on both the achievements and problems of the University of Michigan for the year 1972-73. One problem the university faced was fewer dollars from state appropriations, student fees, and federal funds. The financial reviews, with tables and diagrams, show the expenditures by source and object for the years 1964-73. The next…

The final report on the education and needs of women at Wellesley College contains thirteen parts, including: curricular programs, continuing education programs, curriculum extension, degree programs, community service, women's role in society, career counseling, practical experience, role models, faculty, older students, alumnae and men on…

The major thrust of the University-Urban Interface Program (UUIP) was to study the interface between Pittsburgh University and its urban community. Ultimate goals were to design ways in which relations between universities and their communities may be enriched. UUIP studied activities in five representative areas: Communications, Minority and…

This paper suggests how American colleges and universities have used the Office of Institutional Research for systematic and cybernetically directed organizational intelligence. This institutional level mechanism might have some relevance for Greek institutions of higher learning. Emphasis is placed on the experience of institutional research at…

This review of goals for higher education developed from a request from the National Commission on the Financing of Postsecondary Education for information concerning goals. Major studies of goals are reviewed, beginning with "Higher Education for American Democracy," the report of the Commission on Higher Education. Documents produced by major…

The Commission on the Student Press was appointed by the President of the University of California to assess the nature, role and quality of student newspapers at the University of California's campuses and ascertain their degree of effectiveness in meeting student needs. The Commission also considered such issues as (1) how should the student…

This case study is concerned with 3 major innovations in higher education in England and Wales: creation of the National Council for Technological Awards, designation of 10 colleges of advanced technology, and designation of 30 polytechnics formed from existing colleges or groups of colleges. Following a suggested outline, this book includes: an…

This paper stems from the renewed interest of the Committee for Economic Development (CED) in problems of urban poverty along with a desire to know more about the dimensions of poverty--who the poverty-stricken are, where they are located, how many they are, and why they are poor. The author illuminates and clarifies these questions through…

This document presents a brief history of Texas A&I University at Laredo. Following introductory material, the report encompasses community involvement; a review of the planning year including the 1970-71 academic year, the 1971-72 academic year and a summary of institutional priorities, and the 1972-73 academic year with emphasis placed on…