Discusses the addition of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration database to the National Science Foundation's NSFnet data communication network. Outlines the history of databases in the United States and enumerates proposed upgrades from a new Office of Science and Technology policy report. (TW)

Discusses the implications for college campuses of the change to a minimum drinking age of 21. Reviews the historical background of the issue and presents evidence both supporting and not supporting the age change. Emphasizes institutional responsibility in complying with the law. Suggests programs of alcohol education. (ABB)

Presidents of American universities were surveyed to determine their priorities in university programs of research, instruction, and service. Priorities placed upon methods of delivering university service programs to constituent groups are examined. (Author/MLW)

Two views of the marketing of education are presented. Pelletier supports marketing, saying it can put educators in touch with new trends and new constituencies and with changing demands of the marketplace. McNamara argues that colleges and universities should be seen, judged, and attended on their academic merits and educational attributes, not…

Compares the European experience in mass higher education with the American experience to determine specific innovations which might be transferred from one system to another. Nine specific issues are discussed. (Author/DB)

Organizes and conceptually clarifies the various elements within the illegal Mexican immigration situation, specifically focuses on how many and who the aliens are, why they are here, and which institutions within the society are supportive of them. (Author)

Traces the major events in the past 25 years influencing the development of hospital-based patient health education programs. (HD)

Specifies the roles vocational administrators and teachers are expected to play in the all-out effort to guarantee full educational services to handicapped persons under provisions of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). (Editor/HD)

Moral education is an issue that higher education has often avoided. This paper begins with a critical review of the role higher education institutions have taken in the moral education of students and how that role relates to institutional mission. It continues by proposing an educationally defensible moral and ethical standard and finally…

This report sets forth the rationale and guiding principles for a Student Success Model developed for the Maricopa Community Colleges. It incorporates the following stages: Outreach and Intake; Entry; Experience; and Completion/Assessment. It is recognized that students can and will enter at any stage. Each stage of the model also incorporates…

Many colleges and universities provide grant aid to undergraduates to help them pay for all or part of the tuition and fees charged by the institution. This study provides information about recent trends in institutional aid receipt and then examines the relationship between such aid and the likelihood of recipients staying enrolled in the…

This document is the first annual progress report for 1997-1998 of Dalton College's Strategic Plan for 1997-2000. It contains the following elements: (1) message from the president; (2) executive summary; (3) institutional profile, including students, faculty and curriculum, academic programs, and facilities; (4) mission statement; (5) planning…

This policy statement from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities addresses the benefits of public higher education. Along with introductory and concluding sections, the statement addresses access, academic quality, research and public service, accountability, public financial support, and balanced governance. The statement…

In fiscal year 2004, lenders made about $65 billion in loans through the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) to assist students in paying for postsecondary education. The Higher Education Act (HEA), which authorizes FFELP, broadly defined eligible lenders, including schools. The Department of Education's (Education) Office of Federal…

Discusses the strategy proposed by the Committee for Economic Development which suggests higher education institutions make management improvements, increase tuition charges, and retarget governmental aid. (CC)