American higher education in this century has been almost schizophrenic in its development. As money and knowledge began to spread more distributively across the population, the population began to demand for its children a more equitable access into the world of the more privileged. Education and privilege were highly correlated. Greater access…

Much of the student rebellion has been attributed to the impersonality of the academic institution, and through the 1960's it was believed that all problems could be solved through increased student participation on college and university committees. Though increased participation has met with some success, it is by no means the major reform in…

This report is one of a series prepared by Master Plan Subcommittees that will be used in developing a Master Plan for higher education in Utah. Chapter One discusses (1) the manner in which roles were defined; (2) the identification of present roles performed; (3) existing programs; (4) the assignment of roles to various institutions; (5) the…

Because of constantly changing forces, pressures and demands on institutions of higher education, college administrators have been compelled to seek new methods for enhancing educational development. The systems approach, currently in vogue in industrial and governmental agencies, is also applicable to a full range of administrative structures…

The goals of the graduate schools in predominantly Negro institutions are comparable to those of graduate education in other US institutions. However, graduate education in predominantly Negro universities has 2 unique functions: (1) to provide programs which meet criteria in terms of adequacy while preparing graduate students for significant…

The old concept of higher education as a period of deliberate separation from the pressures and realities of the world does not appeal to many young people today who want to experience the realities of urban civilization and to learn to master them. The responsibility of today's urban university is to win the allegiance of tomorrow's leaders for…

Although American higher education now has the opportunity to make significant contributions to the national welfare, the rapid expansion of colleges and universities and the exhaustion of state tax potential have produced a critical situation in public higher education. Massive increases in enrollments at both the undergraduate and graduate…

Student activists in the US attend the best colleges and universities, approximate the intellectual and ethical ideals of their professors, and have experienced the affluence and security provided by post-industrial society. Their current moralistic protest concentrates on the Vietnam war and racism in the US. They are most dissatisfied with…

This paper explores 2 concepts, institutional research in higher education and what is called the Left-Right Continuum, and suggests that periods of conflict provide better opportunities for meaningful institutional research than when the campus is quiet. To ensure the health of a college, interinstitutional research and intrainstitutional…

The growth and optimism that characterized higher education in the 1950's and 1960's have given way abruptly to a projected future of stabilization and uncertainty. This paper addresses the most important of postsecondary education's problems that may be affected by financing arrangements and offers some suggestions for their alleviation. In…

This document presents the product of more than 2 years of study by the Commission on the Future of the College of Princeton University. It attempts to convey something of the Commission's respect for the strengths of the undergraduate programs and to offer realistic suggestions about how it might be made even stronger. Following the letter of…

The author proposes a method of examining and organizing the principles relating to the conditions of institutional change. Those conditions of change involve principles which relate to three elements--people, places, and things. Within these categories, principles may be enumerated which operate to facilitate or restrain change or innovation…

A questionnaire survey of students and alumni from a diverse set of colleges and universities across the country forms the data base for this report. With the results of the questionnaires administered to both alumni and upperclassmen, the author is able to classify institutions into 8 distinct sectors, to analyze how each sector differs from the…

This concise but through profile of research as the characterizing function of the American university describes how the coming of science to higher education has challenged established thought and led to new functions, such as public service and research on practical problems. The coming of science also paved the way for changes in the…

Central Michigan University was the first single campus, 4-year institution of higher education in the United States to enter into a collective bargaining agreement with its faculty. This first agreement in 1969 was followed by a multiyear contract for the year 1971-74 which represented the first instance of a second successful contract in a…