Contending that the practice of setting tuition levels on the basis of comparison with other institutions is not appropriate, the author proposes that more attention be given to the state's budgetary needs and tax structure, requiring changed attitudes toward taxes and public services. When this is impossible tuition increases will be necessary.…

Develops a 5-state model for decision-making that incorporates a faculty-opinion survey permitting almost universal expressions of opinion and preference on a complex administrative decision and generating alternative policies for decision-makers. It was successfully employed to reexamine the role of dean in a large university. (Editor/JT)

A comparative historical assessment, based on annual national surveys of new college students since the mid-1960s, fails to support the popular characterization of recent college students as being more apathetic and more conservative than their predecessors. There has been a trend away from both extremes in political identification. (Editor/JT)

Systematic and intensive interviews with 68 men in their early thirties suggested that the principal effects of a liberal education were the stabilization, symbolization, and integration of values; the effects of graduate and professional school were the integration and allocentric maturation of intellect and the symbolization of self-concept.…

A study using experimental and control groups evaluated the effects of a year of study on the self-realization of a group of junior-year students in France. Some support for the hypotheses was obtained but later assessment suggests personality changes did not persist. Further research is called for. (Editor/JT)

Describes the conceptualization and development of a pilot urban extension program designed to enhance community self-help efforts while assisting the university in its educational, research, and service functions. Originally funded under Title I of the Higher Education Act, it still functions through the Ohio State University Department of…

Presents actions for the 70's that will help produce conditions for faculty and administrators to achieve institutional purposes and productive professional lives, such as: (1) institutional focusing on new markets; (2) identifying with a clientele and developing programs for them; (3) market research; (4) avoiding financial subsidies to attract…

Many students are so alienated from the world in which they soon will be required to participate that a genuine educative process must involve features that will bring about greater psycho-social maturation; for example, a farming program that would re-acquaint students with natural processes. (Author)

The SUM (Single-Unit Module) Project is being conducted at the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at San Francisco State University to explore what would happen to students, faculty, and the administration of the University, if students were presented with a quasi-programmed set of instructional materials and allowed to proceed entirely at…

Six emerging political issues that state boards are likely to face in the years ahead are briefly discussed: role perception, program review, budget review, system definition, retrenchment coordination and a definition of success. (Author/PG)

This paper deals with the increasing tendency of government to finance higher education through students, a trend having important policy implications for higher education. This trend and numerous related governmental decisions have been based almost exclusively upon economic rationale. (Author)

Discusses the theory of administrative cost accounting known as "internal pricing" for the purpose of describing how it is currently affecting the operations of academic departments. (Author)