ERIC Number: ED306786
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Nov
Pages: 714
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The Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness. The Final Report and Working Papers. Volume Two.
Arizona Board of Regents, Phoenix.
Volume Two of a report by the Arizona Board of Regents' independent citizen commission to examine the performance of the state's three public universities presents 26 working papers in four sections. Section One, Research and Graduate Education/Universities: A State Resource, offers five papers, including: "University Research and Economic Development in Arizona Today: A Working Paper: (M. Fisher); "Technology Transfer and Economic Development in Arizona" (J. Brophy); and "The Quality of Graduate Education at Arizona's Universities" (M. Fisher). Section Two, Mission Development and Strategic Planning, has 10 papers, including: "Arizona Environmental Scan Study" (J. Bartram and M. Gebel); "Some Thoughts About Approaching the Future of Arizona" (R. Caldwell); and "Enrollment at Arizona Universities: Forecasts to the Year 2000" (R. Caldwell and K. Brown). Section Three, Management Efficiency and Accountability, offers nine papers, including the following: "The Governance and Decision Making Processes of the Arizona Board of Regents and Universities" (J. Schneider and E. Johnson); "Survey of Administrative Service Operations at the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University" (G. Davis); and "Advanced Placement: Increasing Efficiency in High School-University Articulation" (R. MacVicar). Section Four, funding and resource utilization, offers the following three papers: "An Overview of the State of Arizona, Arizona Board of Regents and University State Operating Budget Request Processes Including a 25 Year State Funding, Productivity and Performance Output History of University of Arizona Main Campus, Arizona State University Main Campus and Northern Arizona University" (A. Carroll); "The Role of Private Fund Raising in Enhancing the Excellence and Competitiveness of Arizona's Universities" (E. Johnson); and "Recruitment and Retention of Faculty: An Imperiled National Resource" (G. Davis). (SM)
Descriptors: Accountability, Advanced Placement, Blue Ribbon Commissions, College Administration, College Planning, College Students, Competition, Economic Development, Educational Finance, Educational Quality, Efficiency, Excellence in Education, Financial Support, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Policy Formation, Public Colleges, Research Universities, Resource Allocation, State Boards of Education, State Universities, Teacher Recruitment, Technology Transfer
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Collected Works - Serials
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Arizona Board of Regents, Phoenix.
Identifiers - Location: Arizona
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