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A Case Study of Faculty Workload Issues in Arizona: Implications for State Higher Education Policy
by Stephen M. Jordan and Daniel T. Layzell, November 1992, $8.00, DocID: 6311
The authors review the results of a recent system-wide study of faculty workload in Arizona and discuss the implications for state policy. The financial implications of using current teaching loads as they expand the system are substantial and Jordan and Layzell suggest alternatives to this research university model of faculty productivity.

A Conversation with State Higher Education Executive Officers: New Issues - New Roles
Patrick M. Callan, James R. Mingle, and all panel participants cited in the Publication, January 1989, $10.00, DocID: 27478
In July 1988, the Education Commission of the States (ECS) and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) decided to bring together a group of SHEEOs to discuss how their jobs have changed in this new environment. The group of executive officers who participated in this conversation represented, for the most part, coordinating board executives (with the exception of Rolfe Kerr, who is the commissioner of a statewide governing board). While they came from different regions of the country (and from states with dramatically different social, political and economic circumstances), no attempt was made to gain a "representative group." We did seek those with some "tenure" in their position so that they might reflect on the changes that have occurred in the past decade.
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A Difference of Degrees: State Initiatives to Improve Minority Student Achievement
by the Task Force on Minority Student Achievement, July 1987, No Cost, DocID: 789
After an exploration of the educational environment of minority students, this report addresses how to improve their collegiate achievement by helping to define the role of the SHEEO in the development of a solution and encouraging SHEEOs to make a commitment to minority student achievement through the implementation of a comprehensive plan.

A Model for the Reinvented Higher Education System
by Babak Armajani, Richard B. Heydinger and Peter Hutchinson, January 1994, $10.00, DocID: 10259
The principles of a customer-driven, enterprise-based, decentralized system are at the heart of this creative new paradigm for a public higher education system. Written to stimulate thinking about both governance and accountability structures, this "break-the-mold" proposal will get your attention.

Access Through Distance Education: Collaborative Ventures in West Virginia
by Bruce C. Flack and Sue Day-Perroots; and The Maryland Interactive Distance Learning Network by Ronald A. Phipps and David Sumler, November 1994, $10.00, DocID: 13968
Flack and Day-Perroots present the distance education structure and collaborative projects that are delivering higher education to West Virginians. The report details the history of distance education in the state, legislation that created the new projects, costs and financing, and results. In the second paper, Phipps and Sumler provide insights in Maryland's Interactive Distance Learning Network which will link all public colleges and universities and all public high schools through a state-of-the-art, full-motion interactive video network.

Accountability for Better Results: A National Imperative for Higher Education
The National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education, March 2005, $5.00, DocID: 27255
Citing increasing global competition, low rates of college completion, and a college access and success gap for minority students, a national commission of political, business, and higher education leaders called for a “fresh approach” to accountability designed to increase access and lift graduation rates for all students. Toward these ends, the National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education recommended an ongoing and vigorous dialogue targeted on meeting the educational needs of the American people, issuing a series of recommendations designed to improve student preparation, public investment in educational priorities, teaching and research, cost-effectiveness, and the availability of key data.
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Adult Learners and State Policy
by Richard A. Voorhees and Paul E. Lingenfelter, February 2003
This study reviews the participation of adults in postsecondary education and outlines policies and strategies states can use to enhance the capacity of their workforce.
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Advances in Statewide Higher Education Data Systems
by Alene Bycer Russell, October 1995, $10.00, DocID: 15935
Since their inception, state-level coordinating and governing boards have been collecting and reporting higher education data. In an era of declining resources and increased accountability demands, statewide data systems allow coordinating and governing boards to address complex policy questions with increasing skill and efficiency. Based on a fifty-state survey of higher education boards, this report offers comprehensive information about the current scope of statewide student unit record data systems, their characteristics and capabilities, and their uses. It provides thoughtful analysis of student tracking systems and data sharing across agencies, and discusses confidentiality and technological advances. A brief section of this report is devoted to personnel data systems. This report is recommended to federal and state policymakers, college and university administrators, and other education leaders and researchers who collect and use higher education data.

An Agenda for Reshaping Faculty Productivity
by Richard B. Heydinger and Hasan Simsek, November 1992, $8.00, DocID: 6565
Heydinger suggests that a substantially different model of faculty work is needed to respond to the demands of the future. After reviewing the historical transformations of faculty work, the author suggests that reward systems in other occupations have relevance to faculty incentive systems. He proposes, for example, that tenure guarantee a "base" salary only, and that faculty be expected to earn supplements for the achievement of individual and organizational goals.

An Annotated Bibliography on Student Preparation for College and the Workplace
by Alene Bycer Russell, Melodie E. Christal and Sheila Arredondo, September 1995, $15.00, DocID: 15697
Developed as a companion to the College Admission Requirements study, the Bibliography describes nearly 50 key national data sources and reports on student preparation for college and work which represent comprehensive research and analyses on high school and college student achievement, and the skills and competencies needed for success in postsecondary education and the workplace. The report includes sections on primary data sources, student preparation for college, student success in college and student preparation for the workforce.

Board Effectiveness: What Is It?
A presentation by T. Edward Hollander, August 1994, $5.00, DocID: 13577
Hollander, SHEEO Emeritus and former chancellor of the New Jersey Department of Higher Education, lays out the principles and qualities of an effective coordinating board. Based on his experience in New Jersey, this is a thoughtful and concise piece, a must-read for board members.

Building a Quality Workforce: An Agenda for Postsecondary Education
Report of the SHEEO Committee on Workforce Preparation, September 1992, No Cost, DocID: 6194
This report suggests five areas through which higher education can work in partnership with elementary and secondary education, business, industry, labor and government to build and support a quality workforce readiness system.

Certificate Production and the Race toward Higher Degree Attainment
SHEEO Staff, December 2010
Since the current economic recession began, the national dialogue on degree production and accountability has accelerated. The conversation is fueled by a national imperative for robust postsecondary degree production in order to remain globally competitive. In order to track the progress made by states and their postsecondary institutions, the State Higher Education Executive Officers released the Degree Production and Cost Trends report, in August 2010, as the first part in a series examining degree and completion production and related education expenses.

Complete College America and FutureWorks conducted an analysis of certificate production, the value of the certificate program, and the economic benefit it provides to the region and nation. The conclusion, based on labor market demand and both personal and economic returns, is that certificates count and the policy and trends around certificates deserve closer examination.

The following report is a follow-up that focuses on certificate production across the states and serves to answer some of the important questions raised in the first iteration:
• What trends can we observe in certificate production?
• Are there different state factors driving results?
• What are the policy implications of a state’s certificate production?

To answer these questions, this analysis presents an overview of certificate production in the United States, the types of certificates driving production, and a comparison to overall
completion production in the states. The overall goal of this report is to create a context for state policy discussion and stimulate challenging questions about completion data and certificate production.
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College Admission Requirements: A New Role for States
by Esther M. Rodriguez, September 1995, $12.00, DocID: 15695
In 1994, SHEEO and the Education Commission of the States conducted a study of state-level college admission policies in ten states and their relationship with other state-level goals and policies, including access for underrepresented students, school-college collaboration to improve student achievement and undergraduate enrollment management strategies. Based on the findings of the policy study, this report presents a broad overview of how states are using admission policies to improve student preparation as well as a substantive foundation for further examining the issue of improving student outcomes and creating a more systematic approach to school-college transition. The findings suggest that school reform has directly influenced change in admission policies.

Compendium of National Data Sources on Higher Education
Developed by Alene Bycer Russell and Susan Winter, November 2001
The Compendium of National Data Sources on Higher Education is a guide to the major national data resources related to higher education in this country. SHEEO has periodically updated this sourcebook since its initial publication in 1984. The 2001 publication marks the fifth edition of the Compendium, replacing the printed version of 1996, and is the first online searchable version. The Compendium describes 100 resources under the following topics: General References, Students and Learning, Faculty and Staff, Finance and Facilities, K-12, Adult/Workforce, and Other Resources. PDFs of individual sections can be printed.
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Compendium of Resources on Teacher Quality
by Tricia Coulter, Julian Vasquez Heilig, and Susan Winter, February 2003
The Compendium is a searchable database of national, regional, and state research articles, briefs and other publications on the full range of teacher quality issues, including teacher supply and demand, teacher preparation, compensation, hiring and recruitment, teacher induction, professional development, licensure requirements and credential reciprocity, and pension portability. It can be searched by topic area or level (i.e. state, regional, or national) as well as by information specific to an individual publication. Each resource in the Compendium is described with a synopsis of its content, a listing of the data or topic areas it includes, availability or ordering information and a link to the online version of the publication, if available.
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Comprehensive (P-16) Standards-Based Education: Roles and Challenges for Postsecondary Education
by Francis A. Griffith, November 1996, $12.00, DocID: 26909
"Comprehensive (P-16) Standards-Based Education" begins with an overview of the history and principles of standards-based K-12 education and then proceeds to outline the framework and characteristics for a comprehensive standards-based education from pre-kindergarten through baccalaureate level (P-16). Finally, the paper illustrates the changes and challenges such a system poses for faculty and institutions of higher education.

Computers for All Students: A Strategy for Universal Access to Information Resources
by Mark Resmer, James R. Mingle and Diana Oblinger, November 1995, $15.00, DocID: 16212
This report examines the various aspects of applying technology to today's education challenges from a policy perspective and documents some of the best field practices based on institutional case studies. Computers for All Students advocates putting a computer in the hands of all students as well as providing 24-hour access to a computer network. The report provides a rationale for universal access to technology resources plus options for financing the strategy as well as required institutional support structure and other prerequisites for success and implementation approaches.

Data Systems to Enhance Teacher Quality
by Richard Voorhees & Gary Barnes with Robert Rothman, July 2003, $5.00, DocID: 27056
Policy makers want and need better information about the qualifications, preparation, and career paths of people licensed to be teachers, about turnover and recruitment patterns, and about the supply of and demand for teacher talent. This study examined the data systems in 14 states and discovered that much of the critical information already exists, but that it is buried. By bringing these sources together, states can better answer important questions about the attractiveness of teaching as a profession and about recruiting and retaining stronger teachers.
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Degree Production and Cost Trends Report
August, 2010
The international imperative for postsecondary education is growing, and the push for state and national action is acute. To remain globally competitive, the United States must expedite efforts to further develop a well educated citizenry. In an effort to provide a context for state policymakers and institutional leaders, this report presents an overview and analysis of trends in degree and completion production, cost per degree and completion, and enrollment in public higher education. This report is the first in a series aimed at providing information to states that will help identify pertinent issues, challenges, and opportunities related to degree productivity.
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Degree Production Trends by Program Area: A National Analysis 2004-2009
SHEEO Staff, August 2011
The national imperative for increased postsecondary level completions has never been clearer. In order to remain competitive in an ever-changing global market, the United States must produce an educated workforce; one that is ready to lead and inspire a 21st century economy.

Recognizing this urgency, the President, several foundations, policy organizations, and states recently set bold college completion goals:

• President Obama called for the U.S. to be first in the world again in college attainment by 2020.

• Lumina Foundation for Education set a national goal for 60 percent of Americans to have a high-quality degree or credential by 2025.

• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aims to double the number of low-income adults who earn a postsecondary degree or credential with genuine value in the marketplace by age 26.

• Complete College America, along with their Alliance of 24 states, set a national goal that six out of 10 young adults in the U.S. will have a college degree or credential of value by 2020.

Since last year, the State Higher Education Executive Officers have added to the public dialogue with the release of a series of reports, including trends in national degree production and costs related to postsecondary completions and sub-baccalaureate certificate and degree growth. This report is a follow-up to Degree Production and Cost Trends: A National Analysis, released in August 2010.
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Deregulation of State-Level Academic Program Policies
by Rhonda Martin Epper, January 1999, $10.00, DocID: 26144
Deregulation of State-Level Academic Program Policies stems from meetings held during August 1998 in which SHEEO executives and academic officers discussed future directions for academic program approval and review. The report describes some of the creative steps states are taking to renew and streamline program approval and review so that these processes are less bureaucratic and burdensome to institutions. Among the changes described are: (1) shifting from input to outcome criteria; (2) taking a more proactive and collaborative role in program development; (3) strengthening the decision role exercised by campus boards; and (4) deregulating the distance learning approval process.

Diversity in Higher Education: An Action Agenda for the States
by Esther M. Rodriguez, June 1999, $18.00, DocID: 26276
This report describes policy actions that impact affirmative action from several states represented at two meetings jointly sponsored by SHEEO and The College Board in the fall 1998. It describes recent lawsuits, voter referenda, and higher education board policies that challenge or eliminate affirmative action programs. It also examines state initiatives to strengthen diversity, including strategic plans for diversity, early outreach, need- and merit-based student aid and state scholarship programs, teacher education, communications strategies, research studies, and strategies to involve business leadership. Building on state efforts, the report outlines a collaborative SHEEO/College Board commitment to develop a national research agenda and plan of action to ensure equal opportunity to higher education for all citizens and greater success for underrepresented students of color in postsecondary degree programs.

The portion of this report which details state activities is now available online:

Recent Policy Developments Affecting Diversity in Postsecondary Education Programs
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Doing More With Less: Approaches to Shortening Time to Degree
by Cheryl D. Blanco, November 1994, $10.00, DocID: 16192
In response to a SHEEO RFP on the issue of "doing more with less," the author provides an overview of national data on time to degree, influencing factors, and suggests several strategies for shortening time to degree.

En Route to Seamless Statewide Education Data Systems: Addressing Five Cross-Cutting Concerns
by Sharmila Basu Conger, August 2008
Creating a coherent, effective and sustainable state longitudinal data system requires much more than simply establishing linkages between existing systems. Through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, SHEEO convened a workshop, Linking K-12 and Postsecondary Data Systems, as a forum for states to engage in peer-to-peer learning. The workshop brought together cross-sector, data-focused, leadership teams from 11 states with content experts from prominent national or-ganizations for two days of collaborative sessions.3 Through workshop discussions, state teams identified five core processes which are key to successfully implementing longitudinal data initiatives: identifying shared benefits as a foundation for cooperative work across sectors; reconciling technical differences between independently created data systems; assuring student privacy while sharing data to foster improvement; designing a data system to enable effective use by key constituencies; and planning for long-term sustainability of state longitudinal data systems. Drawing from the experiences shared by workshop participants – education leaders in states actively engaged in the process of creating seam-less data systems – this report addresses each of these components in turn and presents an overview of insights and strategies to address emerging, prevalent, cross-state concerns.
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Enhancing the Connection Between Higher Education and the Workplace: A Survey of Employers
by Carl Van Horn, Professor of Public Policy, Rutgers University, November 1995, $12.00, DocID: 15017
Based on a survey of New Jersey employers conducted for the New Jersey Business-Higher Education Forum, Enhancing the Connection Between Higher Education and the Workplace illustrates the necessary role for colleges and universities in the education and training of the American workforce. The survey examines the knowledge, skills and abilities that New Jersey employers want from higher education graduates and explores methods for improving the connection between college-based workforce preparation and the needs of New Jersey employers. This information should be useful to policy leaders and educators in other states who are attempting to develop or strengthen similar connections.

Enhancing the Teaching Profession: The Importance of Mobility to Recruitment and Retention Package:
Four publications were produced through this two year project, sponsored by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) and funded by the Ford Foundation.

Compendium of Resources on Teacher Mobility
by Alene Bycer Russell and Sandra S. Ruppert, February 2001
This publication has since been expanded and updated into web-based version, the "Compendium of Resource on Teacher Quality", described above.

Strategy Brief Series:
Teacher Recruitment: Staff Classrooms with Quality Teachers
by Eric Hirsch, February 2001, $5.00, DocID: 26812
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Solving Teacher Shortages Through Licensure Reciprocity
by Bridget Curran, Camille Abrahams and Theresa Clarke, February 2001, $5.00, DocID: 26818
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Improving Pension Portability for K-12 Teachers
by Sandra S. Ruppert, February 2001, $5.00, DocID: 26813
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Evaluation of SHEEO’s State Policy Resource Connections (SPRC) Initiative
by Ann Daley Ryherd, November 2011
With the assistance of the Lumina Foundation, the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) staff has been working to develop a broad, up-to-date database of policy relevant information for the states and to create analytical studies to help state leaders identify priorities and practices for improving policies and performance across the higher education landscape.

The project is entitled State Policy Resource Connections (SPRC). Its stated objective is to provide SHEEOs with rapid, easy access to policy relevant data, and to create analytical studies to help state leaders identify priorities and develop strategies for improving policies and performance.

The project resulted in a data warehouse built through Microsoft SQL Server, which allowed for streamlined uploading, cleaning and organizing IPEDS data sets from eight institutional surveys (Completions, Enrollment, Employees, Fall Staffing, Finance, Financial Aid, Graduation Rates, and Institutional Characteristics) for the past ten years. Four analytical reports were prepared and distributed based on the direction framed by the SPRC Board of Advisors. Each report included a national overview (publicly released) and state-specific institutional profiles (released to the respective state’s SHEEO).

This report summarizes the findings and recommendations from a formal evaluation of the states’ responses to the project and the analytical reports described in this evaluation.
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Faculty Work and the Cost/Quality/Access Collision
by James R. Mingle, October 1992, $5.00, DocID: 6564
James Mingle suggests eight recommendations for managing faculty resources within his discussion of the relationship between faculty workload and the cost of, quality of and access to higher education.

Financing Higher Education in the New Century: The Second Annual Report From the States
by Mary McKeown-Moak, March 2000, $16.00, DocID: 26198
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Financing Higher Education in the New Century: The Third Annual Report From the States
by Mary McKeown-Moak, June 2001, $16.00, DocID: 26826
This is the third edition of an annual report, initiated by SHEEO in 1999, to replace the previous report on state higher education appropriations. Produced in cooperation with MGT of America, this annual report summarizes major financing trends in higher education in the 50 states. It draws upon several national data sources, including the "Grapevine" project at Illinois State University (http://coe.ilstu.edu/grapevine), the American Association of State Budget Officers, and The College Board and presents original data gathered from state higher education finance officers on recent legislative actions and plans.
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Focus on the Budget: Rethinking Current Practice
by Rhonda M. Epper, ed.,, May 1994, $14.00, DocID: 11160
Four essays by state finance officers and other finance experts present a variety of perspectives on the use of state budgets as a policy tool for higher education.

Focus on the Customer: A New Approach to State-level Accountability Reporting and Processes for Higher Education
by Sandra S. Ruppert, Educational Systems Research, July 1998, $12.00, DocID: 25821
One of two companion pieces to the survey on performance measures, Ruppert's paper reports on the current status of accountability policies in the states, and discusses state responses to higher education's new "customers": students, employers and legislators. Focus on the Customer provides recommendations on how state boards can manage in this new environment and what their new role is.

Four-State Cost Study
by Sharmila Basu Conger, Allison C. Bell and Jeff Stanley, September 2010
As part of Lumina Foundation’s state productivity initiative in higher education, the State Higher
Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) hosted a discussion of state level higher education cost studies in
May 2008. After subsequent conversations with Jane Wellman, Executive Director of the Delta Cost
Project, and SHEEO representatives from four states with substantial cost study data over many years
(Florida, Illinois, New York-SUNY, and Ohio), a “meta-analysis” of data from those four states was
launched to explore some fundamental issues:
• By how much do costs vary among disciplines, levels of instruction, and types of institution?  
• Are these differences stable over time, or have they changed?
• Are these differences consistent among the four states?
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Higher Education and School Reform: Creating the Partnership
SHEEO Task Force on Achieving National Goals, August 1991, No Cost, DocID: 1558
Recommending eight achievable goals, this report offers specific suggestions and programs for bringing schools and colleges into closer working partnerships that will improve the overall educational environment and increase academic performance of all students.

Highlights From More Student Success: A Systemic Solution
August 2007
Highlights From More Student Success: A Systemic Solution presents the main concepts from the full length report within a brochure format.
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Issue Priorities and Trends in State Higher Education
by Tricia Coulter, May 2003, $5.00, DocID: 27050
The most current release of the periodic survey sent to members about the most important higher education issues of the day. Surveys were sent in 2002 to the chief executive officers of statewide coordinating and governing boards in the 50 states. SHEEOs were asked to rate the importance of various higher education issues in their states and to comment on changes over the past three years. This report presents the findings of that survey.
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Issue Priorities and Trends in State Higher Education
by Alene Bycer Russell, January 2000, $12.00, DocID: 26470
Since the late 1980s, SHEEO has periodically surveyed its members about the most important higher education issues of the day. In October 1999, surveys were sent to the chief executive officers of statewide coordinating and governing boards in the 50 states. SHEEOs were asked to rate the importance of various higher education issues in their states and to comment on changes over the past five years. This report presents the findings of that survey.
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Leading Higher Education in an Era of Rapid Change
by James J. Duderstadt, July 2001
Presented at the SHEEO Annual Meeting in 2001, James Duderstadt, President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, relays his ideas on the impacts of change and its effects on higher education.
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More Student Success: A Systemic Solution
(see authors below), August 2007, $10, DocID: 27462
More Student Success describes a systemic approach for achieving student success beginning in elementary school and continuing through high school and postsecondary education. It identifies the key elements, describes effective practices, and shows how they come together to help students and educators succeed within six key areas: 1) Early Outreach; 2) Curriculum and Assessment Systems; 3) High Quality Teaching; 4) Student Financial Assistance; 5) Success in College; and 6) Data and Accountability Systems.

The report draws on the work and experience of many educational leaders and scholars from organizations including Achieve, Inc., the Data Quality Campaign, the National Association of System Heads, the State Higher Education Executive Officers and the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education.

This publication was supported generously by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Chapters:
Early Outreach
by Andrea Venezia and Terese Rainwater
Curriculum & Assessment Systems
By Sharmila Basu Conger and Christine Tell
High Quality Teaching
By Edward Crowe
Student Financial Assistance
By David A. Longanecker and Cheryl D. Blanco
Success in College
By George D. Kuh

Negotiating Faculty Productivity: The Montana Case
by Richard A. Crofts, September 1995, $10.00, DocID: 26876
In 1993-94 the Montana University System was restructured into two universities (University of Montana and Montana State University), each with three four-year campuses. Negotiating Faculty Productivity is a case study on the efforts within the System to bring about new kinds of learning environments and improvements in learning productivity by means of collaborative collective bargaining with faculty unions and a similar approach on non-unionized campuses. The report details the history and results of the negotiations, as well as the challenges faced by the University System Office after agreements were reached with faculty. The author traces the impact of the negotiations on political and public perceptions, especially in the face of major legislative cuts.

Network News
Quarterly newsletter on current technical and policy issues, including information about NCES data sets, survey reports, and publications; information about SHEEO projects and publications; and pertinent announcements.
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Network News
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Network News: Focus On 2009 SHEEO/NCES Data Conference and IPEDS Workshop
December, 2009
In this issue ... Network News provides a summary of the 32nd annual SHEEO/NCES Network Data Conference and IPEDS Workshop. One hundred and thirty-five people attended the conference held in May in New Orleans, Louisiana. Attendees included state IPEDS coordinators, state directors of research and information systems, NCES staff, representatives from statewide community college associations and the independent sector, and members of national postsecondary organizations. This issue of Network News provides summaries of several conference presentations as well as an overview of the annual IPEDS Workshop.
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Network News: Focus On 2010 SHEEO/NCES Data Conference and IPEDS Workshop
September, 2010
In this issue ... Network News provides a summary of the 33rd annual SHEEO/NCES Network
Data Conference and IPEDS Workshop. Approximately 140 invited participants
attended the conference in Washington, DC. The goal of the conference is to provide
professional development and networking opportunities for state IPEDS coordinators,
state directors of research and information systems, NCES staff, and representatives
from state wide community college associations and the independent sector. It also
gives IPEDS staff and state coordinators an important opportunity to discuss data and
collection issues face-to-face.
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Network News: Focus on Seamless Statewide Data Education Systems
February, 2009
This issue of Network news introduces the SHEEO publication En Route to Seamless Statewide Data Education Systems, by Sharmila Basu Conger. This paper considers the impact that the collection and analysis of student data can have on student preparation and achievement and presents factors which are critical to the development of linked K-12 and postsecondary data systems.
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Network News: Focus on The 2008 Network Data Conference
October, 2008
This issue of Network News provides a summary of the 31st annual SHEEO/NCES Network
Data Conference and IPEDS Workshop. One hundred and thirty five people attended
the conference held earlier this year in Arlington, VA. Attendees included state IPEDS
coordinators, state directors of research and information systems, NCES staff, representatives
from statewide community college associations and the independent
sector, and members of national postsecondary organizations. This issue presents
selected highlights from the meeting and opens with an overview of the annual IPEDS
Workshop where information about the IPEDS data collection process and reporting
were presented.
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Network News: Focus on Assessment of Student Learning
January 2002
How much do we know about what our college students know and are able to do? More precisely, what role, if any, does the state have in assessing student learning, and how are states attempting to carry out this activity? This issue of Network News explores the assessment of student learning from the state policy perspective. The first two articles present observations by noted authorities Peg Miller and Peter Ewell. Shifting from this broad overview, the next article profiles the efforts of three states who vary in their approaches to student assessment. Finally, we conclude with a description of some key resources on student assessment, including national data sets and organizational initiatives.
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Network News: Focus on Current Postsecondary Issues and Related Resources
October 2005
This issue of Network News provides a look at current postsecondary issues and related resources. A recent SHEEO analysis identified the policy issues facing the states from the perspective of state higher education executive officers. This edition presents that analysis and highlights several data and information resources that address these issues. One of the primary policy issues identified by the SHEEOs was tuition affordability. The importance of this issue provides an appropriate segue to a second article that focuses on a recent Network effort to summarize information on tuition, fee, and financial aid policies in the states. This effort will result in a more detailed SHEEO publication available later this year.
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Network News: Focus on Educational Accountability
November 2001
Education is now a high priority for business and political leaders around the world, according to Paul E. Lingenfelter, Executive Director of SHEEO. And, he argues, "as the stakes rise, so do the pressures for high performance." In this issue, we present a condensed version of a presentation by Dr. Lingenfelter that aims to stimulate thoughtful discussion among policymakers attempting to develop and implement policies to improve educational performance. It addresses, first, some of the dimensions of educational accountability; second, traditional and emerging accountability practices for higher education in the United States; and third, a few principles of effective practice.
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Network News: Focus on Educational Accountability
April 2005
This issue provides an extract from the recent report "Accountability for Better Results: A National Imperative for Higher Education," available of this website. Developed by the National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education, the report recommends an ongoing and vigorous dialogue on meeting the educational needs of the American people and issues a series of recommendations designed to improve student preparation, public investment in educational priorities, teaching and research, cost-effectiveness, and the availability of key data.
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Network News: Focus on Finance Policy, Access, and Affordability
April 2002
This issue examines issues related to finance policy, access, and affordability. A commentary by David Longanecker sets the stage and instructs us about why finance policy is important. Following that article is a summary of national studies on the cost of postsecondary education and the impact of student financing on access, and then an analysis by Michael Mullen, who examines changes in accounting standards and reporting mechanisms over time and their impact on state budgetary analysis.
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Network News: Focus on Higher Education Faculty
December 2000
The quality of higher education in this country rests on the quality of college and university faculties. How this essential resource is developed and utilized affects both the effectiveness and efficiency of the enterprise as well as the quality of life in the broader society. This issue of Network News explores the subject of postsecondary faculty, examining issues and resources for policymakers.
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Network News: Focus on More Student Success
Oct, 2007
This issue of Network News provides an adaptation of the Executive Summary to a new SHEEO
publication, More Student Success. The Executive Summary was written by Paul
Lingenfelter, SHEEO President, and provides some contextual background to the issue
of student success as well as a very brief introduction to the six essays that comprise the
publication. More Student Success is an updated and expanded successor to a 2003
SHEEO publication, Student Success: Statewide P-16 Systems. The updated publication
introduced here reflects progress since 2003 and includes a new chapter by George
Kuh on increasing the rate of student achievement in postsecondary education.
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Network News: Focus on P-16 Partnerships
August 2003
In this issue, Network News takes a look at emerging P-16/K-16 partnerships and data systems. The first article looks at data being used for accountability within P-16 systems and provides some general characteristics of these systems. The next article looks at three promising state programs in this area: Texas' large data repository, Florida's education data warehouse, and Maryland's K-16 partnerships efforts. An introduction is then provided to SHEEO's project: Building Statewide K-16 Systems for Student Success.
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Network News: Focus on Resources for Enhancing the Teaching Profession
June 2001
SHEEO's most recent survey of state issue priorities (2000) revealed that "teacher preparation and professional development" was the top issue among state higher education leaders. Assuming a leadership role in this area, SHEEO is currently sponsoring a major two-year project entitled, Enhancing the Teaching Profession: The Importance of Mobility to Recruitment and Retention, which seeks to promote the recruitment and retention of accomplished teachers by facilitating their mobility across districts and states. In this issue of Network News, the SHEEO/NCES Communication Network is pleased to provide information about these new resources on the teaching profession, including the Compendium of Resources on Teacher Mobility, a guide to nearly 100 resources on teacher mobility, and the three strategy briefs on specific policy issues-teacher recruitment, license reciprocity, and pension portability.

In addition, the Network is also pleased to report its role in building a major new online resource for the postsecondary community, SHEEO Online Access to Resources (SOAR), a searchable web-based guide to postsecondary data and policy resources
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Network News: Focus on Technology's Impact on Postsecondary Education
June 2004
This issue provides an overview of technology's impact on postsecondary education. Particular attention is paid to recent studies looking at distance education and access. We start with a recent report from NCES that provides current national estimates on the amount of distance education taking place at 2-year and 4-year institutions. The following article discusses how technology can affect access to postsecondary education. Next we provide a summary of a report from a recent SHEEO and WCET study that looked at the goals, functions, challenges, and outcomes of statewide virtual college/university (VCU) consortia.
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Network News: Focus on the 2000 Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop
July 2000
In this issue, Network News provides a summary of the 23rd annual SHEEO/NCES Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop.
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Network News: Focus on the 2001 Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop
July 2001
In this issue, Network News provides highlights from the 24th annual SHEEO/NCES Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop. Over 140 people attended the conference held on May 24-25, 2001 in Washington DC. Attendees included state IPEDS Coordinators, state directors of research and information systems, representatives from statewide community college associations and independent college associations, members of national postsecondary organizations, and NCES staff. The meeting opened with the annual IPEDS Workshop, and Gary Phillips, Acting Commissioner of Education Statistics at NCES, presented the luncheon address.
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Network News: Focus on the 2003 Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop
September 2003
This issue provides a summary of the 26th annual SHEEO/NCES Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop. Over 130 people attended the conference held on May 13-15, 2003 at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. Attendees included state IPEDS coordinators, state directors of research and information systems, NCES staff, representatives from statewide community college associations, and members of national postsecondary organizations. The meeting opened with the annual IPEDS Workshop where information about IPEDS data collection and reporting was presented.
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Network News: Focus on the 2005 Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop
July 2005
This issue of Network News provides a summary of the 28th annual SHEEO/NCES Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop. Over 140 people attended the conference held April 10-13, 2005 in San Antonio, Texas. Attendees included state IPEDS coordinators, state directors of research and information systems, NCES staff, representatives from statewide community college associations and the independent sector, and members of national postsecondary organizations. The meeting opened with the annual IPEDS Workshop where information about the IPEDS data collection process and reporting was presented. Please visit the IPEDS web site at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds for more detailed information. Highlights of other sessions are also provided here, and selected presentations can be found on the SHEEO web site.
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Network News: Focus on the 2006 Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop
June 2006
This issue of Network News provides a summary of the 29th annual SHEEO/NCES Network Data Conference and IPEDS Workshop. Over 150 people attended the conference held on May 8-10, 2006 in Washington, D.C. Attendees included state IPEDS coordinators, state directors of research and information systems, NCES staff, representatives from statewide community college associations and the independent sector, and members of national postsecondary organizations. The meeting opened with the annual IPEDS Workshop where information about the IPEDS data collection process and reporting were presented. Please visit the IPEDS website at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds for more detailed information on IPEDS including the 2006-07 Survey Collection Schedule found under "What's New." Highlights of other sessions are also provided here and many of the presentations can be found on the SHEEO website.
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Network News: Focus on the 2007 Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop
July 2007
This issue of Network News provides a summary of the 30th annual SHEEO/NCES Network Data Conference and IPEDS Workshop. Over 150 people attended the conference held on May 8-10, 2007 in St. Petersburg, FL. Attendees included state IPEDS coordinators, state directors of research and information systems, NCES staff, representatives from statewide community college associations and the independent sector, and members of national postsecondary organizations. This issue presents selected highlights from the meeting and includes an overview of the annual IPEDS Workshop where information about the IPEDS data collection process and reporting were presented. Please visit the IPEDS web site at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/ for more detailed information on IPEDS including the 2007-08 Survey Collection Schedule found in “Announcements and Alerts” under the “Newsroom” link. Highlights of several plenary and concurrent sessions are also provided in this issue; these and other presentations can be found on the SHEEO website.
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Network News: Focus on the Data Quality Campaign
April 2007
This issue provides an introduction to the Data Quality Campaign (DQC), a national, collaborative effort to encourage and support state policymakers interested in improving the collection, availability, and use of high-quality secondary education data. While the focus is on P-12 data and systems, the Campaign brings together secondary and postsecondary education leaders to work collaboratively in the interest of improving secondary education data. In fact, postsecondary policymakers' and analysts' interest in the DQC and in P-16 alignment is increasing as more attention is brought to this issue.
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Network News: Focus on Web Resources for Postsecondary Education
June 2000
In this issue, Network News provides a review of several electronic resources available to data analysts and research professionals. This issue presents some general resources and looks in depth at a couple of developing resources and also describes the growing number of electronic tools that are available on the NCES web site and web resources on current federal initiatives.
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Network News: Looking Ahead: A Message to SHEEO Members from its New Executive Director
September 2000
In this issue, Network News is pleased to provide the text of a speech given recently at SHEEO's 47th Annual Meeting by the new Executive Director, Paul E. Lingenfelter.
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Network News: The Ideal State Postsecondary Data System
May, 2008
This issue of Network News provides an abridged version of a new NCHEMS/SHEEO document
“The Ideal State Postsecondary Data System: 15 Essential Characteristics and Required
Functionality.” Written by Peter Ewell and Hans L’Orange, this draft document argues
that certain characteristics and the resulting functionality are essential in an effective
longitudinal data system. Like the “Ten Essential Elements” of state K-12 longitudinal
data systems proposed by the Data Quality Campaign (DQC), these characteristics are
intended to promote educational progress and alignment among and between each
state’s K-12 and postsecondary data resources.
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Outcome Based Budgeting: Connecting Budget Development, Allocation and Outcomes
by Thomas Anderes, August 1995, $10.00, DocID: 15934
Outcome Based Budgeting highlights the need to redefine higher education budget development and justification processes, along with the student and financial systems supporting these processes, to better tie into gubernatorial and legislative funding decisions. The demands for increased accountability at all levels of government and limitations in funding support require a more practical and understandable means of justifying higher education budgets. This report offers an alternative structure that is built on defining outcomes that any constituency can understand and as a consequence reduces the mysteries and complexity frequently associated with higher education funding requests.

Policies in Sync: Appropriations, Tuition, and Financial Aid for Higher Education
April 2003
Published by WICHE, this compilation of selected papers, written as part of the Changing Direction project sponsored by the Lumina Foundation, addresses the integration of financial aid and financing policies. Paul Lingenfelter, Hans L’Orange, Christopher Rasmussen, and Richard A. Voorhees include a paper which examines what states need to know in order to design and implement policies related to appropriations, tuition, and student financial assistance from the data perspective, entitled "Information Sources for Answering Key Financing and Financial Aid Policy Questions: Current Practice and Future Possibilities."
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Postsecondary Education and the New Workforce
by Esther M. Rodriguez and Sandra S. Ruppert, October 1996, No Cost, DocID: 16954
(Funded by the U.S. Department of Education/OERI)
Based on discussions held at two national conferences in 1996 on the role of postsecondary education in workforce development, this report provides a framework for state-level policy and planning. It outlines a set of principles and priorities designed to advance the call for state leadership; encourage a "common language" that will bring postsecondary education more centrally into workforce development discussions; help policymakers and educators focus on the needs of learners; and promote cooperation and coordination among education sectors, employers, and local, state and federal government entities.

Protection and Accessibility of State Student Unit Record Data Systems at the Postsecondary Level
Molly Ott, Stephen DesJardins, November, 2009
As the use of unit record data to track students through their educational careers has
increased over time, interest in improving both the accessibility and security of the data
has grown as well. The purpose of this study, Protection and Accessibility of State Student
Unit Record Data Systems, was to survey the practices used by the state agencies
responsible for this data in ensuring the confidentiality of student unit record (SUR)
information while also making data accessible to those who request it. The Protection and
Accessibility report attends to the procedures used to make data available to stakeholders
(e.g., policy analysts, agency staff, education researchers, auditors, and others) as well as
identifies the stakeholders to whom data are typically made available. This study is a
companion to the larger State of State Data Systems study sponsored by the National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES) and conducted by the State Higher Education Executive
Officers (SHEEO).
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Recommendations for State Postsecondary Data Systems - A Report from State Data Experts
In December of 2008 and February, March, and April of 2009, The State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) held four separate two-day meetings with state, system and institutional representatives to discuss state-level postsecondary data systems. The participants included state postsecondary data system/warehouse officials, data users/researchers, policy staff from state governments, and representatives from both the public and independent (not for profit) postsecondary communities as well as K-12 and workforce data systems.
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Restructuring in Virginia: A Case in Point
by Margaret A. Miller, September 1995, $10.00, DocID: 26878
In 1993, after three years of general-fund budget cuts to Virginia public higher education, the State Council of Higher Education issued its first explicit call for the restructuring of public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. In this report the author describes the process used to develop the institutional restructuring plans; the nature of those plans; the anticipated financial benefits; and the ways in which the plans might be made to dovetail with other processes such as program approval, productivity review, student outcomes assessment, indicators, enrollment projections, and operative and capital outlay budget review. Miller also raises the question of the role of the SHEEO agency and how it can serve as an agent of change.

Staffing Trends in Public Colleges and Universities
Katie Zaback and SHEEO Staff, May, 2011
Staffing makes up a large portion of budgets at all institutions of higher education and high quality staff is an essential component of quality education. Given the current context, it is important for systems and institutions to understand current staffing patterns so they can make informed decisions for efficient resource allocation. Current literature in higher education that examines staffing patterns focuses on the distribution of full-time and part-time instructional staff and the composition of staff types (or roles) at colleges and universities. This analysis examines trends in both these areas over time and by Carnegie classification for public colleges and universities.
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Standard Setting and Financing in Postsecondary Education: Eight Recommendations for Change in Federal and State Policies
by Arthur M. Hauptman and James R. Mingle, November 1994, $15.00, DocID: 13865
This report examines how the quality control policies of the federal government, the states, and accrediting bodies can be improved. The authors then consider ways to link standard setting and financing methods for three different types of postsecondary education and training: basic skills remediation, non-degree vocational skills acquisition, and degree-granting programs.

Standard Setting and Financing in Postsecondary Education: Eight Recommendations for Change in Federal and State Policies
by Arthur M. Hauptman and James R. Mingle, November 1994, $15.00, DocID: 13865
This report examines how the quality control policies of the federal government, the states, and accrediting bodies can be improved. The authors then consider ways to link standard setting and financing methods for three different types of postsecondary education and training: basic skills remediation, non-degree vocational skills acquisition, and degree-granting programs.

State Budgeting for Higher Education in the United States
Kelli Parmley and SHEEO Staff, June, 2009
Higher education budgeting practices in the United States are diverse, complex, and
dynamic. Although states may share similarities, there is no standard budgeting
practice. The Center for National University Finance and Management in Japan
requested a study that would investigate the specifics of the higher education
budgeting process in each of the states. Recognizing the value such a study would have
for its members, the national association of State Higher Education Executive Officers
(SHEEO) created a survey tailored to fit the needs and interests of the SHEEO
community as well as satisfy the requirements of the contract with the Center.
The survey was intended to gather the details necessary to provide a greater
understanding of the factors that most significantly affect decisions states make
regarding their budgets.
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State Funding Formulas for Public Four-year Institutions
by Mary P. McKeown, February 1996, $10.00, DocID: 17667
State funding formulas have been used in this country for 50 years. Despite this long history of use, controversy has surrounded state funding formulas since their inception. This report provides a broad overview of the use of funding formulas; development; advantages and disadvantages; trends; comparisons; and which kinds of formulas are used by the states. An excellent primer on formula funding.

State Higher Education Appropriations
Previous issues are available at the following prices: 1997-98 Edition, $16.00; 1996-97, 1995-96, and 1994-95 Editions, $9.00 each.

State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) FY2003
Principal contributors: Paul Lingenfelter, Hans P. L'Orange, Susan Winter and David Wright, 2004, $20.00, DocID: 27202
The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is a tool to help policy makers and educators address broad public policy questions such as:
• What level of state funding to colleges and universities is necessary to achieve the educational goals required for the economic and social well-being of the American people?
• What tuition levels are appropriate given the costs of higher education, its benefits to individuals, and the desirability of encouraging participation?
• What amounts and forms of student financial assistance are required to provide meaningful educational opportunities to students from low and moderate-income families?
• To what extent might colleges and universities increase productivity or reduce expenditures without impairing the quality of services to students?

The report also provides three technical essays that discuss: a) the Higher Education Cost Adjustment (HECA) used by SHEF to estimate the effects of inflation on higher education; b) SHEF's analytical adjustments for interstate differences in the cost of living and the proportion of enrollments among types of institution; and c) the differences between various sources of information on state higher education finance. Appendices to the study provide data on individual states and other supporting information.
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State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) FY2004
Principal contributors: Paul E. Lingenfelter, David L. Wright, and Tara M. Bisel, 2005
State Higher Education Finance FY 2004, the second report in the annual series, continues to provide in depth analysis of the trends in higher education finance on both the state and national levels.
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Technical Paper A: Higher Education Cost Adjustment (HECA) used by SHEF to estimate the effects of inflation on higher education
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Technical Paper B: SHEF's analytical adjustments for interstate differences in the cost of living and the proportion of enrollments among types of institution
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Technical Paper C: Differences between various sources of information on state higher education finance.
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State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) FY2004 - Executive Overview
August 2005
The executive summary from the SHEF FY 2004 publication.
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State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) FY2005
Principal contributors: Charlie Lenth, Paul E. Lingenfelter, David L. Wright and Takeshi Yanagiura, October 2006
State Higher Education Finance FY 2005, the third report in the annual series, continues to provide in depth analysis of the trends in higher education finance on both the state and national levels.
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State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) FY2005 - Executive Overview
April 2006
The executive summary from the SHEF FY 2005 publication.
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State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) FY2006
Principal contributors: Matt Gianneschi Takeshi Yanagiura, March 2007
State Higher Education Finance FY 2006, the fourth report in the annual series, continues to provide in depth analysis of the trends in higher education finance on both the state and national levels.
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State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) FY2006 - Executive Overview
Principal contributors: Matt Gianneschi Takeshi Yanagiura, March 2007
The executive summary from the SHEF FY 2006 publication.
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State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) FY2007
SHEEO Staff, July 2008
State Higher Education Finance FY 2007, the fifth report in the annual series, continues to provide in depth analysis of the trends in higher education finance on both the state and national levels.
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State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) FY2008
SHEEO Staff, July 2009
State Higher Education Finance FY 2008, the sixth report in the annual series, continues to provide in depth analysis of the trends in higher education finance on both the state and national levels.
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State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) FY2009
SHEEO Staff, February 2010
State Higher Education Finance FY 2009, the seventh report in the annual series, continues to provide in depth analysis of the trends in higher education finance on both the state and national levels.
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State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) FY2010
SHEEO Staff, April, 2010
State Higher Education Finance FY 2009, the eigth report in the annual series, continues to provide in depth analysis of the trends in higher education finance on both the state and national levels.
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State Higher Education Finance FY03 Presentation from the 2004 Professional Development Conference
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State Higher Education Finance FY04 Presentation from the 2005 AIR Conference
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State Perspectives on Higher Education Faculty Issues
by Alene Bycer Russell, July 2000, $15.00, DocID: 26630
From November 1999 through March 2000, SHEEO surveyed state Chief Academic Officers to identify the faculty issues that are of most importance in the states and the ways in which these issues are being addressed at the state level. Forty-five states and Puerto Rico responded. This report presents information from the faculty survey, including summary tables and detailed state-by-state appendices.

State Policies for Distance Education: A Survey of the States
by Rhonda Martin Epper, March 1999, $10.00, DocID: 26245
"State Policies for Distance Education" is based on the results of a national survey conducted during the summer of 1998. The purpose of the survey was to identify trends and changes in state policy in light of the increasing number of degree programs that are being delivered through distance education technology. In this report, tables and text cover such topics as state planning documents (with links for those available on the web), academic policy, course sharing, virtual universities, funding policies, student technology fees, legislative funding initiatives, data issues, and performance measures.

State Strategies that Support Successful Student Transitions from Secondary to Postsecondary Education: Strategy Briefs
In October 1996, SHEEO and ACT began a collaborative study, State Strategies that Support Successful Student Transitions from Secondary to Postsecondary Education. When the project ended in February 1998, this series of strategy briefs was developed to disseminate information collected through the study's national survey and six site visits.

Teacher Quality and P-16 Reform: The State Policy Context
by Nancy L. Zimpher, December 1999, $8.00, DocID: 26463
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Statewide School-College (K-16) Partnerships to Improve Student Performance
by Jonathan Tafel and Nancy Eberhart, July 1999, $8.00, DocID: 26877
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Statewide Strategies for Implementing Competency- based Admission Standards
by David Conley, January 1999, $8.00, DocID: 26061
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Higher Education and the Schools
by P. Michael Timpane, December 1998, $8.00, DocID: 26116
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Statewide Remedial Education Policies
by Edward Crowe, September 1998, $8.00, DocID: 25950
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State Survey on Performance Measures 1996-97
by Melodie E. Christal, April 1998, $15.00, DocID: 25672
State-level accountability and the use of performance measures have been the touchstones of the 1990s. In state after state, legislators have directed all government entities, including public higher education, to state their goals and activities more explicitly and report results as a form of accountability. Many state higher education agencies have adopted performance measures to respond to these accountability demands.

"State Survey on Performance Measures" is the result of a 1997 SHEEO survey of state-level higher education coordinating agencies and multi-institution governing boards to find out which states are using performance measures, how they are using them, and if they are making a difference. The report discusses performance measures in the budgetary process as well as the impact of performance reporting.

State Tuition and Fee Policies: 1996-97
by Melodie E. Christal, March 1997, $18.00, DocID: 17666
As costs for students to attend a public college or university continue to rise and are closely scrutinized by legislators and students, higher education policymakers consider the impact of changes to tuition, fees, and financial assistance on access and enrollment. This report, an update of our 1993 report, examines state policies and procedures affecting tuition, fees and financial assistance. The new report - with data provided by the SHEEO membership - includes information on two new areas of interest, technology fees and state college savings plans, as well as state-by-state data in the appendices.

State Tuition, Fees and Financial Assistance Policies, 2002-03
by Christopher J. Rasmussen, June 2003, $5.00, DocID: 27051
This report is the fifth in a series of updates by SHEEO on this topic. This latest version is a comprehensive assessment of state policies related to public college and university tuition, fees, and financial assistance policies, a report of the impact of state legislative terms limits on higher education policy, and a new section on state policy responses to the federal education tax credits implemented in 1997. The companion web section offers access to the individual response tables.
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State Tuition, Fees and Financial Assistance Policies, 2005-06
by Angela Boatman and Hans L'Orange, November 2006
This report is the sixth in a series of updates by SHEEO on this topic. This latest version is a comprehensive assessment of state policies related to public college and university tuition, fees, and financial assistance policies and provides the most current analysis of policies both undertaken and anticipated. The companion web section offers access to the individual response tables.
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State Tuition, Fees and Financial Assistance Policies, 2010-11
by Allison C. Bell, Hans L'Orange and Julie Carnahan, February 2011
This report is the seventh in a series of updates by SHEEO on this topic. This latest version is a comprehensive assessment of state policies related to public college and university tuition, fees, and financial assistance policies and provides the most current analysis of policies both undertaken and anticipated. The companion web section offers access to the individual response tables.
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State-Level Education Reform: Collaborative Roles for Postsecondary Education
by Esther M. Rodriguez, April 1994, No Cost, DocID: 10619
Results of a national survey describing current collaborative activities of state education and higher education agencies related to education reform. This report presents a comparative review of key reform policies in the states.

Statement on Roles and Responsibilities in Student Learning and Accreditation: Views from the SHEEOs
May 23, 2007
This brief statement outlines SHEEO views of the roles of accreditation, the assessment of college learning, and the transfer of credits across institutions--issues prominent in the current federal negotiations on accreditation rules and of significant concern to states and SHEEO members.
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Statewide College Admissions, Student Preparation, and Remediation Policies and Programs: Summary of a 1997 SHEEO Survey
by Alene Bycer Russell, February 1998, $15.00, DocID: 25623
Statewide College Admissions reports the findings of a 50-state survey of state higher education coordinating and governing boards on initiatives that support K-12 student preparation for college, college admissions policies and practices, and postsecondary remediation policies. The report is part of a comprehensive study of state strategies that support the successful transition of students from secondary to postsecondary education sponsored by SHEEO and ACT. The report includes information on changes to college admissions standards-- what they are and why they are happening-- as well information on initiatives to improve preparation and remediation policies.
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Student Success: Statewide P-16 Systems
(see authors below), May 2003, $10.00, DocID: 27032
Written by leading policy analysts and consultants from SHEEO, WICHE, ECS, the Bridge Project, and the National Association of System Heads, Student Success: Statewide P-16 Systems offers a response to the question, “How can educators and policy makers, with no compromise in quality, enable a much larger fraction of our people to succeed in postsecondary education?”

Student Success argues that postsecondary success can become widespread only if the entire educational system – from early childhood through elementary school, high school, and college – is geared toward preparing and enabling students to become well-educated learners and workers. The report goes beyond this familiar concept, however, to describe what is needed in five key areas: Early Outreach, Curriculum and Assessment Systems, High Quality Teaching, Student Financial Aid, and Data and Accountability Systems.

This project received support from the Pathways to College Project and from four U.S. Department of Education programs – GEAR-UP, Higher Education Act Title II – Teacher Quality Enhancement, PT3-Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology and the Office of Vocational and Adult Education.
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Chapters:
Early Outreach
by Terese Rainwater and Andrea Venezia
Curriculum and Assessment Systems
by Janis Somerville and Yun Yi
High Quality Teaching
by Edward Crowe
Student Financial Aid
by David A. Longanecker and Cheryl D. Blanco
Data and Accountability Systems
by Hans P. L'Orange and Richard A. Vorhees

Teacher Success
The policy brief series of the SHEEO/Eisenhower Network that was published from 1996-99.
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The Case for Coordinated Systems of Higher Education
by James R Mingle, September 1995, No Cost, DocID: 26896
James Mingle presents four strategic assets, along with a discussion of strategic weaknesses and how to overcome them, in his advocacy of coordinated systems of higher education.
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The Dynamics of Academic Productivity
by William F. Massy and Robert Zemsky, March 1990, $10.00, DocID: 2543
This report consists of three parts. First, William Massy describes a conceptual model of the forces that drive up the costs of academic departments. Following is a brief reaction to Massy's model by Robert Zemsky. The final portion consists of a dialogue between members of the SHEEO Committee on Financing and Accountability, Massy and Zemsky on incentives for faculty.

The Legal Basis for Degree-Granting Authority in the United States
Alan L. Contreras, October, 2009
This paper discusses the three methods (federal, state, and tribal) through which an institution can obtain degree-granting authority in the United States. Given the frequency and dominance of state actions in this area, the paper focuses primarily on degree authority granted by states by charter or other state action and discusses legal cases that have arisen from disputes over the acquisition of degree-granting authority.

It also discusses the relationship between states, accreditors, and the federal government with regard to degree-granting authority. The degree mill problem is discussed briefly, with reference to more detailed studies. The problem of religious exemptions is discussed, as are the unique degree-authority issues facing California and that state's response.

Recommendations for good practices in states are included.
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The Public Policy Implications of a Global Learning Infrastructure
by Robert C. Heterick, James R. Mingle and Carol A. Twigg, 1998, No Cost, DocID: 25653
"The Public Policy Implications of a Global Learning Infrastructure" contributes to the ongoing debate about how states and their systems of higher education should manage the transition to a global learning environment. Part I describes the impact of information technology on society and on the environment in which higher education operates. In Part II, there is a discussion of the public policy implications of the global learning infrastructure.

The Role of Postsecondary Education in Workforce Development: Challenges for State Policy
by Robert A. Wallhaus, March 1996, $8.00, DocID: 16214
Prepared for a Wingspread Symposium in February 1996, this report highlights the key challenges facing the states in their development of statewide workforce preparation systems. In particular, it underscores some of the changes that colleges and universities will need to make to be effective partners in such systems. The author discusses the social, political and economic forces shaping workforce development priorities, as well as the expectations of students, government and the public.

The State of Higher Education Finance in Fiscal 2005 Presentation from the 2006 SAIR Conference
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The State of Higher Education Finance in the American West Presentation from the 2005 RMAIR Conference
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The Status of Statewide Student Transition Data Systems: A Survey of SHEEO Agencies
by Alene Bycer Russell, May 1999, $10.00, DocID: 26251
For two decades, SHEEO has both supported and monitored developments in statewide higher education data systems. This report is based on a 1999 survey of SHEEO agencies designed to assess the status of "student transition data systems," systems that track movement of students from K-12 to postsecondary education, within postsecondary education, from postsecondary education to work, and from work to postsecondary education. The survey examined use of unit record systems and surveys, data linkages across systems, degree of difficulty in addressing data issues, and usefulness of systems to support policy development.

The Transition from Business as Usual to Funding for Results: State Efforts to Integrate Performance Measures in the Higher Education Budgetary Process
by Brenda Norman Albright, April 1998, $12.00, DocID: 25692
Using data from the SHEEO survey on performance measures, Albright's paper focuses on strategies for using performance measures in higher education and outlines key principles that can guide states' explorations of performance-based funding. Performance-based funding represents a paradigm shift, from the state meeting the institution's needs to the college or university meeting the state's needs. Performance-based funding changes the funding equation by altering educators' expectations that programs or institutions are entitled to a certain level of resources; instead, it creates rewards for achievement and successful changes in institutional performance. These emerging result-centered strategies, with their strong emphasis on student learning needs, customer service, quality, and productivity, differ in process, focus, and structure from traditional funding approaches.

The Tuition Dilemma -- State Policies and Practices in Pricing Public Higher Education
by Charles S. Lenth, December 1993, $15.00, DocID: 10150
Based on a survey of SHEEO agencies, this report examines state tuition policies in terms of underlying tuition philosophies applied to higher education; historical trends in tuition rates; underlying cost factors and tuition indexing; tuition differentials, waivers and student financial aid; and control and use of tuition revenues.

Trends in State Coordination and Governance: Historical and Current Perspectives
by Rhonda Martin Epper and Alene Bycer Russell, October 1996, $15.00, DocID: 17396
Today the roles and functions of state boards of higher education have expanded beyond those authorized by statute. Many are expected to set a vision and to lead institutional change. The decade of the 1990s has brought a new era of "entrepreneurship" for state coordinating a and governing boards, and these boards are embracing the new challenges.

Based on a 1995-96 SHEEO survey of members, this report analyzes historical trends in state coordination, based on over twenty years of data compiled from a variety of existing data sources on appropriations to SHEEO agencies, appropriations to higher education in general, SHEEO staffing patterns, and enrollments. Section Two discusses the emerging issues of highest priority to SHEEOs with comparison to previous surveys. The third section examines the importance of different functional areas within SHEEO agencies. The final section analyzes the influence of various constituencies on board priorities, and discusses the new policy leadership roles of state boards as described by the SHEEOs themselves. Two appendices present the study methodology and the survey instrument.

Virtual College and University Consortia
by Rhonda Martin Epper and Myk Garn, August 2003, $10.00, DocID: 27118
During fall 2002 and spring 2003, SHEEO and WCET supported the National Virtual College and University Study, which surveyed 51 virtual college and university consortia across the U.S. The report examines critical developments in state and systemwide distance learning consortia from the founding of these organizations to the present. Key issues covered in the study are organizational and financial models; attainment of statewide goals – such as increasing access and serving underserved populations; emerging student participation patterns; and the role of consortia in resolving policy on behalf of distance learners. Finally, implications are drawn that can provide direction for policy leaders on the future of virtual college and university consortia.
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Vision and Reality for Technology-based Delivery Systems in Postsecondary Education
by James R. Mingle, December 1995, $5.00, DocID: 16187
In an overview of the issues facing institutions and state systems, the author describes a variety of scenarios for technology-based instruction and outlines an emerging vision for postsecondary education in the 21st century. Technology's contribution to an unbounded, relevant, affordable system of postsecondary education is presented along with the "necessary prerequisites" needed to achieve this vision. The paper concludes with a discussion of the important public policy questions facing states with technology-based delivery systems.

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