Michigan State University Extension
Diversity and Pluralism - 02160082
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED268859 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Quality Development in Higher Education to Meet the
Future Needs of Arkansas. Report of the Quality Higher
Education Study Committee.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1984
NOTE: 95 p.
AVAILABILITY: Arkansas Department of Higher Education, 1301
West Seventh Street, Little Rock, AR 72201-2993.
ABSTRACT: A report of the Quality Higher Education Study
Committee on state-supported institutions in Arkansas is
presented, including 43 recommendations. Attention is
directed to: economic characteristics in the state (business
indicators, population and growth, personal and family
income); social characteristics in the state (education
levels, illiteracy, college-going rates); needs identified
by business and industry leaders; colleges' contribution in
resolving business and societal problems; governance and
structure of higher education; the relationship of colleges
to vocational and technical schools; college admission;
conditional admission and nontraditional students; retention
of college students; general education curriculum; transfer
of credits; accreditation; academic program review; teacher
education; faculty preparation and qualifications; annual
faculty evaluation; promotion and tenure; faculty and
administrator's salaries; staff development; personnel
turnover; faculty workload; affirmative action in employment
and enrollment; the higher education budget process;
libraries; research and public service; equipment and
facilities; private gifts and grants; and auxiliary
enterprise. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrators-; Affirmative-Action; Blue
Ribbon-Commissions; Budgets-; College-Faculty; Economic
Factors; Financial-Support; General-Education; Governance-;
Higher-Education; School-Business-Relationship; School
Community-Relationship; School-Organization; State-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Change-Strategies; *College-Planning;
*Educational-Quality; *Public-Colleges; *Statewide-Planning
This is an ERIC database document. ERIC is the National
Education Information Network for providing ready access
to the literature of education -descriptions of exemplary
programs, research and development efforts, and related
information that can be used in developing more effective
educational programs. The ERIC database is currently
available on CD-ROM in the main library (ground floor of
the west wing) at Michigan State University. To locate
ERIC documents in the library identify the first line of
each record (i.e., the field ERIC TITLE NUMBER). ED
following ERIC TITLE NUMBER indicates an ERIC document,
an unpublished research study. Most of these items are
available in the Microforms library, located on the 3rd
floor of the west wing. All you need is the six digit ED
number. If EJ follows ERIC TITLE NUMBER the item is a
journal article. The complete journal name is listed after
the code JOURNAL.
This information is for educational purposes only. References
to commercial products or trade names does not imply
endorsement by MSU Extension or bias against those not
mentioned. This information becomes public property upon
publication and may be printed verbatim with credit to MSU
Extension. Reprinting cannot be used to endorse or advertise
a commercial product or company.
This file was generated from data base DP on 06/25/02.
Data base DP was last revised on 12/95/ .
For more information about this data base or its contents please contact
cook@msue.msu.edu . Please read our
disclaimer for important
information about using our site.