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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED136677 AUTHOR: Elliott, T. Michael; And Others
TITLE: Endangered Service. Independent Colleges, Public
Policy and the First Amendment.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 140 p.; Part of this document may be marginally
legible due to small print
AVAILABILITY: Office of Information and Publications, Board
of Higher Education and Ministry, P.O. Box 871, Nashville,
Tennessee 37203
ABSTRACT: Independent colleges provide diversity, foster
cultural pluralism, minimize state expenditures, and serve
a broad cross-section of students--including low income and
minority students. The National Commission on United
Methodist Higher Education identifies three basic public
policy principles: recognition of the essential public
service function of independent institutions and the need
to preserve those services for society; maintenance of
diversity in higher education by assuring the autonomy and
viability of individual institutions; and alteration of
public policies that inhibit students' access to
institutions of their choice. The National Commission makes
recommendations regarding: financial aid programs that
recognize the tuition gap and facilitate student choice;
restructuring of Social Security and veterans' benefit
programs; continuation of tax incentives for voluntary
support of educational institutions; maintenance of the tax
exempt status of educational property; state coordination
of higher education; revision of government regulations
that excessively burden higher education institutions; and
elimination of regulations that adversely affect
institutional autonomy. United States Supreme Court
decisions show that the federal and most state governments
can develop programs to aid church-related and other
independent institutions without violating the First
Amendment. (Author)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: College-Choice; Educational-Economics;
Educational-Opportunities; Equal-Education; Finance-Reform;
Higher-Education; Private-Financial-Support; Public-Policy;
Tax-Allocation; Taxes-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Access-to-Education; *Financial-Support;
*Government-Role; *Institutional-Autonomy; *Private
Colleges; *Statewide-Planning; *Student-Financial-Aid
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