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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED197673 AUTHOR:
TITLE: The Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher
Education: A Summary of Reports and Recommendations.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 489 p.
AVAILABILITY: Jossey-Bass, Inc., Publishers, 433 California
Street, San Francisco, CA 94104.
ABSTRACT: Work of the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in
Higher Education, which began in 1974 and concluded its
work in January 1980, is reported. The Council's 15 policy
reports and 38 sponsored research and technical reports are
summarized. A paper entitled "The Carnegie Policy Series,
1967-1979: Concerns, Approaches, Reconsiderations,
Results," by Clark Kerr is included. Topics addressed by
the policy reports include: the federal role in
postsecondary education, tuition, affirmative action, the
states and higher education, medical and dental education,
faculty bargaining, selective admissions, the states and
private higher education, the college curriculum, and
student financial aid. Sponsored research and technical
reports concern the following broad topics: adjusting to
changing times; academic programs; youth education and
employment; achieving social justice; skills and new
knowledge; governance; financial resources; and purposes
and performance. Specific topics of the reports include:
managing multicampus systems, aspects of American higher
education during 1969-75, the undergraduate curriculum,
vocational education and training, educational leaves for
employees, the status of selective admissions, area health
education centers, faculty collective bargaining, costs of
higher education, and the international dimension of higher
education. A classification of the reports by topical
areas, and information about reviews and articles about the
Carnegie Commission are appended to the paper by Clark
Kerr. Information on Council members and publications are
included. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Collective-Bargaining;
Dental-Schools; Educational-Finance; Educational-History;
Employment-Opportunities; Federal-Government; Governance-;
Government-Role; Government-School-Relationship; Medical
Education; Multicampus-Colleges; Organizations-Groups;
Policy-Formation; Postsecondary-Education;
Private-Colleges; Private-Financial-Support;
Professional-Associations; Program-Descriptions;
Sabbatical-Leaves; Selective Admission; State-Government;
Student-Employment; Student Financial-Aid; Tuition-;
Undergraduate-Study; Vocational Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Curriculum; *College-Faculty;
*College-Students; *Educational-Policy; *Higher-Education
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