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Performance measures have long been a topic of interest in higher education although no consensus on the best way to measure performance has been achieved. This paper examines the extent and effectiveness of service efforts and accomplishment reporting by public and not-for-profit U.S. colleges and universities using survey data provided by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Effectiveness is evaluated using the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) suggested criteria. Regression analysis suggests an association between the extent of disclosure and size, leverage, level of education provided, and regional accreditation agency. Private institutions rate themselves as more effective communicators. Effectiveness of communication is also associated w...
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This final rule establishes the process and procedures to certify a qualifying college or university as a Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities (HSACU) institution. NIFA will publish 7 CFR part 3434 in the Code of Federal Regulations to chronicle the eligibility criteria colleges and universities must satisfy in order to be certified as HSACU institutions by the Secretary of Agriculture. The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA) amended section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to add a definition for a new group of cooperating educational institutions known as Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities. Section 1404 defines HSACUs as colleges and universities that qualify as Hispanic-serving...
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A Record 300 Institutions Offer Degrees in Game Design, Development and Programming
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 300 American colleges, universities, art and trade schools will offer degrees in video game design, development, programming and art during the 2010- 11 academic year, according to new research from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The degrees offered at 300 institutions represent an almost 20 percent increase over 2009-10.
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Everyone needs a makeover once in a while, or at least an update. Workers need to modernize their skills, and employers try to hire people who know th...
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FAIRFAX, Va., April 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- UNCF (United Negro College Fund) the nation's largest and most effective minority education organization, today announced that America's minority-serving institutions (MSIs)--colleges and universities whose student bodies include large percentages of Black, Hispanic and Native American students--have joined the drive for environmental sustainability and have taken steps to conserve resources and to encourage greater awareness of the fragile ecology of the interdependent world. The findings are part of the Minority- Serving Institutions Green Report, a 2010 Campus Sustainability Survey developed by the UNCF Institute for Capacity Building and the Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI). The report and UNCF's Building Green Initiative...
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From Abilene Christian University in Texas to Zion Bible College in Massachusetts: For this survey, FIRST THINGS began by col...
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This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting of the . The notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of the meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and intended to notify the public of its opportunity to attend.
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This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting of the . The notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of the meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and intended to notify the public of its opportunity to attend.
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As molders of tomorrow's leaders, academia must maintain a high ethical and sustainable performance. It is in the best interests of all management accountants that superiors, coworkers, and subordinates have the educational foundation to drive their personal, business, industrial, and governmental endeavors in an appropriate and ethical manner. Environmental sustainability is an important demonstration of the strength of a university's ethical culture that is passed to graduates. The most comprehensive study of sustainability performance in large colleges and universities in the US and Canada was reported in College Sustainability Report Card 2010. Twenty-six colleges and universities received the highest overall grade of A- and were named "Overall College Sustainability Leaders" for 20...