State Postsecondary Education Structures Handbook, 1988

Summary data and narrative profiles are provided on state postsecondary education structures (governing boards, coordinating boards and agencies). Following an overview of the status of state coordination and governance of higher education in 1987, tabular data on state boards and agencies are provided, including: (1) structure of statewide/coordination/governing boards; (2) agency responsibility; (3) state basic legal structures; (4) membership--central state coordinating and/or governing boards and public institutional and multicampus governing boards; (5) student and faculty membership--central state coordinating and/or governing boards and public institutional and multicampus governing boards; and (6) state-level agencies and committees. Part 2 consists of a narrative profile of the state postsecondary education structures in each state. Each narrative profile includes information on the coordinating and/or governing agency, institutional governing boards, master planning, state student assistance and loan agencies, the state board of vocational education, the state-level organization of private colleges and universities, licensure/approval agencies, and statutory and other committees. A listing of addresses and phone numbers of state higher education executive officers is appended. (KM)