The center's mission is to strengthen relationships between public higher education and state government leaders by serving as a broker, convener, and provider of technical and consulting services on governance and related matters. This report argues that a set of fundamental changes underlies the growing number of critical difficulties American higher education faces. The governance system, the written and unwritten policies, procedures, and decision making units that control resource allocation with and among institutions inadequate to deal with the changed environment. Although state funding has stalled, states continue to move forward on many fronts to improve higher education. Several states have initiated changes in budgeting and how they fund higher education, including budget reform, restructuring of governance, performance- based funding, and privatization of teaching hospitals.
Some states have incentive programs that are tied to tuition and financial aid.
A Report, by Beth Willinger, et. This information is gathered with the hope that it can be used by groups and institutions, such as the Council, to assist their work in advocating for women in higher education administration in Louisiana and elsewhere.