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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 038 097 HE 001 432 TITLE Goals for Higher Education in New Jersey. New Jersey Master Plan for Higher Education, Number 1. INSTITUTION New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. PUB DATE Jan 70 NOTE 121p. EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$0.50.HC-$6.15 DESCRIPTORS Degrees (Titles) ,*Educational Objectives, *Educational Planning, Enrollment, Governance, *Higher Education, *Master Plans, *Planning, State Aid IDENTIFIERS *New Jersey ABSTRACT This report is the first in a series by the New Jersey Board of Higher Education in an effort to develop a master plan for higher education in the state. It attempts to ascertain: (1) where the New Jersey higher education system stands at this point in time; and (2)which goals the system must strive to meet. The report contains four sections. Part I discusses the need for planning, the planning process, the situation in the state, and the prerequisites for building a strong higher education system. Part II outlines ten goals for higher education. Part III discusses the environment, including population patterns and trends, the economy, and state support for higher education. Part IV describes the system of higher education in New Jersey: i.e. structure, governance, degrees and professional programs offered, enrollment data, financial aid, library resources, computer resources, and institutional cooperation. Tables, graphs, and illustrations are interspersed throughout the document. Forty-one pages of data are appended. (AF) GOALS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY NEW JERSEY BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION EDWARD E. BOOHER, Chairman MRS. JOHN H. FORD, Vice Chairman WILLIAM 0. BAKER MRS. MAXI NE COLM JOHN T. CONNOR C. DOUGLAS DILLON MORRIS FUCHS DONALD C. LUCE V.D. MATTIA WILLIAM H. McLEAN EDWARD J. MEADE, JR. JOHN M. SEABROOK GEORGE F. SMITH U.S. DEPARTIMIT OF HEALTH,EDUCATION & WELFARE DR. DEBORAH CANNON WOLFE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEENREPRODUCED FREDERICK 0. ZIEGLER EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THEPERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT. POINTSOF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DONOT NECES RALPH A. DUNGAN (Ex-Officio) SARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICEOF EDU- CARL L. MARBURGER (Ex-Officio) CATION POSITION OR POLICY. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION RALPH A. DUNGAN, Chancellor STEFFEN W. PLEHN, Assistant Chancellor, Office of Planning and DevJlopment TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Number I PLANNING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY 1 The Need for Planning 1 Planning to Date 2 The Planning Process 3 New Jersey's Master Plan for Higher Education 4 New Jersey's Situation A Perspective 5 What Are These Prerequisites 7 II GOALS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY 9 1. To Assure each Individual the Opportunity to be Educated to the Height of his Potential 10 2. To Eliminate Financial Barriers 10 3. To Foster Diversity and Flexibility 11 4. To Foster an Integrated System of Public and Private Institutions 12 5. To Strive for Excellence 12 6. To Help Meet the Needs of Society 13 7. To Encourage Research and the Advancement of Knowledge 13 8. To Sustain Academic Freedom 14 9. To Contribute to the Well-being of the Community 15 10. To Use all Resources to Full Effect 15 III THE NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENT 17 Introduction 17 Population Patterns and Trends 17 New Jersey's Economy 20 State Support for Higher Education 23 IV THE NEW JERSEY SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION .24ft 2 (2 Introduction 27 AStructure and Governance 2.7 Structure of the System 28 2 ) BPrograms 1968-1969 Degrees and Enrollments 307 .36 Summary 3.7,3(0 1. Associate Programs 38 2. Bachelor's Programs 40 ..sei 3. Masters and Doctoral Programs 44 93 4. Professional Programs Summary 46 015 C Enrollments 5657 Introduction 5967 1. High School Graduates op fg 2. In-State and Out-of-State Enrollments SI CI 3. Enrollment Trends 4. 1968 Opening Fall Enrollments 62 "x;:,, 5. Enrollment Projections 636c D Financial Aid e6g24 E Library Resources 66to5 F Computer Resources 7434e GInstitutional Cooperation FIGURES 1. Population Density by County, 1968 17 2. Population Projections 18 3. Change in Population Under Age 18 19 4. New Jersey College Age Population 19 5. Value Added by New Jersey Industries 1958-1968 20 6. Non-Agricultural Employment, New Jersey, 1965-1970 21 7. Percent Distribution of Employed Workers, 1910-1960 22 8. What States Spend per Capita for Higher Education 23 9. Per Capita Expenditures of Selected Items 24 10. New Jersey System of Higher Education aezi 11. Institutions of Higher Education 3635: 12. Degrees Granted by Program, 1969 30.38 13. Full-Time Enrollment by Program, 1968-1969 41 (10 14. Part-Time Enrollment by Program, 1968-1969 48ci 15. Distribution of 1968 High School Graduates by Level and Sex 86 5 16. Distribution of High School Graduates Who Went on to Institutions of Higher Education 805e 17. Financing of the Minimum Cost of College 063 18. Types of Financial Aid Available APPENDIXES A. Degrees Awarded by Program and Level, 1969 887c B. Degrees Awarded by Program, Level, and Institution, 1969 8477 C. Enrollment by Program and Level, 1968 88 41 D. Enrollment by Program, Level, and Institution, 1968 cm 81) E.Distribution of 1968 High School Graduates by Type of Post-secondary Education Attended 46e (I I F.Distribution of 1969 High School Graduates going into Post-secondary Education by County 44001 qt. G. Full-time and Part-time Enrollment by Level and Institution 1968 1S2ct 5 H. Full-time Undergraduate Enrollment by Institution and County 144 9 ti I. Minority Group Enrollment by Institution 408 q J.Accreditation by Nationally Recognized Associations other than Regional Associations by Institution 1,9 ken(e---tt," K. Descriptions of Colleges and Universities 4-14' Den Bosco College Inuneculognception Seminary Alphonsu<ellege Selesien Cal age Fellcien College Paterson State College Bogen 'away College Harris County Celle,. .11ther/ Collage Centenary College Tankfuls College Eneleued Clills Colley ler Women Montclair Stets College, Caldwell College ler Women, "ID Fayigh Dickinson University Nonhuman Collsgelete Bible institute -oe Assumption College ler Sisters - --- ' Villa Welsh Collor ---'10 WFp' I, Michael's Monastery College el Si , Elizabeth Ups aallege Drew Univoosity Ion HSI Liam Stevens Institute el Technology Jemmy City Stott College Num' Stole College 4I SI. Peter's College Mt, St. Mary Cello. Union &lege Somerset County Callose Essex County Cellist Newark Cellos' sf Enamoring Haws University AlmaWillitsCulege Solon Hell University lAiddlow Calory Calm Now Jersey College el Medicine & Dentistry New Brunswick Theological Seminary &gem University Bruhn!' Commulty Celle,. Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton University Si. hoseph's Callao Westminster Choir Cellos. Monmouth College Mercer County Colleen Rider Colley Turman State College Geo Iglu :moot College Rutgers University Berlin ton County Collate Chun County Corneal Cullen Gloucester County -- County Coffees Canape limbers Stets Callus ir Niched Stockton Stele College 414 Combs deal County College Atlantic County College Now Th. now Stat. Colley.North will Shelton Cahoot he located In BergenCounty. Chapter I PLANNING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY A major responsibility of the Board of Higher education today is compelled to Higher Education is to foster planning. The plan, because it has been undergoing since the Higher Education Act of 19661 directs the Board 1950s a dynamic and turbulentperiodof to "advance long-range planning for the system change. The end of this period of change is not of higher education" and givesitspecific in sight. For at least the next decade, higher responsibilityto"develop andmaintain a education will continue to experience extremely comprehensive masterplan." The Board's rapid growth in size, importance, complexity, concernwithplanning,therefore,extends and cost. beyond the preparation of a master plan, Enrollment in higher education has more essential as-.that is. The Board has an equally than tripled since World War II. In the last ten compelling responsibility to encourage effective years alone, the number of students has more planning in everything which the institutions of than doubled, from 3.5 million students in 1959 higher education undertake, whether it be the to an estimated 7.5 million in 1969. This growth designoffacilities,the developmentof win continue; by 1975, experts forecast that 10 curricula,ortheestablishMentof new million students will be enrolled in the nation's institutions. Throughout higher educationin colleges and universities. This explosive growth New Jersey, the Board has the objective of is due in part to the increase in population, but encouraging careful thought, close cooperation, even more importantistheincreasing and the most effective use of resources. percentage of young people who are seeking and obtaining an opportunity for postsecondary THE NEED FOR PLANNING training. The need for planning in moat human In a society increasingly dependent on activity is widely accepted today. Few question knowledge and technology, our colleges and its value or importance. But it Is useful to keep universities are assuming a more critical and clearly in mind why planning is important and, in multifaceted role in society. Upon them rests a particular, why it is so important for the future of major responsibilityfor expanding and higher education, both in the nation and in Nev transmitting the store of man's knowledge and Jersey. for educating and preparing young men and Most fundamentally, planning is theway women for the social, economic, scientific, and by which institutions can act to shape the forces political complexities of the future. of growth and`change. Without planning, growth This growth in size and importance has is haphazard and change chaotic; goals remain also made higher education increasingly unidentified and unfulfilled, and resources are complex. A large number of institutions c-trid wasted, Planning enables institutions both to campuses have been created. New types of recognize and deal with the pressures and institutions with newly defined rotes, such as currents which affect them and to move directly upper level colleges, and research institutes, are toward clearly defined goals.