Center for Higher Education

The Center for Higher Education is an integral part of the program in higher education within the Department of Counseling, Development and Higher Education. The center has been in continuous operation since 1972. Its mission is to provide professional development activities and consulting services to selected institutions of higher education throughout the state and nation. The center also conducts grant-funded research related to higher education policies, practices, finance, planning, leadership and partnerships. Its research focus changes periodically to reflect the interests and talents of its research associates and to meet the ever-changing needs of the nation's higher education community and its various research funding agencies and foundations.

The center currently focuses on minority student and faculty recruitment, retention and graduation; the impact of college/university policies and practices on student success; applications of technology to the delivery of student services in learning environments; standards for professional practice in student affairs administration; and the evolution of the metropolitan university model in the United States and Europe.

For more information, call 565-3238 or visit the center's web site at www.unt.edu/highered/Center.htm.

BY JOHN (JACK) L. BAIER, DIRECTOR baier@unt.edu

Other web resources:

• University of North Texas Center for Higher Education

 

Other featured articles in this issue:

• Retired football coach Gene Stallings joins UNT as athletics consultant
• Updates from the president
• Campus construction continues
• Physics professor works to improve accuracy
• Weather closing information
• New state rep speaks at Fall 2000 commencement
• Two TAMS students have promising year ahead
• UNT beats SECC $100,000-goal by $28,172
• Network set to accommodate students

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