Task Force on Higher Education. Report.

Overview & Synopsis

A Task Force on Higher Education was established to define the role and chart the course for the National Education Association (NEA) in the field of higher education. The following areas were studied as a basis for recommendations: (1) the historic role of the NEA in higher education; (2) the principal organizations in higher education, including their methods of operation and future plans; (3) basic data on higher education for base periods (1957, 1967, and 1975), for trends and projections; (4) an identification of the alternative role available to the NEA; (5) an examination of each alternative role by means of systems analysis for the best possible information on the costs and benefits of any course of action; (6) activities in the field of higher education at the state level; and (7) possible implications for higher education of pending amendments to the NEA Constitution. Based on an analysis of the above information, a specific program of action is outlined. (IM)