Goals for Higher Education to 1980. Volume I: Discussion and Recommendations and Summary.

Overview & Synopsis

This report addresses itself to the entire spectrum of postsecondary education in South Carolina and considers goals and objectives at this level for the decade of the 1970's. It is concerned with the higher education structure, programs, financial aspects of higher education, building needs, and the relationship between public and private institutions of higher education. The State's system of higher education seeks to fulfill the following goals: (1) to provide the opportunity for learning beyond the secondary school level for all who seek it; (2) to reduce the socioeconomic barriers to higher education; (3) to improve the efficiency of higher education; (4) to improve the quality of higher education; (5) to encourage research and creativity within higher education; (6) to better utilize the resources of higher education in public service; (7) to sustain among the citizens of the State an appreciation for the accomplishments of higher education and an understanding of its commitment to improve the quality of life; and (8) to preserve a strong nonpublic sector of higher education. (Author/HS)