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Peer reviewedPeterson, Marvin W.; Spencer, Melinda G. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1990
Understanding the climate and culture of the campus is essential to improving organizational effectiveness. Institutional researchers will be influenced increasingly by research in this area, by improving their awareness, defining important dimensions of the institutional culture, establishing benchmarks for future reference, actively undertaking…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Environment, Higher Education, Institutional Research
Download full textHurst, Peter J.; Peterson, Marvin W. – 1991
In the interest of understanding the role of Chief Planning Officers (CPO) in gaining broad support for planning within an institution of higher education, this paper used a national survey of administrators to examine that role. This study, conducted by the National Center for Postsecondary Governance and Finance, involved a survey of 3,333…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Planning
Peer reviewedHurst, Peter J.; Peterson, Marvin W. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
Based on a national survey of college administrators' (n=3,333) views of planning, this study investigated the relationship between having a chief planning officer to coordinate planning functions and perceptions of and attitudes toward campus planning. Results suggest the presence of a planner increased perceptions of more rational and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Administration, College Planning
Peer reviewedPeterson, Marvin W.; White, Theodore H. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
Using a theoretical model of institutional culture, organizational climate, and faculty motivation, a study examined how faculty (n=1,123) and administrators (n=381) in 10 colleges differed in their perceptions, whether differences were affected by institution type, and to what extent faculty and administrators had different implicit models of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Environment, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
Peterson, Marvin W.; And Others – 1991
This self-assessment manual is intended to help institutions examine their academic management process to assess how they create and foster a climate that promotes undergraduate teaching and learning. It contains three instruments for self-administration. The "Institutional Case Study Guide" helps users analyze their institution's educational…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Administration
