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Hom, Willard C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
This chapter describes the system office for community college institutional research in California. As the system IR office for the largest community college system in the nation, it is often looked to as a leader for other states and community college IR systems. The author notes the office's administrative environment, its staffing and…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Administrative Organization
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Hom, Willard C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
The system office for community college institutional research (SOCCIR) plays a role in the drama of higher education that states must orchestrate to help community college systems operate effectively and efficiently over the long term. But how exactly does the SOCCIR enable a state to accomplish what the separate institutional research (IR)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Public Sector
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Hom, Willard C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
System offices for community college institutional research differ in many ways from campus offices for community college institutional research. The other chapters in this volume describe salient characteristics of system IR offices, but many readers may want to see a direct comparison of system IR offices to campus IR offices in the community…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Systems Approach, Comparative Analysis
Leimer, Christina – Online Submission, 2009
Regional accrediting agencies today require higher education institutions to develop and demonstrate a culture of evidence-based decision-making and improvement as part of its emphasis on effectiveness. However, scant literature or examples exist to guide colleges and universities in developing such a culture. Cultural change is usually prompted…
Descriptors: Evidence, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Accreditation (Institutions)
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1973
A series of workshops were offered for vocational education administrators and researchers to train them in institutional research methods in a systems planning context. The basic purpose of the project was to provide an opportunity for vocational educators to become familiar with (1) research methodology; (2) to train vocational educators to…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Research
MacDougall, Allan – 1974
A system of identification and notification designed and implemented at Southwestern College to speed supportive services to the disadvantaged and handicapped students in vocational programs is discussed. The system is comprised of the following procedures: (1) Self-identification (Student Services Information Form filled out by each student at…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, College Students, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth