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Schoenecker, Craig – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
This chapter describes the system office for community college institutional research for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. What makes this System Offices for Community College Institutional Research (SOCCIR) somewhat different from the others reviewed in this volume is that the Minnesota system IR office has responsibilities for both…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Colleges, Administrative Organization, Governing Boards
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Schoenecker, Craig; Reeves, Richard – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
This chapter describes the National Student Clearinghouse and discusses opportunities and challenges for tracking community college students. It also presents a system perspective on using clearinghouse data to promote more comprehensive student and graduate tracking. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Transfer Rates (College), Clearinghouses, Nonprofit Organizations, Community Colleges
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Hearn, James C.; Anderson, Melissa S. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1989
When Minnesota conducted its experiment on countering rising tuition by increasing aid to needy students, the necessary research involved institutional researchers and student aid officers at both the campus and state levels. The approach appears to have had largely favorable consequences. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Institutional Research
Litten, Larry H.; And Others – 1983
An analysis of higher education marketing examines a case study of a college's market research program, a series of market research projects, and a major study of students and parents in six metropolitan areas (the Six-Market Study). After introducing marketing concepts and strategies, the nature of higher education marketing is considered. The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Admission, College Applicants, Enrollment Influences
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Burke, Joseph C.; Serban, Andreea M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1998
Summaries of the design, planning, and implementation of performance funding programs in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington reveal the challenges and opportunities of this reform approach. Performance measures and objectives and the history of the program in each…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Trends, Higher Education
Peebles, Lynn – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
Concern about the quality of public colleges and universities and the effectiveness of mechanisms for governing and financing them have led states to launch reviews of their higher education systems. The experiences of four states (Arkansas, Kentucky, Michigan, and Minnesota) are described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Government School Relationship, Higher Education
Carlson, Dale R.; Fleming, Donald – 1992
Student educational outcomes and the quality of instruction are now being monitored by several programs at Worthington Community College (WCC) in southwest Minnesota. WCC, one of the 20 community colleges in the Minnesota Community College system, currently serves 875 students, and has been intensifying its efforts to serve the whole service area…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Community Colleges, Data Collection