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The Benefits of a Comprehensive, Integrated, and Granular Data System for Community and Technical College Institutional Research
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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
The National Student Clearinghouse: The Largest Current Student Tracking Database
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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
The Role of Assessment in the Private Institutions in Minnesota.
Thomas, Alice – 1987
Views of academic deans at 15 private Minnesota colleges concerning assessment were surveyed. About half of the colleges experienced some but not great pressure for assessment from their external environment while the remaining had felt essentially no pressure. The deans identified obstacles to assessment, including fears about possible intrusion…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment
The Role of Assessment in Minnesota Institutions of Higher Education.
Thomas, Alice – 1987
Views of the chief academic officers at Minnesota colleges concerning assessment were surveyed. Responses were received from 17 private colleges, 5 University of Minnesota campuses, 7 state universities, 18 community colleges, and 33 area vocational-technical institutes. For each type of institution, survey results are presented concerning: the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment