This article reports the findings of an evaluation of the faculty development component of the Faculty for the Engaged Campus initiative. For this component, the Community-Engaged Scholarship Faculty Development Charrette was attended by 20 university teams from across the United States, and six teams subsequently received 2 years of funding and…

For many years, the U.S. has underutilized its human resources, as evidenced by the pervasive underrepresentation of several racial and ethnic groups within academia in general and the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, in particular. To address this underutilization, academic departments within U.S. universities…

That advisories in secondary schools are fairly pervasive around the country may be one of the great unintended consequences of the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) reform effort. While no CES Common Principle explicitly states that advisories should exist in schools, as Coalition Schools evolved, advisories became one of the logical ways for…

Not later than this winter, the National Research Council plans to release its assessments of American doctoral programs. Due to its inability to wait for the results, Ohio State University took steps last year to review its doctoral programs. Of its 90 doctoral programs, the university found five programs tagged as "candidates for…

Lourdes College is a small, private, coeducational commuter college located in northwest Ohio. In early 2009, the Lourdes College Board of Trustees ratified a new strategic plan promoting institutional strength and sustainability over the next six years. The desired outcome was to make Lourdes College a stronger, more vibrant, even more socially…

In this article, the author shares her view on the academic freedom debate and focuses on the Ohio State University's commitment to the principles of academic freedom and intellectual diversity. She states that Ohio State is strongly committed to the free, open, and civil exchange of views as part of the educational process. The Inter-University…

This institutional self-study, prepared as an application for accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, may serve as a model for others making similar application. Introductory material includes a model of the new campus; names of trustees, administrators, state regents, and committee members; and a preface…

This study reports how an institutional research office at a large public research university has taken the lead to call attention to retention problems, describe attrition/retention predictors, and influence policy. Building on existing retention theories and previous institutional research studies, the institutional research office began…

Electronic portfolios (eportfolios) represent an assessment measure with strong potential to provide feedback about student performance to improve curricula and pedagogy, to determine individual students' mastery of learning and support feedback for improvement, and to actively involve students in the assessment process. This study examined the…

The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation believes that all children deserve a high-quality K-12 education at the school of their choice. Nationally and in its home state of Ohio, the Foundation strives to close America's vexing achievement gaps by raising standards, strengthening accountability, and expanding education options for students and families.…

An examination of the factors related to summer school at Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio) attempted to determine why 1970 summer enrollment had decreased, why growth in summer enrollment had been uneven since 1967, and whether changing the term from eight to six weeks had affected the enrollment. The impact of the length of the summer term(s),…

Evidence of Cuyahoga Community College's success in preparing its 1966-through-1969 career program graduates for their chosen occupations was sought in this study. One thousand one graduates were sent questionnaires and 350 responded with the requested employment data and course-of-study evaluations. After studying the responses, the researcher…

A survey was conducted in an effort to determine the state of development of institutional research in Ohio public two-year institutions. A questionnaire mailed to the chief administrative officer at each campus yielded a response rate of 84%. Results of the survey showed: (1) at least 84% of the two-year campuses have or may be served by an…

Ohio has begun statewide use of performance indicators in higher education to strengthen selected university programs, attract better faculty and students, leverage additional federal and private financial support, increase Ohio's visibility, and help higher education resolve state and broader social problems. (MSE)

A study which was designed to predict the student potential for Cuyahoga Community College for the 5-year period of 1966-71 included information about (1) the enrollment experience and student characteristics of the institution sinceits inception in 1963 (with an initial enrollment of 3,039 which more than tripled during the following two years),…