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Burge-Hall, Valerie; Garrison, Latoya; Giles-Brown, Leigh; Lepore, Dan; McNall, Melanie; Pauly, Christine; Quinn, Andrew; Vaughn Jordan, Lisa – Inquiry, 2019
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) administration identified the need for adequate and proactive advising programs to foster student success. This paper presents a review of "best practices" in advising to determine commonalities, provides a comparison with current VCCS advising practices, and offers recommendations that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Administration, Best Practices, Academic Advising
Wesolowski, Mitch – Business Officer, 1994
A group of 17 independent colleges and universities in Virginia combine their long distance telephone traffic and network services for an expected savings of $4.65 million over 3 years. The 12-institution consortium that negotiated the plan prioritized service and system criteria and solicited bids from long distance carriers. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Consortia, Costs, Efficiency
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Romaniuk, Jean Gasen – Gerontologist, 1983
Surveyed Virginia's colleges (N=23) to ascertain how financial resources, administrative support, and community interest might influence development of programs for older learners. Results indicated that general demand and administrative support were most positively related to growth while inadequate financial resources and cost to participants…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Administration, Educational Finance, Gerontology