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Carew, Jean V. – 1980
The main purpose of this paper is to delineate methods of data collection and coding currently being used in a longitudinal observational study of toddlers in 25 black families in Oakland, California. Data collection activities, accomplished through monthly three-hour visits to each home, focused on five types of data: (1) videotaped and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Development, Data Collection, Family Environment
Download full textMabry, Theo N. – 1988
Thoughtful, well-planned and systematic reviews of both instructional and noninstructional programs provide community colleges with a way of determining whether programs are meeting stated objectives and what standards of performance should be maintained. Programs that need improvement or should be eliminated can be identified, and fiscal…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Brandenburg, Dale C.; Smith, Martin E. – 1986
The growing interest in human resources development (HRD) is a response to the increasingly competitive business environment which, in turn, has been shaped by such forces as the emergence of global competition, the quickening pace of technological innovation and the reduction of federal regulations in some industries. This monograph seeks to…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection, Decision Making
Whitman, Neal; Weiss, Elaine – 1982
The use of explicit, written criteria to evaluate college and university faculty is examined. Four major issues concerning faculty evaluation are as follows: the desired outcomes of faculty evaluation; the functions of faculty activity that are to be evaluated; the criteria that should be used for each area evaluated; and the procedures for…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, College Faculty, Data Collection
Peer reviewedMacDougall, Peter, Ed.; Friedlander, Jack, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Recent mandates from state and accrediting agencies are requiring community colleges to provide evidence of their success in such areas as basic skills and remediation, general education, major-field content, student development, transfer effectiveness, job training, job placement, and fiscal accountability. This volume, in addition to describing…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Community Colleges, Consortia, Data Collection
Rifkin, Tronie – 1998
Studies show that community colleges with more liberal arts courses have higher rates of transfer to four-year institutions than those with a less general curriculum. This paper surveys the research conducted on the community college collegiate function in order determine the influence of the liberal arts curriculum and student support services on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education), College Curriculum
