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Download full textCurry, Jennifer – 1988
In this day of increased competition for students, educators need to know what makes their institution exceptional or how it is perceived as providing something of value that other institutions in the local area do not. Without this information, community colleges will find it difficult to thrive and adapt in the future. Efforts to determine the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, Public Opinion, Reputation
Alfred, Richard L.; Weissman, Julie – 1987
Institutional stature, its development and determination, and strategies for its enhancement in colleges and universities are discussed. Focus is on the fundamental dimensions of stature, how it is affected by the external environment, and what colleges can do to improve it. Chapters are as follow: "Definition and Dimensions of Stature" (higher…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty, College Planning
Alfred, Richard L.; Weissman, Julie – 1988
A discussion of institutional stature in higher education focuses on its development and determination and strategies for its enhancement. The central theme is that although colleges and universities are affected by trends in the external environment, they can plan, respond, act, and organize themselves to improve their stature. The report…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Planning, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement
Peer reviewedTownsend, Barbara K., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1989
The essays in this collection argue that community colleges have much to gain by seeking out and maintaining positive recognition of the features that distinguish them from other colleges in the region and state. In addition, the sourcebook contains articles discussing the process of conducting a search for institutional distinctiveness and ways…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Colleges, Educational Attitudes, Institutional Advancement
Lawrence, Judith K.; Green, Kenneth C. – 1980
Studies concerning attributes of quality in higher education as defined in academic studies are reviewed. Separate reviews are presented for studies of quality at the graduate level, in professional programs, and at the undergraduate level. Academe's continuing attempts to quantify "quality" so as to measure it empirically rather than subjectively…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Assessment, Educational Quality
Kemple, Kristen M. – 1992
This digest discusses factors associated with the acceptance and rejection of preschool children by their peers and offers a number of strategies that teachers and other adults can use in their attempts to help children achieve social acceptance. Behaviors and characteristics associated with peer rejection include aggression and misinterpretation…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution
