The considerable institutional distance between home and host countries of most international branch campuses (IBCs) necessitates that they address the managerial challenge of balancing global integration and local responsiveness. Previous studies have investigated IBCs' strategies for addressing this challenge as well as the macro- or micro-level…

This study examines the feasibility of publication imports that may significantly change school rankings in higher education. A small offshore branch campus is used as a case study. The results show that a higher ranking of the offshore campus is largely due to visiting faculties from its parent university in the United States. This implies that…

The Office of Planning and Institutional Research (OPAIR), at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus was asked to undertake an analysis of student throughput rates as part of a University-wide initiative involving the three campuses. Each Campus was provided with a template and guidelines for reporting the data. The exercise was intended…

Purpose: This paper aims to present an in-depth case study with student perceptions of service quality, discussing the relevance of these perceptions for the important issue of quality improvement in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: The paper presents institutional research carried out in a multi-campus system in Spain made up of…

This report relates Macomb County Community College's experience with mail registration for fall 1977 and fall 1978, drawing comparisons with headcount and total credit hour data for on-site registration. In addition, data concerning average credit hours taken per student during both terms are presented. Of the students who enrolled during fall…

The academic performance of 501 Indiana University regional campus transfer students who enrolled on the Bloomington campus for the spring 1980 or fall 1981 semester was studied. Information is presented on the percentages of male and female transfer students at each of the campuses, and the percentages by class membership the first semester at…

The attitudes of 186 pharmacy students at the University of Texas, Austin, were surveyed in 1982. Information is provided on student characteristics, including: class level, age, ethnicity, marital status, employment, student status, college background, participation in educational and university organizations, and future plans. Students' ratings…

This paper describes some of the research and planning methodologies employed by Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) to support facility and programmatic decision making required by a 60% increase in full-time equivalent students within a 5-year period. Following a brief introduction, the paper describes the research questions considered. The…

The development of a methodology to be incorporated in a comprehensive study of academic space utilization at a multicampus community college is examined. The design and implementation of the methodology for examining academic space utilization for various instructional units such as rooms, buildings, and campuses are discussed. This preliminary…

Georgia State University, one of the southeast's major urban universities, is considering new methods of delivering its educational services. This report addresses the concept of satellite campuses for Georgia State University by examining those factors affecting their development. Topics included are: the market potential for educational services…

A study was undertaken at Amarillo College (AC), in Texas, to evaluate the services offered by the college and generate data to provide a basis for personnel planning, the continuation of programs, and the development of new programs. Computerized surveys were developed to ensure increased efficiency in tabulating results and to standardize the…

Students at Indiana University, Bloomington who were enrolled in the University Division in the 1979 spring or summer semester but who did not reenroll in the 1979 fall semester were surveyed. The 687 responding students were classified as academic dismissals (32 percent), voluntary withdrawals, (51 percent), or intercampus transfers (17 percent),…

The Southeastern Region of the University of Alaska system, one of three major administrative and instructional divisions established by the Board of Regents, is examined in this self-report. The regional concept provides for the delivery of instruction, research, and public service programs of the university to the area's sparsely-distributed…

Data collected during the seventh and eighth annual studies of the application and enrollment patterns of State University of New York (SUNY) transfer students are tabulated. For the purpose of this study, transfer students were defined as undergraduate students who were enrolled at a SUNY institution for the first time in a fall term, but who had…

In order to improve its institutional research, Vancouver Community College (VCC) conducted a survey of faculty and administrative personnel to determine the data that were of greatest value in decision-making and planning and the areas in which existing data collection and analysis efforts needed improvement. The questionnaire asked respondents…