Descriptor
| Educational Quality | 3 |
| Higher Education | 3 |
| Institutional Characteristics | 3 |
| Majority Attitudes | 3 |
| Rating Scales | 3 |
| Recognition (Achievement) | 3 |
| Reputation | 3 |
| College Faculty | 2 |
| Undergraduate Study | 2 |
| Alumni | 1 |
| Awards | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Change | 3 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedAstin, Alexander W.; Solmon, Lewis C. – Change, 1981
A study on the objective correlates of undergraduate quality ratings, state or regional biases, and other methodological issues relating to reputational ratings of undergraduate quality is reported. The subjective judgments of departmental quality made by college and university faculty were studied. Reputational ratings appear to be redundant with…
Descriptors: Bias, College Faculty, Educational Quality, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedSolmon, Lewis C.; Astin, Alexander W. – Change, 1981
A Higher Education Research Institute pilot study of the reputations of undergraduate departments is discussed. The intent of the study was to quantify the subjective judgments of undergraduate departmental quality and to investigate the association of ratings on different criteria and for different types of institutions. (MLW)
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Departments, Economics
Peer reviewedWebster, David S. – Change, 1981
Ranking American colleges, universities, and individual departments according to their academic quality is discussed. Six types of methodology used are identified: reputational rankings; faculty awards, honors, and prizes; citations in citation indexes; alumni achievements; scores of entering students on standardized tests; and institutional…
Descriptors: Alumni, Awards, Citations (References), College Faculty
