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Download full textCalifornia State Univ. and Colleges, Long Beach. Inst. for Teaching and Learning. – 1992
This monograph is a collection of papers that emerged from a project evaluating the implementation of college outcomes assessment at the campuses of the California State University (CSU) system. Fifteen pilot projects integrated their outcomes assessment in the academic majors and in general education from 1986 to 1990 and the projects were then…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, College Outcomes Assessment, Equal Education
Zeit, Alois – 1984
A redesign of the basic foreign language courses at the University of Michigan--Flint, stimulated by a need for improved enrollment and retention and for more language majors, had the result of improving faculty cooperation and teaching. Before the curriculum development effort, the program reflected individual faculty preferences and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Cooperation, Coordination
Peer reviewedKerlin, Scott P.; Dunlap, Diane M. – Journal of Higher Education, 1993
A case study of faculty morale at the University of Oregon as an example of a university experiencing an extended period of fiscal austerity found faculty morale, collegiality, and allegiance have been negatively affected by the inadequacy of financial resources; a history of chronic neglect by the Oregon legislature; and inequities among academic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Employer Employee Relationship
Bjork, Lars G. – 1985
Factors affecting the emergence of the University of New Mexico as a research institution in a period of increased competition for research support are discussed. The case study covers the period of 1972-1978 and focuses on the development of the Office of the Vice President for Research and its entrepreneurial activities, including its increased…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Faculty, Competition
Russikoff, Karen A. – 1994
Problems inherent in the holistic scoring of essay examinations written by limited-English-speakers are examined, particularly in the context of one California state college in which English writing skills, holistically assessed, are required for graduation. These problems include lack of interrater reliability, raters' perceptions of their role,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedCardenas, Karen Hardy – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
The formation of cooperative programs in the French and German departments of Northern State University (South Dakota), South Dakota State University, and the University of South Dakota is described, including language enrollment trends, state-level expectations and directives, curriculum restructuring, introduction of new technologies, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
