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Download full textWolverton, Mimi; Richardson, Richard C., Jr. – 1992
This 4-year study of 12 community colleges examined the institutional policies and administrative practices that encouraged or discouraged effective faculty behaviors. The study focused on faculty and administrative subcultures and the learning environment that they help to create in these open-door institutions. The study found that different…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedRichardson, Richard C., Jr.; Wolverton, Mimi – Journal for Higher Education Management, 1994
Development of the concept of quality within higher education, at both government and institutional levels, is traced, focusing on differences in state and institutional approaches and concerns in the pursuit of quality. Miami-Dade Community College (Florida) illustrates one approach. Relative impact of different approaches on the public interest…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Richardson, Richard C., Jr.; Wolverton, Mimi – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1994
Evolution of "quality" in higher education as an institutional concept is traced, and differences between approaches at the institutional and state levels are explored. Contrasting approaches in Florida and Illinois are examined, particularly in the case of Miami-Dade Community College (Florida). Contribution of the different approaches…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Wolverton, Mimi – 1995
Miami-Dade Community College's Teaching/Learning Project ties a comprehensive professional development program to a faculty-designed advancement system in an attempt to impact the classroom effectiveness of teachers and the quality of student learning. The program includes graduate courses offered in collaboration with faculty at the University of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges
Wolverton, Mimi – 1995
Few studies have focused on the effects of systemic change and decentralized decision making on organizational structure and on an institution's notion of quality education. This study examined such interconnections at a community college given the pseudonym America Community College (ACC). ACC is a multi-campus metropolitan area college in a area…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum, Decision Making
Wolverton, Mimi – 1994
This report presents seven case studies and discusses the role of continuous quality improvement (CQI) in college classroom effectiveness efforts, particularly specific institutions where sustained CQI programs have affected college classroom practice, their common features, and lingering doubts about CQI. An introduction discusses general…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Business Administration Education, Case Studies
