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Santos, Janiel; Peters, Eleanor Eckerson – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2022
Informed by interviews with campus administrators and Northern Arizona University (NAU) students, the "Student Success is the DNA of NAU" case study outlines strategies this public, four-year, Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) is employing to build NAU into an engine of opportunity for students and the communities they represent. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Minority Serving Institutions
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Huff-Eibl, Robyn; Miller-Wells, John; Begay, Wendy – Journal of Access Services, 2014
This article describes the process and role frontline access and public service staff play in needs assessment and evaluation of user services, specifically in understanding the voice of the customer. Information includes how the University of Arizona Libraries have incorporated daily data collection into the strategic planning process, resources…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Development, Decision Making, Data
Neal, Anne D.; Poliakoff, Michael B. – American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2011
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for donors on how to target their giving, with profiles of successful gifts. American philanthropists long have been generous in their support of colleges and universities. But donors do not always find the results they envisioned for their generosity and good intentions. ACTA has responded by…
Descriptors: Donors, Higher Education, Educational Finance, Endowment Funds
Schrein, Caitlin M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
In the United States, there is a national agenda to increase the number of qualified science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) professionals and a movement to promote science literacy among the general public. This project explores the association between formal human evolutionary biology education (HEB) and high school science class…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Secondary School Science, High School Students, Evolution
Hunter, Molly A. – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2010
For over ten years, the State of Arizona has implemented an innovative statewide process for financing and building school facilities and purchasing other capital items for its schools. Spawned by an education quality lawsuit, the 1998 Students FIRST Act established the School Facilities Board, which succeeded in helping rural, suburban, and urban…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Construction, State Courts, Court Litigation
Gould, Albert W.; Manning, Doris E. – 1984
A study examined the project methodology used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the related projections made by the state employment security agencies. Findings from a literature review indicated that the system has steadily improved since 1979. Projections made from the Occupational Employment Statistics Surveys were remarkably accurate.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Employment Projections, Labor Needs
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Jordan, Stephen M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1992
Policy analysis provides the framework for enrollment planning in the Arizona university system. The new planning model consists of a statement of principles, a five-year strategic plan, an enrollment demand model, determination of institutional capacities, development of strategies to meet demand, and analysis of policy choices and consequences.…
Descriptors: College Planning, Decision Making, Educational Demand, Enrollment Projections
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Beckman, Michael; Kromer, William – Community Education Journal, 1974
Describes how the Bisbee Public Schools scientifically identified and involved the power elite in the community in examining, designing, planning, and implementing community education. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Decision Making
Grones, Freda – Roundup: Journal of the Monolithic Dome Institute, 1999
Discusses how two small communities, driven by economic exigency, combined forces to build one preschool through grade-three school using the geodesic dome design. The school planning committee's decision-making process in using the geodesic design is examined, including design features that made the school an attractive alternative to traditional…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning, Primary Education
Field, Betty, Comp.; And Others – 1978
An outline of the proceedings of a conference to plan the educational priorities of the Maricopa County (Arizona) Community College District and the subsequent report to the governing board are presented. Task force groups focused on the role of Maricopa Technical Community College in the district; the role of the district in statewide…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Board of Education Policy, College Administration, College Role
Coopers & Lybrand, New York, NY. – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this document presents information on a review of the management efficiency of the state's three universities and the board office and of the funding and allocation system for the state universities. The most…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Competition, Decision Making, Educational Finance
Huber, Jake, Ed.; And Others – 1976
Regional Interstate Planning Project (RIPP) participants meet periodically at conferences Sponsored by ten Rocky Mountain area state departments of education to discuss issues of general concern. A meeting was held July 21-23, 1976 in Denver, Colorado, to consider various means of effecting the educational future through evaluation. Excerpts from…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Programs
Arizona State Dept. of Vocational Education, Phoenix. – 1972
The Arizona Department of Education designed this curriculum guideline to aid teachers in planning programs that provide opportunities for students of all ages to comprehend, identify, apply, and analyze housing and life styles. The topics concentrated on are: nature and housing of man, housing as a modification of environment, effects of housing…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Opportunities, Color Planning, Consumer Education