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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 reviewedLawrence, Judith K.; Solmon, Lewis C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1981
A pilot study of undergraduate institutions that tests the value of the reputational rating approach, which uses subjective questionnaires, is described. It is suggested that there is no substantial evidence that quantification of subjective opinions is inferior to quantification of objective indicators when national assessments are conducted.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality, Higher Education
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
Download full textFram, Eugene H. – 1982
The use of marketing concepts to maintain and enhance the image of a university is considered. Over all, what is needed is a system for image assessment to provide a basis for image development. Without this system and its information outputs, misconceptions can enter the policy-making process at critical junctures, and the life of the institution…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Colleges
